“The initial steering wheel design was created by the Bloodhound team using a number of novel design techniques including bio-mimicry, crowd sourcing and drawing on experience from Thrust SSC,” said the Parnership.
According to the firm, the original geometry of the grip area was retained from a clay model supplied, while push buttons were relocated.
“The new layout now allows a single fluid rotation movement of the thumb to transition from the power grip used when driving into an activation grip required to press buttons. This revised position could save between 0.5 and 3 football pitches of distance during the deceleration phase of each run,” said the Partnership, adding that it also “incorporated swooping curves across the top and bottom of the steering wheel to add a dynamic aesthetic” and give a clear view of the instruments.
The steering wheel was fabricated in titanium using additive manufacturing.
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