For Sale: The Most Revolutionary And Advanced Vehicle Ever!
The Street Hawk is the first vehicle with 46 inches of independent wheel travel without camber or caster compromise. The ride height or ground clearance is adjustable from zero to 44 inches while in motion. The Street Hawk has 1,100 horsepower, 1,805 foot pounds of torque and has a highway estimated 22mpg. The vehicle is all-wheel-drive with 40 inch tall, 15.5 inch wide tires and 22 inch wheels. The air suspended seats are hand crafter to the driver’s specific proportions. From the driver’s seat you can control the vehicles pitch, roll and overall ride height using D-pad controls beneath your fingertips. The Street Hawk is the best on-road performing Shadow Hawk. With an overall weight of 4,800 pounds, the Street Hawk can accelerate from 0 to 60mph in 3.5 seconds and has a calculated top speed of 208mph. The vehicle uses an innovative active suspension system that leans into corners and maintains the ideal camber and caster geometry throughout operation.
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NASA Pursues Whisper Mode In World’s Biggest Wind Tunnel
As more and more helicopters are used for everything from medical transportation to news gathering, more and more people on the ground are complaining about the noise. NASA recently spent several months researching new design ideas to make helicopters quieter and more efficient. The work could not only make things quieter on the ground, but could lead to faster helicopters that are able to carry a bigger payload. “NASA hopes to make those new designs quieter, faster, more fuel efficient, and capable of carrying more people and cargo,” said Tom Norman, the researcher for the project test team. The research was performed at the world’s largest wind tunnel located at the Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, California. There researchers used a rotor from a Sikorsky UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter mounted on a fuselage used only for the research. The goal was to study the interaction between the rotor blades and the air.
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Concept Cars: Ferrari 612 GTO
The Ferrari 612 GTO concept is the work of Sasha Selipanov, an extremely talented, and also incredibly irate, automotive designer based in Berlin, Germany. The 612 GTO concept is a proposal for the next generation 612 Scaglietti, but with a high-performance GTO twist and completely revised aesthetics. For the 612 GTO concept Sasha has used influences from the classic Ferrari 250 GTO - which is evident in the triple air intakes molded into the hood. As it's only an independent concept, there's no engineering aspects which can be discussed. Sadly too because Sasha's not a Ferrari designer, there's no chance this thing's going to be prowling the streets any time soon.
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Nl Architects: Hong Kong Boundaries Crossing Facilities
Dutch NL architects have sent in images of their 'pearl river necklace', a proposal for the Hong Kong boundary crossing facilities international ideas competition. The aim for entrants was to create a new landmark to reflect hong kong as a vibrant global and metropolitan city. There is an existing master plan, however NLarchitects proposed to make some adjustments to the configurations to improve the area. 'Pearl river necklace' is an attempt to unite the knot. It is a breakdown of the complexities of the border crossing facilities into a necklace. The objective was to bring to the surface the beauty of the Hong Kong boundaries crossing facilities, at the same time reinforcing the attractiveness of the projected Hong Kong - Zhuhai - Bacau bridge.
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