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MikroKopter

February 18th, 2010

As soon as I saw this I thought of my friend John; he’s got some remote control planes and was just showing me a video the other day from a camera that was mounted on one of them.

This is a series of tests of the MK-HexaKopter. It includes a Flight-Test, GPS-Test and Payload-Test. This “mikrokopter” has a central hub with six arms sticking out. At the end of each arm is a two-bladed propeller with each propeller oriented horizontally.

Technical data of the HexaKopter:
- flight-time: up to 30 minutes (with small payload)
- max. payload: 1kg
- weight: 1200g

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Posted in Cool Stuff, Just For Fun | Tags: aviation, fun

Peraves MonoTracer

February 5th, 2010

Is a cabin motorcycle the sports cars of the future? They are fast like a Porsche, economical like a Smart Car and offer fun like a Super bike—without the hassle of getting wet. A small company in Winterthur manufactures them.

Do you love the feeling when driving a motorcycle, but hate heavy leathers? Then you surely have already dreamed about a motorcycle with a roof: A vehicle, which keeps you warm, offers driving fun, and does not ruin your hairstyle, because hairstyles do poorly in a helmet.

The small company PERAVES from Winterthur has built cabin motorcycles for more than 20 years. The unusual machines, once called Ecomobiles, are unfortunately as expensive as a Mercedes-Benz S-Class and are nearly as rare as old Bugattis. Only 100 exist today.

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Posted in Cool Stuff, Engineering, Technology | Tags: automotive, Engineering