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Corsair & Spitfire Flying Low And Fast Over Channel

6/20/2016

The music’s great but we would love to hear the roar of the engines better. Those war birds are BEASTS! Such lucky camera men! We’d totally be in aircraft heaven listening to the sound in one fly by. The Spitfire pass was incredible. Can’t think of anything more amazing than this. Check out 1:12 — music to my ears! Just imagine standing at the edge of that canal watching this (That’s currently at the top of my bucket list). 10/10 who have seen this would want to do the same.

The Corsair may be the best looking plane but, I bet we all agree with this one, the Spitfire definitely has the nicest sound (can’t beat the Merlin for sure)! This looks a whole lot better than any special effects from movies. Those wings man, those wings! They’re all utterly beautiful and this low level flying is simply epic.

Ken Block’s 900HP Mustang takes a tour of the city… with Matt Leblanc on board.

6/15/2016

Yup, that’s new TG host Matt LeBlanc alongside Ken Block and his wildly modified, 900bhp ‘Hoonicorn’ Mustang.

The pair were spotted filming for the new series of TG telly along Tower Bridge and outside St Paul’s Cathedral this morning, as Block took a guided tour of the city… with Matt on board. Cue some V8 noise and tyre smoke.

American tourists, eh?

We’ll have more for you from the new telly show in due course, so stay tuned to breedofspeed for updates…

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How a 4-Pound Engine Can Replace a 40-Pound Engine

6/15/2016

Connecticut-based startup LiquidPiston announced today that they have built a small, compact engine that is powerful enough to drive a go-kart. Their X-mini engine weighs just 4 pounds and has three moving parts, and yet can produce 3 horsepower, enough to replace the default 40-pound piston engine that normally powers the go-kart.

LiquidPiston says that their X-mini is still in a testing phase, and they hope to get the weight down to 3 pounds and the power up to 5 hp. (The 40-pound piston engine produces about 6.5 hp.) In the meantime, their little engine already packs a punch, as you can see in the video below.

LiquidPiston announced last year that they received a $1 million DARPA grant to develop their X-mini engine, and it appears that they've succeeded. The 4-pound, 3-hp engine is small enough to fit in the palm of your hand, yet it can power everything from vehicles to generators to drones. The X-mini uses LiquidPiston's proprietary rotary engine design and thermodynamic cycle which offer vast improvements over both a traditional Wankel rotary engine and common piston engines.

LiquidPiston says the X-mini can run on Jet Propellant 8, the military's fuel of choice, making it an ideal candidate for all sorts of military applications. For instance, the X-mini is small and light enough to power a UAV, it can be part of a generator that can be carried in a backpack, or it can even be used to power military robotics. According to Alec Shkolnik, LiquidPiston's co-founder and president, "[DARPA] is kinda agnostic as to the actual application … they have so many different applications that need power."

Shkolnik said that the X-mini is still early in testing, and they have only just built their first working prototype, but he's hopeful that the engine could see a commercial release sometime in the next few years. When that happens, the X-mini could find its way into lawnmowers, emergency generators, and even small vehicles like mopeds.

Donzi Powerboat Launches off a Massive Wave

6/14/2016

Donzi Powerboat MASSIVE Drop Dubstepified!What can we say about THIS video off the coast of San Francisco that hasn’t been said before? It doesn’t take a degree to know this wasn’t a good idea! Well, just WATCH!

Corsair And Lightning Like You’ve Never Seen Them Before–Absolutely Stunning!

6/13/2016

If This Isn’t The Most Beautiful Thing You’ve Ever Seen, I Don’t Know What Is.This visually stunning footage from multiple vantage points will probably make your jaw drop. In preparations for a 2015 airshow, this team of pilots practiced formation flying and allowed us to see some of that footage.

What’s more, for one reason or another they looped and barrel rolled in the skies over, wait for it…the Alps. What’s better than two of the best looking fighter planes flying over one of the most beautiful mountain range in the world? That’s right, nothing.

Besides the P-38L Lightning and F4U-4 Corsair, Red Bull has also restored a B-25J Mitchell which they found at a U.S. aircraft cemetery.

These two iconic warbirds are expertly flown by two Red Bull pilots, Raimund Riedmann and Eric Goujon. Both these guys always had a passion for flying but also love historical aviation.

Now, to touch on that subject which splits our readers pretty much in half, Red Bull does put their big, red, non-historical logo on the planes we love the most. They also pump an average of about $1 million in restoration per aircraft. Feel free to discuss.

Corsair & Spitfire Flying Low And Fast Over Channel

Ken Block’s 900HP Mustang takes a tour of the city… with Matt Leblanc on board.

How a 4-Pound Engine Can Replace a 40-Pound Engine

Donzi Powerboat Launches off a Massive Wave

Corsair And Lightning Like You’ve Never Seen Them Before–Absolutely Stunning!

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