Not sure how he flies with balls that heavy, but he landed and timed it perfectly. We're impressed.
tags: skydive , swoop landing , amazing pilot , breed of speed , nathan finneman , sirdrifto , redbull airforce
If you have been wandering around Washington State’s Okanogan County lately and thinking, wait, do I see a giant dick drawn in the sky? your eyes have not deceived you. And the United States Navy, specifically the naval air station at Whidbey Island, is very sorry about that.
Outstream Video Spokane’s KREM Channel 2 News has a collection of viewer-submitted pictures that you can peruse at leisure, but here’s a sample:
“Photos sent to KREM 2 by multiple sources show skydrawings of what some people are saying is male genitalia,” the station’s write-up read.
What some people are saying. Anyway, the Navy released a brief statement to KREM 2 saying that they’re getting to the bottom of this: “The Navy holds its aircrew to the highest standards and we find this absolutely unacceptable, of zero training value and we are holding the crew accountable.” Meanwhile, the Federal Aviation Administration confirmed that they cannot do anything about phallic sky drawings unless there is some sort of proven safety risk. Which there is not. 
Wild takeoff - He did it better than Tom Cruise in American Made movie - regardless the weight
That is so awesome... they actually let him do the critical phases of the flight. There are few things more noble in the aviation world than bringing these guys back into the cockpit. I have no idea what it's like to be 95 but I'd imagine there's growing emptiness over the years as you see your friends, spouses, etc pass away, and have this awareness there's nothing left in store in life; you're at the end. Suddenly you're reconnected with a profound memory from years ago at the helm of a C-47, and for an hour it's almost like 1944 again, and you're alive.
tags: breed of speed , dc3 , veterans day , 95 year old flies again , nathan finneman , sirdrifto , colorado , c47
Look, the fact that the Porsche 911 GT2 RS is blindingly fast isn't a surprise by this point. It's a 700-hp car that weighs just over 3200 lbs. But that doesn't mean watching one rip across some German Autobahn isn't fun though.
German magazine Sport Auto just put up a video of a high-speed run in a GT2 RS where they hit a GPS-verified 212.5 mph on the Autobahn. The speedometer on their GT2 RS test car indicates 356 km/h, or 221 mph. Either way, this car is seriously quick—quicker than Porsche's quoted 211-mph top speed for the GT2 RS. The top speed is obviously impressive, but it's arguably more amazing to watch how quickly it gets there. One-hundred fifty mph seems to arrive in a flash, and it shifts into 7th gear at an indicated 200 mph. How cool is that? We finally drove the GT2 RS last week, so we should have more on this car soon. Until then, enjoy this clip.
tags: breed of speed, gt2rs , sirdrifto , nathan finneman , porsche gt2rs , autobahn
The battle for the 300mph road-car prize just got real. Ladies and gentlemen, John Hennessey is – once again – going into bat against Bugatti for the title of the world’s fastest car with this: the 1,600bhp Venom F5. Yes, that’s correct: 300mph.
Not that John’s ever lost the title of the world’s fastest car, that is. The Not-Guinness-Certified-But-Still-Chuffing-Quick 1,244bhp, 270.49mph Hennessey Venom GT is still, technically, the fastest car in the world. Just in one direction. Bugatti of course, has built a faster car called the Chiron. And is planning a top speed run in 2018. So, not wanting to be Top Trumped, Hennessey is rearming with the F5 to futureproof his pride; a car he’s spent some four years perfecting. Named after a particularly destructive breed of tornado (not the refresh button on your keyboard), it’s the latest road-legal land rocket to conform to Hennessey’s ‘Minimal Maximus’ philosophy (that’s Texan Latin for big power and lightweight), just with more aero, more tech and, of course, even more power. Compared with its predecessor, the F5 has made huge advances in aerodynamics – largely from not having to put a Lotus through a mangle. Thanks to being a clean-sheet design - it’s a bespoke, built-from-the-ground-up, carbon-bodied hypercar with a carbon tub - the F5 has a much sleeker front, sculpted and functional rear (to dissipate a lot of heat), trick rear diffuser and completely flat floor that makes it a lot slipperier and pointier than its predecessor. In fact, everything on the F5 has been vacuum-packed into a silhouette with a drag coefficient of 0.33Cd. The Venom GT had a drag factor of 0.44Cd – meaning it’d need 2,500bhp to hit 300mph. The F5 needs less. But still a lot. 1,600bhp, just so you’re clear. It all comes from a bespoke 7.4-litre aluminium V8 with two hefty turbos grafted on. Chiron-esque sequential quad-turbos were discussed, but binned for being too heavy. Same story for hybrid powertrains. “I’m a purist,” Hennessey tells us. “I like simple, elegant functionality, and that’s not a knock against hybrids, but they’re for the big OEMs to do.” Sitting mid-ship, that monstrous engine sends all its power and 1,300lb ft of torque to two very fat, very sticky rear wheels via a seven-speed single-clutch paddle-shift gearbox. If you want a real rodeo, you can spec a manual gearbox, but we’re told that you’ll be fighting with trick GPS-based traction control all the way up to 140mph regardless – so it might be best to have both hands on the steering wheel. Sealy, Texas is where all 24 cars will be produced for a starting price of $1.6 million. However, it won’t be first come, first serve… Incorporating active aerodynamics, in Vmax mode, the F5 drops its rear wing and deploys some flaps to plug ducts above the jutting chin spoiler to improve its aero. And the numbers predicted when in maximum attack are monstrous; 0–186mph in under 10secs (that’s quicker than Lewis Hamilton’s F1 car), 0–249mph in under 20secs and a top speed of 301mph. Against the competition? Well, It takes the Chiron 32.6secs to hit 249mph (400kph). The Koenigsegg Agera RS does the same sprint in 26.88secs. The Venom GT did it in 23.6secs. The F5? We’ll, that’s predicted to go sub-20secs. Yowch. But even with chunky Brembo carbon-ceramic brakes, and a significant weight advantage (1,360kg), Hennessey isn’t concerned with getting involved with this new 0–249mph–0 battle. “I think that’s a number that the guys from Bugatti and Koenigsegg came up with because they couldn’t beat our top speed number.” Meow. Now, let’s talk tyres. They’re the limiting factor when running at high-speed because the stress loads they’re subjected to is immense. The Veyron had famously expensive (a set of four tyres cost £23,500) Michelin PAX run-flats to go silly fast, but the Chiron has reverted to cheaper, but specially developed Pilot Cup 2 tyres. Hennessey will also use these Michelins (unless another manufacturer wants to make a bespoke tyre) but believes, because the F5 is a lot lighter than Chiron, they’re good for above and beyond 280mph. Possibly 300mph. “Tyres are a limiting factor for Bugatti,” John says. “But I don’t believe they’re a limiting factor for us. When we do our math, we know that we are not overloading them. We’re not even close to the load specification of the tyres at our speeds.” Currently, there’s a debate as to how exactly you’ll get in the F5 (via either gullwing, or dihedral doors), but once you are in the cabin, you’re greeted by a much more luxurious environment than the old GT. Using plenty of leather, carbon fibre, Alcantara and an Apple iPad interface, it’s positively plush. And roomy. So roomy in fact, it’ll comfortably house a 6ft 6in NFL player. And that’s not spurious marketing spiel, but a fact – as an NFL player has indeed ordered one. So, he has to fit. But where Chirons are constructed in the “Atelier”, an automotive art gallery-cum-workshop in Molsheim, France, John’s workshop in Sealy, Texas is where all 24 cars will be produced for a starting price of $1.6 million. However, it won’t be first come, first serve. Instead, you’ll have to apply to be an owner of a car, then John will handpick you as worthy of his creation, and you’ll work your way to boot camp where you can option your car with up to $600k of additional goodies. It’ll then be built sometime in the next three years but first deliveries will start at the beginning of 2019. You can see the F5 with your own eyes at the SEMA show currently going on in Las Vegas, but two prototypes will begin pounding up and down Texas next year. When a ballsy individual is set to strap themselves into the F5 to attempt the triple ton is still unknown. But, for now, it’s theoretically possible, and John has an extremely annoying habit of hitting the numbers. Let the high-speed games begin…
tags: breed of speed , hennessey venom f5 , hypercar , 300mph car, sirdrifto , nathan finneman , supercar
The minds of diehard Porsche fans were blown when the carmaker re-introduced a manual transmission to the facelifted GT3. Unfortunately, the track-focused GT3 RS won’t follow suit.
Recently speaking with Car Advice about the possibility of offering new RS models with manual transmissions, the head of Porsche GT’s road car development programme, Andreas Preuninger, said it won’t happen. “RS means Renn Sport, which means it has to be quick on the track, that it’s all about fast times on the track, and that means the PDK. “The PDK has advantages on the track that can’t be beaten by a manual, and the ones who prefer the manual transmission are not typically the track rats as we call them, but they are those who like to enjoy their cars on the normal public roads. I would say a GT2 RS with a manual option would have a four or five percent share of the market, we couldn’t justify that,” he revealed. As disappointing as this is, the popularity of the new GT3 with the manual transmission should ensure such vehicles remain in Porsche’s line-up for quite some time. According to Preuninger, the carmaker believes approximately 30 per cent of 991.2 911 GT3s built will be equipped with the six-speed manual instead of the PDK. By comparison, approximately 23 per cent of 2016 Corvettes were equipped with traditional stick shifts, proving just how many driving enthusiasts are Porsche customers. 
A Colorado startup wants to build supersonic passenger planes faster than Concorde but with fares a quarter of the price -- and Virgin Galactic has just got on board.
The Boom airplane would travel at Mach 2.2 -- more than twice the speed of sound and 2.6 times faster than any other airliner -- and fly from New York to London in 3.4 hours. That's San Francisco to Tokyo in 4.7 hours or Los Angeles to Sydney in six. That transatlantic trip cuts the standard seven-hour journey by more than half. With a round-trip price tag of $5,000 it's not exactly "affordable" travel, but for the world's business elite, it's a steal. It's certainly piqued British entrepreneur Richard Branson's interest: On Wednesday, his Virgin Group optioned 10 planes. The deal, if it's followed through, could be worth a reported $2 billion. Boom has also optioned 15 additional planes to an unnamed European carrier, the firm told TechCrunch, racking up a potential income of $5 billion. Despite the big figures, the reality of a supersonic passenger jet remains small. Denver-based Boom is still working on a third-scale prototype that isn't slated to fly until 2017. 
tags: supersonic airliner , boom , richard branson , nathan finneman , breed of speed , sirdrifto , speed of sound , mach 2
Watch an insane motorcycle pursuit from a cops perspective unfold on the streets of brazil11/9/2017
Pretty sure the suspect didn't expect the motorcycle cop to have this much riding skill. Watch this intense high speed pursuit unfold on the steets of brazil
tags: breed of speed , motorcycle , brazil hot pursuit , nathan finneman , sirdrifto , motorcycle chase
Check out this cannon and the way it works. The canon mechanism is based on the principle of homopolar motor: a pair of parallel conductors (the rails) are fed by an electric current. The projectile is placed making contact with both, to close the circuit. The current that is produced interacts with the strong magnetic fields generated by the passage of electricity through the conductors and this accelerates the projectile linearly in the direction of the rails.
The original idea of this device was to use it to shoot projectiles at high speed to destroy targets. However it is difficult to use as a weapon due to the enormous amount of energy required to operate with a minimum of efficiency and because the space occupied by the power supplies and capacitors used to generate the magnetic field makes it very difficult to transport For the infantry. Even so the United States Navy announced a test done on January 31, 2008 in order to equip their ships with this type of weapons. Leave your thoughts in the comment box below.
tags: breed of speed , railgun , insane gun , sirdrifto , nathan finneman , us military , electromagnetic railgun
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