Waiting for the motorcycle of MV Agusta - Zagato

Lately, MV Agusta was hit by bad news about its bankruptcy. But the renowned Italian motorcycle manufacturer is apparently still have not given up, and began holding many parties to survive. As quoted from Rideapart, they now took the compatriot Zagato as a partner. And reportedly, a new motorcycle will be introduced on September 4, 2016.

Italian motorcycle manufacturer MV Agusta and automotive designer Zagato are teasing what appears to be a kind of partnership. (Picture from: http://adf.ly/1cq8Yi)

In fact, both are already showing off a motorcycle silhouette of the results of the collaboration. But there is no leak details that they convey. MV Agusta and Zagato still sealed about the details of their cooperation, and the specification of their latest motorcycle as well.

The Italian renowned design house is still seeing MV Agusta positively. According to them, MV Agusta is the big motor bike specialist manufacturer which has a big name that is respected and admired, as well as consistently producing motorcycles large-capacity machines. Due to the economic climate conditions were not good, not only hit MV Agusta, as well as Benelli has recently also been declared bankrupt by the Italian courts.

For additional information, as an independent design house Zagato is usual in collaboration with many automotive manufacturers in the world. They have the ability to take care of the aeronautics, racing performance, aerodynamic, geometric, until the computerization. Noted a variety of the world's automotive brands such as Alfa Romeo, Bugatti, Maserati, Rolls-Royce, or even Aston Martin have become their work partners.

Kept spur your adrenaline on the power of two-wheeled monster and stay alive with the true safety riding. God will forgive Your sins.... *** [EKA | FROM VARIOUS SOURCES | RIDE APART]

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Hot Wheels X-Wing Fighter Carship Debuted at San Diego Comic-Con 2016

Galactic Motorsport - When fans gather at pop culture conventions, they usually expect superheroes, cosplayers, and exclusive collectibles. But back in 2016, San Diego Comic-Con gave visitors something far more unusual—a life-sized car that looked like it had driven straight out of a galaxy far, far away. Mattel’s Hot Wheels division, already famous for pushing creativity in diecast cars, surprised the crowd with their bold take on one of Star Wars’ most legendary spacecraft: the X-Wing Fighter.

The X-Wing Fighter Carship, a full-size Star Wars-inspired creation by Hot Wheels, was engineered like a real race car, merging sci-fi imagination with motorsport precision. (Picture from: Motortrend)

This wasn’t just a static display or a flashy shell for photos. The X-Wing Fighter Carship was engineered like a real race car, blending sci-fi imagination with motorsport precision. Beneath its striking fuselage-inspired body sat the heart of a racer: a 2.0-liter 16-valve DOHC engine. 

The X-Wing Fighter Carship stayed true to the essence of the Star Wars starship by adapting it into a drivable form with two shortened wings permanently locked in attack position as a nod to its battle stance. (Picture from: Motortrend)

With jet-style intakes and custom racing slicks, the car could reach an impressive top speed of around 288 km/h (180 mph). AP Racing dual-piston caliper brakes and hollow rotors gave it the stopping power needed to balance its aggressive performance, proving that the car was designed for more than just standing still on a show floor. 

The X-Wing Fighter Carship stayed true to the essence of the Star Wars starship by adapting it into a drivable form and appearing alongside its 1:64 scale diecast version. (Picture from: Motortrend)

Visually, the vehicle stayed true to the essence of the Star Wars starship while adapting it into a drivable form. Instead of all four signature S-foils, the Carship carried two shortened wings permanently locked in attack position, a nod to the ship’s battle stance. 

The X-Wing Fighter Carship cleverly disguised its open-wheel racer base beneath a fuselage-shaped body, with a top-hinged canopy enhancing its futuristic feel. (Picture from: Motortrend)

The open-wheel racer base was cleverly disguised under a body shaped to mimic the fighter’s fuselage, while the cockpit featured a top-hinged canopy that added to its futuristic feel. It looked less like a movie prop and more like a machine ready to tear up a racetrack, even if it couldn’t actually join the Rebel fleet against the Death Star.😃

Of course, this wasn’t just a one-off spectacle. Mattel, always thinking of collectors, followed up the Comic-Con showcase by releasing a 1:64 scale diecast version later in 2016. With both the Rebel Alliance emblem and the iconic Hot Wheels logo stamped on it, the miniature became one of the fastest and most memorable additions to the brand’s orange track lineup. Fans who couldn’t see the full-sized car in person at Comic-Con could still take home a piece of that excitement in miniature form. 

Nearly a decade later, the X-Wing Fighter Carship still stands out as one of Hot Wheels’ most daring crossovers. It proved that imagination has no boundaries when car culture and pop culture collide, and it left fans with a reminder that even a toy brand can build something that feels larger than life. The project may have started as a tribute to Star Wars, but it ended up becoming its own legend among Hot Wheels. *** [EKA [05082016] | FROM VARIOUS SOURCES | AUTOGUIDE | MOTORTRENDS ]

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World's largest plane is ready for takeoff

The largest aircraft ever built is now edging closer to completion, the a privately owned company launch spacecraft's Paul Allen, has invited journalists to get first look at 'Stratolaunch'.

The world's biggest plane is set to take off early next year in its first ever test flight. The aircraft, named the Stratolaunch Carrier, is currently under construction at Mojave Air and Spaceport in California, and will eventually have a a wingspan of 385 feet (117 m). (Picture from: http://adf.ly/1crcNI)

With the giant wingspan of 117 m and six engines, the aircraft is taking a new approach in this private space race, with the launch of satellites and spacecraft into orbit from a height. The aircraft will be bigger than the Howard Hughes' H-4 Hercules made in 1947, and an Antonov An-225 Soviet era cargo plane as the current world's largest aircraft.

The idea is for the Stratolaunch Carrier is to act as a giant air pad in the sky, allowing payloads to reach space faster and at a lower cost than existing technologies. (Picture from: http://adf.ly/1crcNI)

Stratolaunch Systems is part of Vulcan Aerospace company owned by Paul Allen, cofounder of Microsoft. The company's vision is different from Elon Musk's SpaceX, Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin, and Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic.

Reporters got their first look at the Stratolaunch plane, which is currently being constructed at a hanger in the US. The private behind the venture say construction of the plane is 76 per cent complete. (Picture from: http://adf.ly/1crcNI)

Stratolaunch Systems is the ability to position the giant plane so that the satellite can be directly delivered to a very precise orbit and do it quickly, without problems scheduling a variety of launch and weather related delays, as explained by Chuck Beames, whose oversees the space business of Paul Allen as quoted of the Daily Mail on Monday, June 20, 2016.

The Stratolaunch carrier aircraft's 385 feet (117 m) wingspan compares to 320 feet for H-4 Hercules and 225 feet for Boeing 747-8. (Picture from: http://adf.ly/1crcNI)

Instead as satellites, the Stratolaunch aircraft could launch Dream Chaser spacecraft. It can act as a mini-shuttle to achieve the goal of low-Earth orbit and carry back the astronauts or cargo to the runway in 24 hours.

Stratolaunch is a twin bodied aircraft that combines engine, landing gear, avionics and other parts of a Boeing 747 jet couples with the frame, wing and skin are made of lightweight composite. *** [EKA | FROM VARIOUS SOURCES | DAILY MAIL]

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This motorcycle not make your wallet burst out

Look at its figure as a classic American style big bike, likely to make a lot of people fooled. A company in the UK named Full Size Kits create a different view of the image of a big motor bike. Where the big motor bikes were always synonymous with a big budget, immediately turned into a saving impression.

Route '66' Classic, the world's first full size plastic motorcycle model kit by Full Size Kits. (Picture from: http://adf.ly/1cq4L6)

How not to make you be good at saving? The figure of the big motor bike is actually a 'toy' which is made with the high detail that is very similar to its original shape and size. It is made using plastic material through the vacuum processes, no less than 180 components to put them up to become like the original motorcycle.

Of course this big motor bike is not equipped with the machine, so not to make your wallet burst out, because no longer need to take the maintenance and operational costs.

Full Size Kits currently only sells one model American style big bike - 'Route 66 Classic'. The selling price alone reached US $810 or equivalent Rp.10.5 millions.

Kept spur your adrenaline on the power of two-wheeled monster and stay alive with the true safety riding. God will forgive Your sins.... *** [EKA | FROM VARIOUS SOURCES | FULL SIZE KITS]

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Another cool supercar concept

There are concept cars, and then there are concept supercars. It is pretty clear from looking at some of the images associated with Logitta Concept Car that this is the kind of thing that belongs in the second category. However, pictures do not tell the whole story. Learn more about this concept vehicle, and you are bound to be extremely impressed with what you ultimately discover.

Logitta Concept car by Dr. Hussein Al Jammazi. (Picture from: http://adf.ly/1ctTY5)

It wasn’t too terribly long ago that Kazunori Yamauchi challenged automobile companies across the globe to design and present supercar concepts for the GT 6 video game. The response so far has given us all kinds of designs and ideas to get excited about. 

Right side view of Logitta Concept car by Dr. Hussein Al Jammazi. (Picture from: http://adf.ly/1ctTY5)

Left side view of Logitta Concept car by Dr. Hussein Al Jammazi. (Picture from: http://adf.ly/1ctTY5)

Nonetheless, if you want to see something that goes above what the companies are presenting, then take a look at what the Logitta Concept Car brings to the table. It’s hard not to see this as a concept car design that definitely has something singular to bring to the table.

Rear side view of Logitta Concept car by Dr. Hussein Al Jammazi. (Picture from: http://adf.ly/1ctTY5)

Designed by Dr. Hussein Al Jammazi, the Logitta Concept Car is an extremely impressive looking piece of form and function coming together in the best way possible. The 6.3 L turbine engine brings more than 700 hp to the streets. If you think that the overall exterior of the car concept is something that took a cue or two from a fighter jet, you’re not alone. That was definitely something that Dr. Jammazi had in mind, over the course of putting his supercar design together.

Rear view of Logitta Concept car by Dr. Hussein Al Jammazi. (Picture from: http://adf.ly/1ctTY5)

This car, even with no plans of going into production, still easily generates heaps of interest for further development of eco concepts that combine alternative energy and artistic design in such a harmonious way. *** [EKA | FROM VARIOUS SOURCES | TUVIE]

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The 3rd generation of Russian 'doomsday plane' now ready for action

Ilyuhsin Il-96-400 aircraft which are the 3rd Generation of Russian 'doomsday plane' reported is ready for action. Previously, Russian military in 2015 had received Ilyuhsin Il-80 is the 2nd generation plane.

Readiness reports third-generation of Russian nuclear bombers emerged from Igor Korotchenko, a military analyst and chief editor of National Defense magazine. This report follows the delivery of the aircraft by the Voronezh aircraft factory to the Ministry of Defense of Russia on July 27, 2016.

Ilyuhsin Il-96-400, a Russian next-generation 'doomsday plane' finally ready for action. (Picture from: http://adf.ly/1co5Wy)

He told Sputniknews that the 'doomsday plane' is designed to provide command and control of the Russian military and strategic nuclear forces in case of a major conflict or even a full-scale invasion of Russia.

Basically, said Korotchenko, this hazardous plane is the balance out of the command and control system and the General Staff of the Russian Defence Control Centre.

"It ensures the inevitability of a nuclear counterattack in the case where any country that uses nuclear weapons against Russia. Basically, this air command post ensures that no attack against our country to escape without punishment. Every country that might threaten the safety or territorial integrity of the Russian federation, which may start a war or a sudden attack, will face retaliation," said Korotchenko that was quoted on Friday, July 29, 2016.

The military analyst was quoted data from the Russian Defense Ministry said that the 'Doomsday Plane' can be shot at an altitude of around 10-12 kilometers. The aircraft has the ability to be the command of all branches of the Russian military, including strategic nuclear forces.

"(The plane) is the full command post that allows to coordinate the actions of the army and navy during conventional war and nuclear," said Korotchenko. *** [EKA | FROM VARIOUS SOURCES | SPUTNIKNEWS]

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