Post pictures of amazingly cool engineering

[Rico]

snotrag said:

As for the gearbox, again, no-one really knew. It probably wasnt all the clever, just they came into the sport with no preconceptions and a presumably large budget, so did what everyone else was thinking about.

I thought it was just a normal derailleur / chainring setup, but inside a sealed unit. This pic was leaked at one point...

[plasticpusher]

MonkeyMatt said:

plasticpusher said:

snotrag said:

plasticpusher said:

snotrag said:

There bikes were rumuored to be valued at about £100k each.

Don't you mean Their?

What have I become

I think actually I meant 'The' !

touché

But you could have use either Their of The.

There is simply incorrect

Do you mean used?

[Le Mans Visitor]

Aston Martin Vanquish Engine....

[benoli]

rotating kiln furnace at a large cement works near me
(by the way, my photo !)

[Nobody You Know]

Rico said:

snotrag said:

As for the gearbox, again, no-one really knew. It probably wasnt all the clever, just they came into the sport with no preconceptions and a presumably large budget, so did what everyone else was thinking about.

I thought it was just a normal derailleur / chainring setup, but inside a sealed unit. This pic was leaked at one point...

I'm sure it's got some system that locks the suspension to avoid 'bob'. Pretty sure the company I used to work for had a hand in designing that unit.

Also, maybe not the coolest thing ever but thought these Formula Student uprights were pretty cool when I finished designing and building them.



BTW great thread, really appreciate good engineering.

Edited by Nobody You Know on Thursday 5th March 23:13

[gazza_3]

Bump, more pictures please .

[Sim89]

[Meeja]

:getscoat:

[Evil Jack]

[smiller]

This:



And this:

[jackal]

Mesolithic axe head - pretty cool back in 11,000 BC

[pedantlewis]

jackal said:

Mesolithic axe head - pretty cool back in 11,000 BC

From tiny acorns...

[Meeja]

[Jdavis]

Pesty said:

Falkirk wheel

just wiki'd this ... WOW!

[snotrag]

Nobody You Know said:

I'm sure it's got some system that locks the suspension to avoid 'bob'. Pretty sure the company I used to work for had a hand in designing that unit.

Suspension was Showa, and AFAIK it was a single pivot frame, with the pivot aligned with a chain idler so there was no chain growth/shrink. :geek:

[Mr2Mike]

The Millau Viaduct



The other end of the scale is Intel's 45nm silicon process, a human hair is about 90,000nm in diameter.

Edited by Mr2Mike on Friday 6th March 00:16

[mike325112]

Millau just for the scale of it. I hope to get there sometime next year.


Burj Dubai - Its not pretty but it is amazing, I saw it 18 months ago and it was already massive, now it must be mindblowing.

Edited as I posted too late and spelt it wrong....

Edited by mike325112 on Friday 6th March 00:29

[SlipStream77]

Ok, so it's not a picture but this video of machining an engine block is mesmerising.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=GB&hl=en-GB&am...

[whitechief]

SlipStream77 said:

Ok, so it's not a picture but this video of machining an engine block is mesmerising.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=GB&hl=en-GB&am...

Brilliant, thanks.

[ITMonkey]

The Millau's very impressive, but this one isn't bad for 1859...