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folding wings, redesign cabin and the largest engine in the world

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We do not usually think about the plane when we buy a ticket. We think of the destination, in the budget, at the time of departure. But in a few years, something could make you stop a second more in the model that appears next to the flight number. Because that journey could be done aboard the new Boeing 777x (In one of its variants, 777-8 or 777-9), an aircraft designed to mark the future of the long radio: more efficient for airlines, more comfortable for those who travel. 777x does not arrive at any time. Boeing develops it with a very clear objective: reinforce its position in a strategic segment that for years dominated without discussion. The result is not a break with the past, but an evolution calculated on one of its greatest successes. With this new generation of 777The company seeks to respond to a growing demand for efficiency, scope and capacity without giving up what was already working. BOEING 777X Technical Card Boeing 777-8 Boeing 777-9 Launch of the program November 2013 November 2013 Squares (typical two classes configuration) 395 426 Scope 16,190 km 13,500 km Length 70.86 m 76.72 m Wingspan Extended: 71.75 m On land: 64.85 m Extended: 1.75 m On land: 64.85 m Cabin Wider; new customizable architecture; incorporates comfort innovations of 787 Dreamliner Wider; new customizable architecture; incorporates comfort innovations of 787 Dreamliner Configuration Double corridor (widebody) Double corridor (widebody) Engine GE9X GE9X Approximate price From 410 million dollars (Eplaneai) From 442 million dollars (Eplaneai) The 777x design is not only new: it responds to a very clear idea of efficiency and scale From a distance, 777x seems familiar. Its silhouette remembers that of other wide fuselage aircraft. But just approach to notice the differences. The wings, longer than usual, They curve with elegance until ending in folded tips that attract attention even before takeoff. The huge engines dominate the side view of the plane. The 777x wings are not only the longest that Boeing has ever mounted on a commercial plane. They are also the most innovative. They are manufactured in composite material, such as those of the 787 Dreamlinerand extend until they exceed 71 meters of size. To avoid airport problems, its ends fold when the plane is on land. It is a subtle gesture, but that hides one of the most complex decisions of design: how to gain efficiency without limiting your access to shipping doors. It is impossible to look at 777x without looking at its engines. The GE9X They are not just The largest that have been installed in a commercial plane: They are also among the most efficient. With a fan of 3.4 meters in diameter and carbon fiber blades, each one concentrates more than a decade of technological development. The result is an engine that consumes 10% less than the GE90-115Breduce noise and meet the limits of emissions established for your class. One of the great promises of 777x is inside. Although the fuselage maintains the same exterior width as its predecessors, Boeing has redesigned the internal structure To gain useful space. The ceiling is higher, the smoother lighting and the sensibly lower background noise. The humidity of the environment has also been improved and cabin altitude has been reduced, two factors that are not seen but that can make a difference in flights of many hours. The change is not limited to what passengers see. In the command cabin, the 777X introduces for the first time in commercial aviation Integrated touch screensa system that replaces part of physical controls Traditional by a cleaner and more flexible interface. The environment remembers that of 787 and maintains many similarities with that of 777, which facilitates the transition for crews. None of this has happened quickly. When Boeing presented 777x in 2013the first installment was scheduled for 2020. Years later, that horizon is still not materialized. Flight tests continue, certification processes have hardened And the first deliveries are not expected before 2026, with increasingly narrow margins. For Boeing, this is not a simple project: it is an opportunity that cannot afford to be missing. While the legendary American company hurries the deadlines of 777x, Airbus gains ground in the world. In China, for example, is about to close a massive order. According to SCMP, it could be up to 500 airplanes. And we are talking about largest aviation market in the world. In that context, as we say, 777x is not just a new plane: it is a strategic bet with which Boeing is playing part of his future. Images | Boeing (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) | Palacio do Planalto/Alan Santos (CC by 2.0) | Lamblukas (1, 2, 3, 4) In Xataka | The US will finally continue selling engines for C919. He has also given China a reason not to need them again

The cheapest way to maintain a Mazda RX-7 is to stuff a diesel engine. And yes, there are those who have dared with it

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Rotary engine, scamotable headlights and a silhouette, simply, perfect. The third generation of Mazda RX-7 is not only a sculptural carit is a fundamental pillar of the Japanese automobile culture that came to us in the 90s. For those who grew up those years with Gran Tourism under the armJapan became an absolute reference when building our most precious memories. They were years of matagigants such as Honda NSX or the Nissan Skyline GT-Rdomain in the World Cup in Rallies of Subaru and Mitsubishiand the tunning with greater taste that has been seen with the Toyota supra, Mitsubishi Eclipse or the Mazda RX-7 (among many others that I leave) by flag. As if that were not enough, later the iconic would arrive Mazda RX-7 by Dominic Toretto In the first to all gas, I would return with Han in Fast & Furious Tokyo Drift And, meanwhile, we could drive it in the aforementioned Gran Turismo or in the Need For Speed, if we want to follow that tuning aspect. It is not surprising that the public has love to a car that was not only beautiful. He was also spectacular for his peculiar engine and his delicious sound. All that has been lost with this peculiar restoration. A DIESEL MAZDA? “I bought it two years ago and it was nothing more than a chassis (…) had no engine, or gearbox, or interior …” With these words, the Arnold declaration begins, a Polish that Account on the Nightride YouTube channel (Almost a million subscribers), the story of his Mazda RX-7. The words of the owner of this mythical sporting have the halo that seems to be exculpating their sins in the confessional. “I started with the aesthetic part”he recounts when he says that only after modifying his exterior and resembling him to aesthetics Touge (The Japanese seventies fashion to skid on the mountain roads that is collected in films such as Fast & Furious Tokyo Drift or in the famous initial manga d) It was when he thought what he would do with the engine. The third generation of Mazda RX-7 is famous for set up a rotary engine biturbo that reached 280 hp. In addition to a very light chassis, the car quickly became saint and sign of Drift lovers. It was a car that had everything, a brutal aesthetic, a rare engine and a sound that remembered the mythical Mazda 787b That was done with the victory in Le Mans. “I wanted the car to be controversial”. And what if it has been. Not precisely because of the aesthetic carbon fiber package based on the needd Speed Underground. Arnold decided that nothing would cause more impact than forgetting the rotating engine and seating a six diesel cylinders. Yes, you have read well. I know you need time to digest it. Can you keep reading? The six -cylinder diesel came from a BMW 5 E39 series. With the smile of who knows that has committed a crime He has achieved his goal, he says on the camera: “I wanted to have a car with a shocking engine under the hood. And it was shocking, because it works in a Mazda RX-7”. And then, with a smile, he explains that he valued many types of engines but that was finally decided by the six BMW diesel cylinders. A reliable and cheap engine. No other engine that I could use was so cheap and gave it so much performance. But he also confesses, “I liked to anger people.” Looking at the good side of things, Arnold says that the project was born with the idea of being “a cheap drift car” that could complement with the other RX-7 that, this yes, has a rotating engine in its garage. But the project became more expensive. He raised the power from 184 to 270 hp and installed a rear differential, also from BMW that he customized. He assures that he continues to use it as a car for Drift but, finally, so much attention for the detail has made it a vehicle to use on a day -to -day basis. With his beautiful image his diesel engine will not attract attention … until someone misses the particular howl of the newspaper. “Some love him and others hate him”says at the end of the video. Well, Arnold, we imagine that on that balance there are many more on one side than in the other. But at least we stayed that the chassis of a Mazda RX-7 was returned to life and now dazzles those who find it down the street. Photo | Jacob s and BMW In Xataka | Mazda 6e, first impressions: to give up what seemed inalienable to become a missile against Tesla Model 3

Calls more than 200,000 cars that use its substitute engine, according to L’Am automobile

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Stellantis’s image crisis following its Puretech engines does not seem to have finished. Throughout the year 2024 and part of 2025, the company has tried to put patches to the wound of millions of cars sold for a decade with factory defects on their engines. The conglomerate has had to face a call to review Hundreds of thousands of vehicles that mounted the Different versions of trichylindrical engines 1.0 and 1.2 PURETECH (and its Turbo modifications before and after Euro 6.2) from June 2012 to February 2023. Those call call campaigns or Expanded guarantees They have remained for cars that suffered Failures after 2022with the aim of improving the brand image and preventing possible collective demands related to a bad design of their vehicles. The problem was that there was a rapid degradation of the oil that bathes the distribution strap, especially among those that circulate in urban areas. In the affected engines, fuel drops without burn could slip by the walls of the cylinders and burn in the crankcase with the oil. That abrasive mixture caused the Premature wear of the belt. The detached particles could obstruct the filters in the lubrication filter, causing insufficiency in oil pressure, an unusual consumption of it and, finally, a serious breakdown due to lack of lubrication. Ghosts come back These problems were supposed, had been solved with a modification on the belt that was now wider for those cars that were called to review and had been affected by the problem and with the replacement of the belt with a distribution chain in the new engines, now called Gen 3. However, our French companions of L’Automobile They point out that Stellantis has already called more than 200,000 cars to review in France that assemble the engine that replaces the ill -fated Puretech. The affected cars are almost all Peugeot units that mount the new 1.2 tricylindrical engine made between 2023 and 2025, either in their gasoline or hybrid versions and develop between 100 and 145 hp. The French brand accumulates 149,157 units of call calls. Despite this, Citroën with almost 55,000 units would also be one of the great affected. Likewise, these engines are mounted in Opel (more than 15,000 units called to review), Fiat, DS, Jeep, Alfa Romeo and Lancia. In Xataka We have tried to contact Stellantis to know the scope of this call to review and know if there are cars affected in Spain but We have not obtained an answer. What we have been informed by some affected brands is that it is “a preventive measure.” We are waiting to know what measures will be taken in our country. Photo | Citroën In Xataka | Stellantis wanted to conquer China with his combustion cars. What has happened to almost any other western company has happened

There is a single opportunity in 11,000 years of reaching the planet Sedna. Some Italians want to use this nuclear engine

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A team of Italian scientists has drawn a plan to achieve one of the most distant and enigmatic objects of our solar system: the Dwarf Planet Sedna. Two options. Research, Prepublished in Arxivdetails two concepts of spacecraft to drastically shorten the trip to Sedna. Not only with the aim of doing so in less time, but also quick enough to arrive before the dwarf planet immerses itself in the dark of deep space for thousands of years. One of them is a high -tech solar candle that, according to researchers, could make the journey in just seven years. The other is a nuclear fusion rocket that would do it in about ten, but with a great advantage: it could enter orbit once there. The moment is key. He Planet Sednadiscovered in 2003, has an extremely eccentric orbit that lasts about 11,000 years. In 2076 he will reach his perihelio, the point of his orbit closest to the Sun, although “close” is a relative term: it will be almost 11,000 million kilometers, about three times the distance from Neptune to our star. It is a unique opportunity in millennia to send a probe. With current rocket technology, such a trip would require between 20 and 30 years, which would force to develop in record time an incredibly complex and high -budget mission. The cheap alternative. The first option is A solar candle that takes advantage of the thrust of the photons of the sun To propel the ship, a concept already tested in missions such as Lightsail 2 of planetary society. However, this candle would go one step further: it would be covered with a material that, when heated with sunlight, released molecules through a thermal disorption process that provided an additional thrust. Thanks to Jupiter’s gravitational assistance, this ultralight ship could reach SEDNA in just seven years. The great advantage is that it would not need to load with the weight of the fuel. The disadvantage is that I could only overflow, quickly through Sedna, As did the New Horizons probe with Pluto. I would collect valuable data, but the meeting would be brief. The ambitious alternative. The second proposal is more ambitious: a rocket driven by the direct fusion engine that is already being developed in the Plasma Physics Laboratory of Princeton University. This engine would not only generate thrust, but also electrical energy from a controlled nuclear fusion reaction, offering continuous and powerful acceleration. A trip with the nuclear engine would have been ten years. Although it is slower than the solar candle, it has a major prize: the ability to insert the ship into the Sedna orbit, making possible a much more detailed long -term study of its surface, its composition and its interaction with the space environment compared to the solar candle. Why Sedna? Not only because it is a transneptunian object, an ice cream that orbits beyond Neptune. Its reddish surface and its extreme orbit make it a pristine relic of the formation of the solar system. Scientists believe Sedna could contain organic compounds and water ice, the original “bricks” of the planets. Since most of its time passes far from the Sun, its surface has been protected from radiation and heat, being almost intact. One of the most fascinating hypotheses is that Sedna could be an exoplanet captured by our solar system during a stellar encounter in the past. Being able to analyze its in situ composition would literally study material from another star system without leaving ours. Image | CSWANCMU (CC) In Xataka | Electronuclear and Nuclear Fusion Propulsion are the options of science to take us to deep space

After Puretech, Stellantis calls thousands of cars with 1.5 BlueHdi engine in Spain. In France there are 600,000 affected

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Thousands of Citroën, Opel, Peugeot, DS and Fiat. Specifically, those of diesel that mount the 1.5 BlueHDI engine and that were manufactured before February 2023. Stellantis has called for revision to more than 600,000 units of these cars in France, as confirmed by our partners from L’Automobileand is already beginning to do the same in Spain, as the company has confirmed to our colleagues from Motorpasion. In Spain, for the moment, the scope of the Call for review In figures but it has been confirmed that a review campaign begins in which the status of the chain will be verified since it can be broken prematurely. A breakage of the chain, Most likely, it ends the life of the engine since the repair is so large that the arrangement is not worth it. Those affected will be called to revision by waves with a communication by the brand but also with A letter from the DGT that will ask the owners of these vehicles to go through the workshop. Puretch ghosts come back Although Stellantis has not given the exact figure of those affected in Spain, the list of vehicles is long since it is an engine that has been used in much of the models of the companies specified above. Specifically, the following models will have to go through the workshop as long as they will be manufactured between October 2017 and February 2023: Citroën: C3 and C3 Aircross (2018-2023), C4 and C4 Cactus (2020-2023) as well as the C4 Picasso and C4 SpaceTourer (2018-2023), C5 Aircross (2018-2023). Peugeot: 208 and 2008 (2018-2023), 308 and 3008 (2017-2023), 508 and 5008 (2017-2023) Opel: Corsa (2019-2023), Crossland X and Crossland (2018-2023), Mokka (2021-2023), Astra (2022-2023), Grandland X and Grandland (2018-2023). DS: DS 3 and DS3 Crossback (2019-2023), DS 4 II (2021-2023), DS 7 Crossback (2017-2023). In the same way the following commercial models are affected: Citroën Berlingo (2018-2023) and the SpaceTourer and Jumpy (2018-2023), the Opel Zafira Life and Vivaro (2018-2023), the Peugeot Traveler and Expert (2018-2023), as well as the Fiat Double and SCUDO (2022-2023) or the Toyota Proace and Proace City (2018-2023) that continued to assemble this engine after the agreement with the old PSA. In the affected models, after the checks, Stellantis will decide whether to make a chain change or a reprogramming of the software. The problem is that the chain has a width of 7 millimeters in diameter that since February 2023 has been replaced by a 8 millimeters. The diagnosis will be made Analyzing the noise of the vehicle that, according to the company, will be decisive when replacing or not the piece. If they consider that it should not be changed, it will be when the reprogramming is performed. While this campaign is launched, Stellantis has announced that Special coverage will be applied. Vehicles equipped with this 1.5 BlueHDI engine, manufactured between October 2017 and January 2023 will have 100% of the cost of the parts or the replacement of them up to 240,000 kilometers or 10 years, which before happens. If the car is affected, the client has the right to be reimburse On this website But it is necessary to have fulfilled the manufacturer’s maintenance obligations. This way of acting is very similar to the one that has been applied with the Defective PureTech engines of the company. In that case, the blocks of gasoline They had the same problem, with a degradation of the distribution strap that could end with a complete breakage of the same and the engine. Stellantis has had to face the call to review thousands of vehicles but, above all, a Image loss in terms of quality who has tried to alleviate with The extension of the guarantee to the affected engines. However, he is facing a Collective demand in our country. Photo | Citroën In Xataka | The ghost of the Puretech engines chases Stellantis: it will pay repairs from 2022 to 2024 if these conditions are met

A solar energy company has sued Google for the AI ​​of its search engine: it was invented that they were scammers

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Google’s search engine is not just a search engine. Since Google began to integrate the “ai overViews” function, it is also A chatbot with artificial intelligence that answers the questions of the users without clicking on any link. The problem is that the underlying technology, the great language models, work probabilisticly, so they tend to invent the answer when they are not clear how to answer. A credible lie. This time, an invented response from AI Overviews can end up sitting Google on the bench. The plaintiff is Wolf River Electric, a Minnesota solar energy company. And the origin of the lawsuit is, the redundancy is worth, a demand that never existed. In Xataka Chatgpt is taking some people to the edge of madness. Reality is less alarmist and much more complex According to the lawyers of the energy company, the search for the terms “demands against Wolf River Electric” in Google made it AI responded with defamations. They cite a case in which AI Overviews replied that Wolf River Electric had been sued by Minnesota attorney for “deceptive sales practices”, such as lying to customers about how much they will save and deceive the owners to sign contracts with hidden rates. The AI ​​presented the case with total confidence involving four of the company’s managers by name: Justin Nielsen, Vladimir Marchenko, Luka Bozek and Jonathan Latcham, coming to show a photo of Nielsen next to the false accusations. To support his statements, the AI ​​cited four links: three news articles and a statement from the attorney general. However, none of the links mentioned a lawsuit against Wolf River Electric. It is not the first time. This type of error It is known as “hallucination”and it is very common in language models for how their response are weaving through the prediction of the following words, sometimes dragging the initial error until it becomes a credible lie with all kinds of invented ramifications, as in the play of the pickled phone. When Google began to integrate Ai Overview in the search engine, he had to withdraw it from some searches, especially recipes and nutrition, because he recommended Add glue to pizza Or eat a stone a day to stay healthy. An answer per question. Wolf River Electric states that, due to what they read in the AI ​​Overviews, several clients canceled their contracts, valued at up to $ 150,000. The problem is that Ai overViews responses are personalized: they are inferred at the time, so it can vary from one consultation to another That to Wolf River Electric’s lawyers are not worried because they know it can happen again. “This demand is not just about defending the reputation of our company; it will defend equity, truth and responsibility in the era of artificial intelligence,” Nicholas Kasprowicz sayslegal advisor of the company. {“Videid”: “X7ZW3C2”, “Autoplay”: False, “Title”: “I cheated an artificial intelligence | Captcha 2×02”, “Tag”: “Artificial Intelligence”, “Duration”: “2958”} David against Goliath. The case was filed in March in a state court and has just been elevated to a Federal Court of the United States. Perhaps it ends up creating jurisprudence on whether a technology company must take responsibility for its generation and disinformation. The answer to this question could mark a turning point for AI companies, which for a long time have tried to avoid responsibility for the results of their language models. Google, in its defense, described the incident as a harmless mishap. “The vast majority of our AI overViews are precise and useful, but as with any new technology, errors can occur,” A company spokesman says. Google says he had quickly acted to solve the problem as soon as they had knowledge of him, in line with his Recent efforts for allowing users to correct the mistakes of the AI. Image | Google In Xataka | Google’s AI advises using pizza cheese glue. The source is a Reddit comment 11 years ago (Function () {Window._js_modules = Window._js_modules || {}; var headelement = document.getelegsbytagname (‘head’) (0); if (_js_modules.instagram) {var instagramscript = Document.Createlement (‘script’); }}) (); – The news A solar energy company has sued Google for the AI ​​of its search engine: it was invented that they were scammers It was originally posted in Xataka by Matías S. Zavia .

An engine that the United States tried to build without success in the Cold War

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The new space race has brought back the attempts to develop rocket engines much faster. And it is not NASA, but the European Space Agency who is chasing the old dream. Context. The thermal Nuclear Propulsion Motor (NTP) is an almost as old idea as the space race itself. In the same 1961 speech with which John F. Kennedy promised to take a man to the moon, he also requested funds for the Nuclear Rover rocket with the promise of “an even more exciting and ambitious exploration of space.” More than 60 years later, space nuclear dream is still a unfulfilled promise. Europe wants to try. Interplanetary trips twice as fast. That is the central promise of nuclear propulsion, and ESA believes that it is an attainable future to reduce the nine months of earth-marte travel to half. With the help of the heavyweights of the French space and nuclear industry (CEA, Arianegroup and Framatome), ESA has concluded in his study alumni that technology offers “huge increases in performance” and “can be operated safely.” Meanwhile, in the United States. NASA has had to end its last attempt to develop an NTP engine. He Draco projectdirect heir to the initiatives of the 60s (the Rover and Nerva projects), has fallen into the Trump administration cuts. The justification of the White House for cutting is that they are “expensive investments” and “there are other alternatives.” The news has fallen as a jug of cold water for those involved. Bhavya Lal, former associated administrator of the NASA, He said to Spacenews: “We have spent almost 20,000 million dollars in space nuclear energy since the 50s and the only system we currently have is a radioisotope generator the size of a 100 watt bulb.” Many possibilities. One thing is the generators of the Martian Rovers or the Voyager and New Horizons probes, which use the heat of passive disintegration of the plutonium to generate some electricity with their small radioisotope generators (RTG), and a very different one is an active fission reactor to generate a massive thrust (a NTP rocket engine). New Horizons illustrates the difference well. It was one Mission to explore Plutobut it passed through the dwarf planet without the capacity to enter its orbit, obtaining just 24 hours of data. With nuclear propulsion, I could have orbized for years, and the scientific return would have been immensely superior. Oh, irony. Jared Isaacman, Trump’s nominated to direct NASA that was removed when Elon Musk lost its influence on the White Househe was a supporter of the development of this type of engines. The NTP are “exactly the type of thing in which NASA should concentrate its resources,” he said on one occasion. Now, Without Isaacman And with the Canceled Draco project, Europe embarks cautiously on the path of nuclear propulsion while the United States step back. Kennedy’s promise is still waiting. Of course, the things of space go slowly, and there are still a few viability studies before the European thermal nuclear propulsion engine takes shape. Image | POT In Xataka | Electronuclear and Nuclear Fusion Propulsion are the options of science to take us to deep space

If you have heard a roar at Teruel airport it is because PLD Space has just tested the new Miura 5 rocket engine

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A thermal chamber pointing to the test table of PLD Space At Teruel Airport, he has witnessed the first tests of the Treprel-C engine, the heart of the Spanish rocket Miura 5. Wake up, Miura, wakes up. PLD Space engineers have moved the first engines of the new Treprel-C family to the test zone for a series of integrated hardware trials. With these tests, the preparations for the flight rating campaign finalize, with which they will valid the design and tolerance of the motor to integrate it into the rest of the rocket. As Pld Space has advanced In his X profilethe new manufacturing technologies of combustion cameras that they have tried have “very good look”. A jump to the big leagues. The launch of Miura 1 served to validate all kinds of processes and technologies Internally developed, but the Miura 5 engine is much more complex. We talk about a two -stage orbital pitcher, designed to Place satellites of up to a ton In equatorial orbit. With a height of 35.7 meters, Miura 5 needs five teprel-C engines to rise. The engine is a direct evolution of the technologies validated by Miura 1 with an important qualitative leap: it is a turbobombic fueled engine in which the reliability apart from performance prevails. Treprel-C. The new Treprel engine (acronym for “Spanish technology for reusable spatial propulsion for pitchers”) generates 190 kn of thrust at sea level: 950 kN in total for the first stage of the Miura 5. The second stage of the rocket carries an optimized version for the vacuum. These engines, with a height comparable to that of a person, presume to have the combustion chamber of liquid propellant developed by a commercial company with private capital in Europe. They feed on RP-1 bioquerosen and liquid oxygen. Manufactured in Elche. The new PLD Space plant in Elche, 12,500 square meters, is designed to produce up to six MIURA 5 and 60 Treprel-C motors per year, which gives an idea of ​​the project ambition. The company’s facilities at Teruel airport have become, since Miura 1, in the epicenter of static tests. At the end of 2024, PLD Space lifted a 20-meter test tower for cryogenic and pressure test tower, and has built a test bench capable of trying three treprel-C simultaneously. The debut of Miura 5 is scheduled for early 2026. Images | PLD Space In Xataka | The “first private rocket in Europe” has been vacant and someone is getting hollow: Miura 5 of Pld Space

A V3 engine that is about to return to life

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Honda is Honda. A said biker that the Japanese has earned by doing things well for almost a hundred years of history. In the 80s, Honda won the 500cc World Cup with an engine that had never developed. One of the most famous in history, practically impossible to replicate. We talk about a very special three -cylinder engine: the V3. The first V3. NSR400. The bikers with more solera may still be her skin with this name. Is the denomination of One of the Honda sportsmen produced between 1985 and 1988although he never landed in Spain. An engine that cubicated 387cc … with two cylinders arranged in parallel and one in vertical disposition. Honda thus invented the V3 engine, one that allowed to manufacture a motorcycle with more power than a bicylindrical and lighter than a tetrachindric. A motorcycle that inherited the design of the NS500 world champion in competition, and whose only sin was the technical complexity to maintain its engine. As a curious fact: the NSR400 had three escapes: two for the even cylinders and one for the remaining one. This was the curious structure of Honda V3. The mess with the cylinders. There are four traditional engines in the motorcycle industry: mocylindrícos, bicilindric, tricylindrical and tetracylindrical. BI and Tetra are the most common in the middle and high displacement, due to their structure of even cylinders, easy balanced and low production costs (especially in the case of bicilindrical). There are those who define the tricylindrical (in motorcycles) Like the perfect engine: With the best of performance in high revolutions of the tetra, and the thrust in low and media of the BI. Manufacturers such as Triumph have been betting on them for years, and just landed as zontes. Returning to life. Honda has confirmed that Your V3 engine will return to life with a much more modern configuration. One in which the world’s first electrical compressor will be equipped for motorcycles. Kawasaki was the first brand in the world to equip a street motorcycle super charger such as H2 and H2Rbut it is a mechanical engine driven, not electric. With the Honda electrical turbocharger wants to achieve a huge power, although no data on its displacement has yet been offered. What we do know is that it will be extremely thin and compact, designed for sports motorcycles. Thinking about Euro 5+. The emission regulations They are increasingly restrictive, but Honda has thought about it. The company ensures that its V3 will not only be especially competitive in performance, but also in escape gase emissions. “We will continue to develop the new generation of internal combustion engines to achieve serial production, so they look forward to the arrival of this new generation.” Minoru Kato, director of the Honda Power Motorcycle and Power Products Business Division. De Honda not only clashes that they are thinking of bringing to the market one of the most complex engines at the mechanical level of history, but continue to invest in new combustion architectures oriented to the maximum performance. Image | Sling In Xataka | The 11 cheapest and most autonomy electric motorcycles: the best quality-price options

A 5,000 hp engine. And they fulfilled

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We are tired of seeing races between countries such as United Arab Emirates or Saudi Arabia to see who has it bigger. The skyscraper, of course. Although we could talk about cities, Like Neomor of authentic pharaonic works that are still difficult to assimilate Like The Line. Or new buoyant businesses, Like data centers. Herein diversification From the business of the oil countries, in this intention to sell to the world as leading nations in multiple sectors, the automobile market could not overlook either. And how could it be otherwise, when a Dubaiti company got into the project to create its own car did not think of a simple, practical vehicle for the masses and cheap to produce. You had to think of a hypercoche. Bugatti? Koenigsegg? Who are those? You had to create a car with power. With a lot of power. Were 5,000 CV enough? An engine without wheels More than a decade ago, a car focused all the looks of the Dubai Motor Show. His name was Devel Sixteen And his proposal was simplistic: becoming the most powerful car in the world. To do this, they said, they were clear that the recipe had to go through a gigantic engine. Put to dream, why not dream about the largest: an engine of V16 and 12.3 liters and four gigantic turbos for Generate 5,000 CV of power. The promise is that the car could reach 560 km/h of peak speed. The project, back in 2013 it seemed so demential that it seemed impossible to comply. Using 16 cylinders in a street vehicle is something that Bugatti had already used since 2005 with the launch of the Veyron. In this case Use a W16 engine. That is, it uses two V8 engines to add those 16 cylinders. And, however, the company reached consider the creation of a V18 engine. The project had to cancel because it was more realistic to “paste” two engines already known within the Volkswagen Group. However, that Bugatti V18 aspired to put more than 600 hp on the street. To open the mouth in the new decade, Koenigsegg presented the Agera, a car that stayed “alone” in a V8 biturbo engine to fold with the number of the thousand power CV. The Ferrari Laferrarifor example, stayed at 800 hp of power in 2013 and already used an electrical system derived from formula 1. That same year a completely unknown Dubaiti company arrived to say that a car was going to put a car with a 5,000 hp engine on the market was received Between the joke, the disbelief and the expectation of who trusted petrodollars. Those petrodollars invested in paying the development of Steve Morris Engines, a specialist in preparing vehicles who just confessed that the car could have come to fruition. In fact, he confirmed that he did fulfill and that, at least, a 5,000 hp engine was seen that only the rest was missing. That is, a car up. In it videoSteve Morris explains that he used the same formula as the Volkswagen Group. That is, project the union of two V8 engines of general Motors origin for which it created a specific ECU. With her, he says, he could have reached up to 6,000 hp of power, according to his calculations, but finally stayed in a more humble 5,076 hp. And he knows the exact figure because, in fact, had to buy a specific power bank since I did not have the tools to be able maximum performance to such a beast. He tells everything with a table with a craft tree of huge size, which gives an idea of ​​how far such an experiment could have grown. The problem, therefore, was not in the engine and that seemed the most crazy. The truth is that it makes sense because the great challenge should not be to develop the propeller, the problem is how to lower that power to the ground and make the car a practicable hyperdeportivo. It is something that the companions of Motorpasion In 2021 when it was learned that the project continued. Now it seems that it is canceled or, at least, in pause. Not only is it to find the way to stuff such an engine in a car, you have to look for ways to transmit that power to the wheels Without everything jumping through the air and find the chassis rigid enough to tame the envy of it. In addition, the latest releases of Bugatti and Koenigsegg that they have begun to glimpse that you can Break the 500 km/h border They have put on the table the need to find a formula for tires that can withstand such a power without compromising the safety of passengers. Yeah, An engine of more than 5,000 hp was achieved For Devel Sixteen. It only remains to get ahead of a car. Photo | Devel Sixteen In Xataka | Bugatti Veyron was a jewel that cost 1.7 million dollars: Volkswagen lost 6.7 million with each one that sold

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