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Video: 200-km/h wingsuit foiler pushes human flight to record levels

Posted on November 6, 2024 by C.C. Weiss

Peter Salzmann experiences the glory of flight, gliding into the world record books on October 24, 2024

Austrian aerial stuntman and all-around maniac Peter Salzmann has already pushed wingsuiting to a whole ‘nother level in strapping on an electric propulsion system to turn himself into what might be the closest thing we’ve ever seen to a human aircraft. Now he’s back breaking boundaries once again, this time swapping out propulsion in favor of a dramatic new foil system designed to increase lift and overall flight time, pushing man that much closer to the gravity-flaunting freedom of bird-kind.

Category: Outdoors, Lifestyle

Tags: Wingsuits, Personal Flight, Red Bull, World Records, World’s Longest

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Hybrid Electric Eel aircraft claims flight endurance record

Posted on December 13, 2023 by Loz Blain

The Electric Eel hybrid has just logged a record 12-hour flight

Hybrids could have almost as much potential in the air as they do on the ground. Ampaire says the clever first-gen hybrid powertrain in its Electric Eel demonstrator cuts fuel consumption by 50-70%, and it’s just logged a world record for endurance.

Category: Aircraft, Transport

Tags: Hybrid, Electric Aircraft, World Records, World’s Longest

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Evoke’s new GT motorcycle rocks mammoth battery for electric touring

Posted on October 31, 2023 by Loz Blain

Evoke's 6061-GT: an electric motorcycle packing enough battery and fast-charging to end range anxiety

Electric touring is officially on the menu … Sort of. Evoke has built its 6061-GT electric motorcycle around the biggest battery pack ever offered in a production bike: a staggering 30-kWh monster offering more than 600 km (370 miles) of range.

Category: Motorcycles, Transport

Tags: Electric Motorcycles, World’s Longest, Motorcycle, Cruisers

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World’s longest-range electric hydrofoil packs 120-kWh of battery

Posted on July 12, 2023 by Loz Blain

This otherwise nice looking machine is currently called the SpiritBARTech35EF

If you want an electric boat to get very far, you either need huge amounts of battery, or you need to lift your hull out of the water on a hydrofoil system to cut down energy-sapping drag. The SpiritBARTech35EF does both, for record-smashing range.

Category: Marine, Transport

Tags: Hydrofoil, Electric Boats, World’s Longest

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Dinosaur with 50-ft neck claims crown for longest necked animal ever

Posted on March 20, 2023 by Michael Irving

An artist's impression of Mamenchisaurus sinocanadorum, which a new study claims had the longest neck of any animal that ever lived

It’s no secret that sauropods – a clade of giant dinosaurs that includes the famous Brachiosaurus – had really long necks, but now paleontologists claim to have identified the species that takes the crown. According to the team, Mamenchisaurus has the longest neck of any known animal ever, measuring almost 50 ft (over 15 m).

Category: Science

Tags: Dinosaurs, Animals, Animal science, Fossils, World’s Longest, Stony Brook University

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Autoflight breaks Joby’s world record for the longest eVTOL flight

Posted on March 2, 2023 by Loz Blain

Autoflight's Gen-4 Prosperity aircraft has now flown further on a single charge than any other eVTOL

It’s our first look at the new aircraft, styled by auto-design guru Frank Stephenson – and it appears to run a notably different airframe than the prototypes the company has previously shown in cruise transition testing.

Category: Aircraft, Transport

Tags: Autoflight, eVTOL, Air Taxis, World Records, World’s Longest, Electric Aircraft

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World’s longest car is found, restored, and made even longer

Posted on March 11, 2022 by Loz Blain

The American Dream: the longest car in the world, at over 100 feet

We will never complain about finding a parking spot again. The “American Dream,” now stretches to more than 100 ft (30.5 m), seats more than 75 people, and has its own pool, diving board, jacuzzi, bathtub and mini-golf course. Oh, and a helipad.

Category: Automotive, Transport

Tags: World Records, World’s Longest, Guinness, Cadillac

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World’s longest suspension footbridge lets walkers get some mountain air

Posted on May 5, 2021 by Adam Williams

The 516 Arouca is supported by two large concrete V-shaped towers

Those nervous of heights should probably steer clear of the newly completed 516 Arouca bridge in Portugal. As its name suggests, the tourist attraction runs high above a river for 516 m (1,692 ft) and is hailed as the world’s longest pedestrian suspension bridge by Portuguese officials.

Category: Architecture, Lifestyle

Tags: Building and Construction, Bridge, World’s Longest, New Atlas Audio

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Record-breaking hybrid quadcopter flies for over 10 hours

Posted on October 27, 2020 by Ben Coxworth

The modified HYBRiX 2.1 quadcopter is prepared for its flight

With perhaps a few exceptions, battery-electric multicopter drones typically can’t fly for longer than about 30 minutes. Such is not the case, however, with their hybrid counterparts – one of which recently broke its own endurance record.

Category: Drones, Technology

Tags: Hybrid, World’s Longest, Quadcopter, New Atlas Audio

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