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The original model was the S7 (the "Tourer") (2,104 produced from 1946 to 1948), in 1949 the S7 was updated to become the S7 de luxe (5,554 produced) and the S8 (8,530 produced). Both had new cylinder linings, redesigned frames and increased oil capacity. The lighter S8 was sold as a "sportier" model with a top speed of 85 mph (137 km/h).
The top speed of the stock production vehicle has not been clearly defined by an independent, verifiable source. Otherwise, first electric vehicle to be considered for the position of the world's fastest street-legal production motorcycle, [ 37 ] [ 38 ] [ 39 ] to have won against ICE motorcycles in a professional road-based event and to have ...
The Saleen S7 is an American hand-built, high-performance sports car designed and built by American automobile manufacturer Saleen Automotive Inc. Developed jointly by Steve Saleen for the initial concept, direction and engine, Hidden Creek Industries for resources and initial funding, Ray Mallock Ltd. (RML) for chassis, suspension and aerodynamics, and Phil Frank for the body and interior CAD ...
The Cyclone was capable of over 100 mph top speed, although the engine lubrication was crude, and it was fragile over long-distance races of 100 miles or more that were popular on the board tracks of the era. The Cyclone had no positive lubrication of its overhead camshaft, relying on a small metal well of oil to drip into the cambox, which led ...
Data from Kitplanes General characteristics Crew: One Capacity: One passenger Length: 23 ft 3 in (7.09 m) Wingspan: 29 ft 3 in (8.92 m) Height: 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Wing area: 147.1 sq ft (13.67 m 2) Empty weight: 700 lb (318 kg) Gross weight: 1,232 lb (559 kg) Fuel capacity: 18 US Gallons (68 litres) Powerplant: 1 × Rotax 912ULS, 100 hp (75 kW) Propellers: 2-bladed adjustable pitch Performance ...
Fitted with an afterburning version of the AL-7 engine after the first eleven flights, the prototype set a Soviet speed record of 2,170 km/h (1,170 kn, 1,350 mph, Mach 2.04) in April 1956. [3] The prototype was intended to be armed with three 37 mm Nudelman N-37 cannons and 32 spin-stabilized 57 mm (2.25 in) unguided rockets in a ventral tray ...
Chicago-based Vee-Jay Records head A&R man, Calvin Carter, brought back "Make It Easy on Yourself" from a trip to New York City where he scouted song publishers.Carter played the demo, featuring Dionne Warwick's vocal, for Vee-Jay artist Jerry Butler who commented: "Man, it's a great song, and the girl who's singing it, and the arrangement, is a hit."
Recorded during the winter of 1978–79, the album marked Warwick's debut with the label. Production on Dionne was helmed by Barry Manilow, who was paired with Warwick by Arista founder Clive Davis. Her highest-charting album since Soulful (1969), Dionne peaked at number 12 on the US Billboard 200 album chart and went platinum in the US.