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The Nissan 240SX is a sports compact car that was introduced to the North American market by Nissan in 1989 for the 1990 model year. It replaced the outgoing 200SX (S12) model. Most of the 240SXs were equipped with the 2.4-liter inline-four engine ( KA24E from 1989 to 1990 and KA24DE from 1990 to 1998).
The Onevia was never retailed as a complete car in Japan (though it was in North America: the coupé version of the 240SX used the same body shell as the Silvia but with the 180SX/240SX nose). The Mitsuoka Le-Seyde was a retro-styled car built in a very limited series in the early 1990s, based on the S13 Silvia. It uses the S13 Silvia's centre ...
The following chart shows the number of launch systems developed in each country, and broken down by operational status. Rocket variants are not distinguished; i.e., the Atlas V series is only counted once for all its configurations 401–431, 501–551, 552, and N22.
The XLR11, company designation RMI 6000C4, was the first liquid-propellant rocket engine developed in the United States for use in aircraft. It was designed and built by Reaction Motors Inc., and used ethyl alcohol and liquid oxygen as propellants to generate a maximum thrust of 6,000 lbf (27 kN).
In 1946, Hawk produced one of the first all-plastic model kits, the Curtiss R3C-1 racer. [8] Four additional kits (all classic 1930s racers) were added in 1948; the Gee Bee, Howard Ike, Laird Solution and Supermarine S6B. These early kits were molded in acetate plastic, but from 1949 Hawk employed polystyrene in its injection-molding process. [9]
During the early 1960s Corgi Toys issued a series of clip-together plastic kits of buildings and street furniture to complement and add further play value to their range of scale vehicles. The first release was the Batley Leofric Garage (601) with opening garage door in May 1960 followed by two street lamps (606) and AA (Automobile Association ...
In shooter games, rocket jumping is the technique of using the knockback of an explosive weapon, most often a rocket launcher, to launch the shooter into the air. [1] The aim of this technique is to reach heights, distances and speed that standard character movement cannot achieve.
The new design was intended to be developed as a kit aircraft initially and then later to be type certified, although certification was never completed. [ 3 ] The aircraft was designed in 1983, first flown on July 1, 1984 and initially designated as the S29-300, for Swearingen, 29th design, 300 horsepower .