The new Fahrenheit coaster at Hershey Park now features the steepest drop of any coaster in the US.
How steep?
Try 97 degrees. (For those of you wondering: Yes, that is PAST vertical.)
The coaster, which features a 121 foot drop, a 107 foot inverted loop, two inverted corkscrew rolls, a Cobra element, an Airborne inverted S roll, two hills called Airtime hill, and two High-speed/banked curves, reaches a maximum speed of 58 mph, and takes 12 riders on an 85 second ride of their life.
Check out Popular Mechanics for a behind the scenes look at how the coaster was made, and hold on to your lunch if you’re going to watch the video.
Brian Brushwood’s Scam School is a short-format series of online videos that gives you an inside tour of bar tricks, street cons, and scams.
Each episode teaches you a usable bar trick, street con, or scam that you can pull on your friends, and you’ll be entertaining them in no time with these easy to learn tricks.
In the pilot episode, Brian teaches you how to make smoke from out of thin air:
The latest car to go under their knife is the Ferrari Enzo, and despite the fact that many Ferrari purists would argue that the Enzo is perfection embodied, Edo would disagree.
Changes include a new ram-air intake system, high-flow air filters, FXX style headers, high-flowing cats, a new exhaust system with remote-controlled butterfly valves to adjust sound levels on the fly, and a modified ECU that helps power levels reach 700 hp and 527 lb.-ft. of torque.
That power is then moved through a retuned transmission that replicates the shift times of the FXX bretherin, and then out through the 19 and 20 inch blacked out rims that are an Edo special.
Suspension has also seen some improvements, with compression and rebound that have been adjusted to match the FIA GT MC12.
According to Edo, 62 mph is now dispatched in just 3.5 seconds, and the car will reach 186 mph in just 22 seconds.
I guess even perfection has some room for improvement!
It’s not like you needed another reason to want a Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4, but if you’d like to further solidify the awesomeness of this car in your mind, check out this video of what it can do in the hands of Sam Hubinette:
Daily Monster is Stefan G. Bucher’s quest to draw one monster per day for 200 days.
Each monster starts out as an inkblot, and then Stefan adds to that blot until it starts to take on a character of its own. Then, users can submit a back-story for the monster, and Stefan picks some of the best and publishes them on his blog.
Each monster features the accompanying video where you can watch Stefan work his magic, and it’s impressive to watch each one take shape.
On May 2, Stefan drew the final monster in the series, so check out his site for a look at each one of the 200 monsters.
