22 interesting machines

Tiger Stone not fully automated and still requires that the workers (2-3) fed apparatus bricks, but now their vertical position, and the process is much more efficient. One team can put about 300 square meters of brick, tile or roads in the day.

Unicycle Goventozo



Single cylinder monocycle was built by Italian Goventozoy M. (M. Goventosa) on the eve of World War II. Maximum speed - 150 km / h. Virtually silent engine of this unusual motorcycle driven by the steam produced compact boiler.

Helicopter-tanker



Helicopter refueling ground units at the stage of haul.

Helicopter trimmer



Very handy gizmo for the helicopter. Allows you to easily saw off the tops of trees along the transmission line.

The most awesome lopatst for wind turbine



The world's largest wind turbine has been successfully built on the farm Belwind Wind Farm in Belgium. The name of the new wind turbine Haliade 150, tower height was 78 meters and the diameter of the blades 73 meters.

Engine Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Engine



28 cylinder air cooled (4 stars, each cylinder 7.). Volume 71, 5 liters. Power from 3000 to 4300 hp depending on the modification. Equipped with a mechanical supercharger. To achieve power HP 4300 to it in addition to the supercharger put two more turbochargers. Each cylinder bank has been slightly displaced relative to each other for better cooling. Due to its characteristic appearance earned him the nickname «corncob», which can be translated as "core corn cob." Plaque between repairs around 600 hours.

Snowplow for railroad



Sometimes the locomotive is attached to a conventional plow blade - snowplow turns. But when he can not handle a layer of snow, comes to the aid of such a monster.

4500-strong rig



Miner climbs on the boulders at the site of Gotthard Base Tunnel in Switzerland, on March 23. A huge drilling machine drilled last stretch of rock.

Howitzer with a silencer



In pictures 155-mm Howitzer M-109. It takes place in Germany. Distance from settlements polygons there now, not even on the former territory of East Germany. Therefore, in order not to disturb the peace of the burghers, the Bundeswehr use these devices.

The biggest helicopter



Multipurpose heavy transport helicopter Mi-26. Has two engines of 11,000 hp power each. It is the largest serial transport helicopter in the world!

Crawler Crane Liebherr LR 13000



The most powerful crawler crane traditional design. Overriding scope of the new crane LR 13000 is the construction of power plants. The rise of an extremely large unit loads required especially in the construction of nuclear power plants of the last generation.

Pan American Stratocruiser



This aircraft was based on the bomber - B-29. Boeing Model 377, or "Stratokruzer" ("stratospheric cruiser") was calculated 55-100 passengers depending on the layout of a number of 28 beds.

Siren with an engine HEMI



Americans during the Cold War so feared attack the Soviet Union released the most powerful in the world siren. It was made by Chrysler and was named Air Rad Siren. It is based on the engine Hemi V8, which developed 3,600 revolutions per minute, and the details of the sirens themselves spinning at 2000 rpm. The volume of such a siren monster reached 137 dB. Initially, the Chrysler Air Rad Siren was a seat for someone who ran a siren, but then made the remote control.

North Korean simulator tractor



This simulator tractor, which stands in one of the palaces of youth, located in North Korea. As expected, this is a circle, in which the child can go after school.

Eicher Mammut HR



Serial tractor 50s. Icon Dieselpunk - Eicher Mammut HR. If it fasten tape for special music, you can have a great time on the track. Or in the field.

Machine for stamping cubes Lego



Form for forming bricks Lego. Before becoming an exhibit at Legoland California in August 2008, it is stamped over 120 million detalek

Cockpit shuttle



The cockpit of the space shuttle "Endeavour" in front of one of the last flights.

Ferris wheel in Ashgabat



In 2012, the wheel was entered in the Guinness Book of Records as the world's largest Ferris wheel closed. Its structure have spent $ 90 million.

The biggest excavator



Bagger 288 (Excavator 288 - 288 excavator) - excavator, built in 1978 by the German company Krupp for the company Rheinbraun. Upon completion, the machine, the size of Bagger 288 surpassed Crawler-transporter to transport the shuttle and Apollo rocket on the launch pad, with a weight of 13,500 tons, a length of 240 m and a height of 96 m. However, Bagger receives energy from external sources, so it would be more accurate called movable apparatus for quarrying.

Vessel "Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin»



vessel designed for spacecraft control to perform trajectory and telemetry, for communication ground stations Mission Control with the crews of space ships and stations. The largest and most powerful ship in its class. Named in honor of Yuri Gagarin.

Ships for transportation vehicles



"The stack" of river boats and pontoons have been loaded on a ship in the port of Shanghai Nantong, after which the vessel MV Blue Marlin hit the road and after 58 days, March 22, arrived in the Netherlands, the port of destination.

The new rover NASA MSL Curiosity



Models of all three rovers compared: Sojourner (the smallest), Opportunity (Intermediate), Kyuriositi (the largest).

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