Fred Weick ERCO Ercoupe
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Configuration: Mid-Engine
Engine: 400 C.I. V8 (6.6 L)
Transmission: 3 speed automatic
Original Engine: 4 rotor Wankel
Weight: 2600 lbs
The Aerovette started life as the XP-882, a mid engined Corvette, with a 6.2L Wankel rotary engine with four chambers that developed around 400hp. Under the design team of Bill Mitchell, the car was first unveiled as “The Four Rotor Corvette” during the 1970 New York Auto Show. The car featured bi-folding gull-wing doors and a clear cover showcasing the engine bay. Eventually, GM abandoned their rotary technology and replaced the four rotor with a small block Chevy V8, because they anticipated the gas crisis of the 1970s.
The Aerovette’s styling was formed through a wind tunnel to give it a streamlined form. The body of the car was constructed with fiberglass along with a steel and aluminum tubular frame. The Aerovette had an advanced rectangular headlight design that allowed the driver to see the road from further away, while remaining aerodynamic and in a low position. The Aerovette’s doors were a bi-folding gullwing
design that allowed the driver and passenger to enter and exit the vehicle quickly. The “V” design on the windshield was angled at 72° and wrapped around the doors to conceal the front pillars of the car. Glass louvers were placed on the rear quarter panel to aid with vision, and allow heat to be dispersed from the engine compartment. Cool air was channeled into the carburetors from the apertures that were located in front of the rear wheels. The engine’s radiator and air conditioning unit were mounted at the front of the car near the wheels to ensure maximum cooling and efficiency.
The technology in the Aerovette was quite advanced for the time. The interior of the car featured a telescopic steering wheel and digital display that allowed the driver to adjust it to their comfort level. The seats of the car were in a fixed position for weight distribution, but could be adjusted up and down. The driver would press a lever to move the pedals further away or closer to them. The Aerovette came with a number of safety and digital features as well. These included, a warning system that alerted the
driver if the doors were open or closed, if the seatbelts were unfastened, and front and rear energy absorbing bumpers that provided protection in car-to-car impacts up to 10 mph. A button could also be pressed to check on the fuel supply, water temperature, oil pressure, and voltage. The dashboard of the car had small lights to indicate what rpm the engine was spinning at, and would change from green to red when the driver was approaching redline. Additionally, the car had a built in lap timer, clock, calendar, and an am/fm radio.
Source: Audrain Auto Museum
First introduced in the 8C 2300, the Vittorio Jano designed eight cylinder engine scored at least one victory in every major race and championship. In its initial 1931 configuration, the engine displaced 2336 cc, it grew gradually to 2905 cc, primarily by increasing the stroke. The engine was created by mounting two alloy blocks of four cylinders on a single crankcase. On top of the two blocks an alloy head was installed, housing two camshafts. Aspiration was forced, through two Roots-Type Superchargers.
Although the engine increased in size throughout its career, its layout and auxiliaries remained very much similar to Jano's 1931 design. One of the best known racing cars powered by the 8 cylinder engine was the Tipo B or P3 of 1932, which is to date considered as one of the finest Grand Prix racers ever constructed. Run by Enzo Ferrari's Scuderia Ferrari, the Alfa Romeos were almost unbeatable.
From its 1931 introduction, the 8C 2300 took four straight victories in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, driven by talented drivers like Tazio Nuvolari and Luigi Chinetti. Tazio Nuvolari's brilliance was even more visible when driving the P3, the first single seater racer ever. The P3 was unbeaten in 1933, but eventually succumbed to defeat by the greater budgets being spent by Mercedes-Benz and Auto Union.
With the rise of the German Grand Prix teams, Alfa Romeo focused more of its attention on sportscar and road racing. Designed specifically for Italy's most legendary road race, the Mille Miglia, was the 8C 2900. Much like the contemporary Grand Prix racers, the 8C 2900 featured all-round independent suspension, with wishbones at the front and swing-axles at the rear. Installed in the chassis was a 220 bhp version of the 2.9 litre eight cylinder engine.
A total of six of these road racers, later known as 8C 2900A, were constructed. Three of these were entered in the 1936 running of the Mille Miglia. The new cars were immediately successful and occupied the first three places at the finish with the Brivio and Ongaro driven 8C on top. A year later a second victory was scored. With the winning cars as a base, a road going customer version was constructed. Dubbed 8C 2900B, the road car featured a de-tuned engine, but other than that is very similar to the racer.
Two versions were available, the 2800 mm short wheelbase (Corto) and 3000 mm long wheelbase (Lungo) versions. Most of these were sent to Touring to be fitted with Berlinetta, Spyder and Roadster bodies. With its competition chassis and high top speed it was faster and quicker than anything its competition had to offer. Due to its high price, only a very few of these supercars were constructed (10 Lungo and 20 Corto chassis).
Being very similar to the competition 8C 2900A, it came as no surprise the 8C 2900B was used as a racer as well. To suit this purpose Alfa Romeo constructed a further 13 8C 2900B chassis fitted with the 220 bhp engine. Many of these were fitted with roadster bodies and were competed in road races like the Mille Miglia. After the two 8C 2900A victories in 1936 and 1937, another two victories were scored by the 8C 2900B in 1938 and 1947. No other Alfa Romeo has scored as many 'MM' victories as the 8C 2900.
Although it was noted that a small number of these were produced, but the data on the car stated that this particular one was a one off, and I suspect it was by virtue of who custom bodied the car.
Que algú m'expliqui, això. En una raconada d'Oxford, dins els edificis de la universitat, hi ha aquesta porta amb escala, porta interior, i baraneta protectora tot davant d'ella. Una conjunció força enigmàtica.
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Somebody could explain this to me? In a corner of Oxford, in the middle of what are univeristy buildings (next to the Sheldonian Theatre), stands this very odd "door configuration". That's a door in a wall, enclosed by it's own minuscule barrier, that leads upstairs to another, enclosed door. Me-dont-understand.
I love to catch Monarch Butterflies in flight. This is probably the strangest wing configurations that I have ever captured.
Bus Operator: N/A
Fleet Number: N/A
Area of Operation: N/A
Seating Configuration: 2x2
Seating Capacity: 44+1
Bus Manufacturer: Santarosa Motor Works, Inc.
Model: Daewoo BV115 SE (Special Edition) Cityliner
Chassis: Daewoo BV115
Engine: Doosan DE12TiS
Suspension: Leaf Spring Suspension
Taken at: CAMPI-4th Philippine International Auto Show, World Trade Center, Pasay City, Philippines
*note:
- Promotional unit
- Allison transmission
- GPS-equipped
- Restroom-equipped
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This curious configuration in the landscape caught my eye as I was driving past... the light over the fields, the hedgerow adds interest, the tree to the left, lines in the crops in the foreground. Not much more to say really.
Captain Davie described the configuration of the great banking room. "Before conversion, three sets of four teller stations were placed between the square pillars on the right side. Each station included the main parts of classical architecture in reduced size, the horizontal entablature resting on the two vertical columns and consisting of cornice, frieze, and architrave. Strong structures supported a bronze hinged wicket at each of the 16 positions. Some of these groupings have been rearranged to accommodate hotel design requirements."
Although the use of the San Diego Trust & Savings Bank building changed ten years ago, from a bank and offices to a hotel with 245 guest rooms, the original features of the structure remain remarkably intact. The Courtyard-Marriott Hotel, located in the heart of a vibrant downtown San Diego, is a spectacular example of successful readapted use. The hotel stands proud in the bank's place, as the sentinel of an important piece of San Diego history.
Courtyard by Marriott - This excellent example of adaptive reuse was a 1999 People In Preservation award winner. 224
Various interpretation of the bonnet livery--one war and one blue--have the Santa Fe adequately represented against the calm morning waters of the Meramec River at Times Beach, the second of 4 encounters H STLTUL4 18A will have with the Meramec on its trip "upriver" across the Cuba Subdivision in southern Missouri. The Frisco selected a three deck truss span design to bridge the river at this location, the current configuration of which rests on the concrete half of the inconsistently constructed piers left from when the route was double tracked on its easternmost 34 miles between St. Louis and nearby Pacific. Times Beach is more well known as the infamous site of one of America's more memorable residential contaminations, described in detail in a prior posting for those intrigued: www.flickr.com/photos/54360625@N08/31929037954/in/photoli...
The goldfish (Carassius auratus) is a freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae of order Cypriniformes. It is one of the most commonly kept aquarium fish. A relatively small member of the carp family (which also includes the Prussian carp and the crucian carp), the goldfish is native to East Asia. It was first selectively bred in ancient China more than 1,000 years ago, and several distinct breeds have since been developed. Goldfish breeds vary greatly in size, body shape, fin configuration and coloration (various combinations of white, yellow, orange, red, brown, and black are known). Goldfish have strong associative learning abilities, as well as social learning skills. Goldfish are gregarious, displaying schooling behavior, as well as displaying the same types of feeding behaviors. 2109
The image operates through reduction and control, a set of contingent elements is subjected to a strict organization, producing a legible, autonomous configuration free of anecdote.
1936 Delage D6-70 Milord Cabriolet (3 position Drop Head Coupe') by Figoni et Falaschi.
After merging with Delahaye in 1935, Louis Delage, with access to the Delahaye bank of parts, set about precisely preparing his new model, the D6-70. He started with modifying the Delahaye 135 engine by decreasing it to 2,729 cc. This gave the engine a shorter stroke, which when combined with a revised cylinder head, provided the new Delage’s engine with much more gusto than its sister Delahaye 135.
Most of the D6-70s were equipped with the optional Cotal electromagnetic gearbox, a quasi automatic transmission with four speeds plus reverse. In a time when most car transmissions were borrowed from trucks and shifted as such, the silky-smooth Cotal was lightyears ahead of its time.
Chassis number 50607, presented here, was the first cabriolet out of a small batch of Delage D6s bodied by Figoni et Falaschi in 1936. The design is sheer elegance in any of its three different configurations: with the top up, top down in cabriolet dress, and then with the “Milord,” or half-cabriolet appointment (rolling back the front of the top), which gives this example a touch of class made famous by the French school of the 1930s. Figoni et Falaschi are said to have been particularly proud of their work and believed to have displayed this car on their stand at the 1936 Salon de Paris.
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A loaded & heavy manifest train grinds up-hill with a trio of AC engines in a 2-1 configuration while running parallel to the Guadalajara-Tepic highway.
The third unit on the head end is a wrecked FEC ES44C4 that was to be repaired at the GDL yard, but have since been moved to the Wabtec plant in San Luis Potosi, which has a big repair contract with FXE for their GE engines.
Zapopan, Jalisco.
Structural configuration: The tower has a square base with a shoe base. The mixed stone walls are punctuated by angular bands in square stone. The upper cell is characterised by four three-light windows with terracotta frames. The terminal crowning is underlined by a series of blind arches on shelves and a dentil terracotta frame.
Property of Catholic religious body.
Indirizzo: via Guido Cagnola 21 - Gazzada Schianno (VA)
Tipologia generale: architettura per la residenza, il terziario e i servizi
Tipologia specifica: torre
Configurazione strutturale: La torre ha una base quadrata con un basamento a scarpa. Le pareti in pietrame misto sono scandite da fasce angolari in pietra squadrata. La cella superiore è caratterizzata da quattro trifore con cornici in cotto. Il coronamento terminale è sottolineato da una serie di archetti ciechi su mensole e da un cornice in cotto a dentelli.
Uso storico: intero bene: torre
Condizione giuridica: proprietà Ente religioso cattolico
An orderly configuration of tinted corrugated fiberglas, weathered paint, partially blocked-in windows, rust stains, and asphalt, but not too orderly, which might be a bit boring, even if somewhat more satisfying. I meditated for a while on the shapes and patterns of the gray cinderblock filling in the bottom half of the windows, like pieces of a puzzle that don't fit. I can also zone out on the white area with its various crack patters, stains, and worn-down spots.
Built in 1911, this Queen Anne-style house features a buff brick facade with a front gable roof, corner turret with a conical roof, decorative stone trim and details, quoins, and decorative glass attic windows, double-hung windows in one-over-one and nine-over-one configurations, half-timbering on the gable ends, bargeboard at the front gable, concrete porch columns and railings, a rough-hewn stone base, a first-floor picture window with a decorative glass transom, and a double front door with decorative glass lights and a decorative glass transom. The house is a contributing structure in the East Row Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980 and expanded to include this part of the neighborhood in 1985.
🇫🇷 Sa première configuration en forme de croix latine avec un plafond en bois était composée de trois nefs.. Au fil du temps elle a subi de nombreuses restaurations, les plus importantes sont celles du XVIIème siècle.
on a modifié la structure romano-pisane de l'église en élevant les murs portants, en créant des voûtes et des coupoles pour remplacer le plafond en bois, et donner une forme baroque à toute la structure.
🇬🇧 Its original layout, in the form of a Latin cross with a wooden ceiling, consisted of three naves. Over time it has undergone numerous restorations, the most important of which took place in the 17th century.
The Romanesque-Pisan structure of the church was modified by raising the supporting walls, creating vaults and domes to replace the wooden ceiling, and giving the whole structure a Baroque form.
🇮🇹 La sua configurazione originaria, a croce latina con soffitto ligneo, era a tre navate. Nel corso del tempo è stata sottoposta a numerosi restauri, i più importanti dei quali sono stati effettuati nel XVII secolo.
La struttura romanico-pisana della chiesa fu modificata alzando i muri portanti, creando volte e cupole in sostituzione del soffitto ligneo e dando una forma barocca all'intera struttura.
🇩🇪 Ursprünglich hatte sie die Form eines lateinischen Kreuzes mit einer Holzdecke und bestand aus drei Schiffen. Im Laufe der Zeit wurde sie zahlreichen Restaurierungen unterzogen, von denen die wichtigsten im 17.
Jahrhundert. Die romanisch-pisanische Struktur der Kirche wurde verändert, indem die tragenden Mauern erhöht, Gewölbe und Kuppeln errichtet wurden, um die Holzdecke zu ersetzen und der gesamten Struktur eine barocke Form zu geben.
🇪🇸 Su configuración original, en forma de cruz latina con techo de madera, constaba de tres naves. Con el tiempo, sufrió numerosas restauraciones, las más importantes de las cuales se llevaron a cabo en el siglo XVII.
La estructura románico-pisana de la iglesia se modificó elevando los muros de carga, creando bóvedas y cúpulas para sustituir el techo de madera y dando una forma barroca a toda la estructura.
QU'EST-CE QUE LE FOCUS STACKING (ICI AVEC UNE FOURMI NOIRE) ?
L'empilement de mise au point combine plusieurs images focalisées sur un point différent pour créer une image résultante avec une profondeur de champ plus grande que n'importe laquelle des images sources individuelles !
Il s'agit d'une technique conçue pour surmonter les limites de la profondeur de champ, en d'autres termes, lorsque la configuration de l'appareil photo ne peut pas gérer ses capacités de profondeur de champ !
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WHAT IS FOCUS STACKING ? ( WITH BLACK ANT ) ?
Focus stacking combines multiple images focused on a different spot to make a resulting image with a greater depth of field than any of the individual source images.
It’s a technique designed to overcome the limits of depth of field, in other words, when the camera’s setup can’t handle its depth of field capabilities.
Credit : Joshua Coogler.
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Different configurations of collected steel sculptural forms. Two being magnetic allowing for reconfiguration at the whim of the owner/curator. The diameter of the round base is about 200mm.
Before DPU was introduced, UP was known for very long locomotive consists. Nowadays such configurations became rare, but they are still possible. A nice 5x consist lead by AC4400 #6391 passed Devils Slide. With GP38 #531 even a standard cab unit was part of the story, unfortunately only in position five.
A l'origine, le domaine faisait partie intégrante de la Forêt de Soignes. En 1833, le marquis Maximilien de Béthune achète 341 ha de forêts, qu'il fait partiellement défricher pour y aménager un parc. Il fait construire trois maisons de garde et deux fermes et entreprend ensuite la construction du château (achevée en 1842), dont il confie la réalisation à l'architecte français Jean-Jacques Nicolas Arveuf-Fransquin et au belge Jean-François Coppens.
Érigé au sommet de la colline, de style néo-renaissance flamand très prisé à l'époque, le château, paré de briques rouges avec des lignes de pierres naturelles, est flanqué de quatre tours et de quatre tourelles. Le terrain marécageux du bas de la colline est transformé en étang.
De 1871 à 1893, le domaine devient la propriété du baron Antoine de Roest d'Alkemade qui l'agrandit au sud jusqu'à ses limites actuelles en acquérant des prairies, les berges de l'Argentine et les étangs de Nysdam.
En 1893, l'industriel Ernest Solvay, Fondateur de la société internationale « Solvay & Co », achète la propriété pour en faire sa résidence d'été. Il confie à Victor Horta le soin de revoir les aménagements intérieurs du château. Une terrasse est aménagée en façade, surmontée d'une marquise vitrée à colonnes de fonte. Ernest Solvay fait réaménager le parc et agrandit encore le domaine qui atteint en 1920, 490 hectares.
Ernest Solvay lègue ses biens de son vivant à ses enfants. Le domaine de La Hulpe est divisé entre ses deux fils, Edmond qui reçoit la partie nord et Armand, l'aîné, qui reçoit le château et la partie basse de la propriété, dont l'ensemble constitue le domaine Solvay actuel.
Armand Solvay, puis son fils, Ernest-John réalisent d'importants aménagements du domaine qui lui donneront sa configuration actuelle.
L'architecte Georges Collin modifie considérablement l'aspect du château. Les tourelles, le clocheton central et la marquise sont supprimés, les flèches des tours sont raccourcies, la brique rouge est recouverte d'un enduit clair.
Originally, the estate was an integral part of the Forêt de Soignes. In 1833, the Marquis Maximilien de Béthune bought 341 ha of forests, which he had partially cleared to create a park. He had three guard houses and two farms built and then undertook the construction of the castle (completed in 1842), the construction of which he entrusted to the French architect Jean-Jacques Nicolas Arveuf-Fransquin and the Belgian Jean-François Coppens.
Erected at the top of the hill, in a Flemish neo-renaissance style very popular at the time, the castle, adorned with red bricks with lines of natural stone, is flanked by four towers and four turrets. The marshy ground at the bottom of the hill is transformed into a pond.
From 1871 to 1893, the estate became the property of Baron Antoine de Roest d'Alkemade, who extended it to the south to its current limits by acquiring meadows, the banks of Argentina and the Nysdam ponds.
In 1893, the industrialist Ernest Solvay, Founder of the international company “Solvay & Co”, bought the property to make it his summer residence. He entrusted Victor Horta with the task of reviewing the interior fittings of the château. A terrace is fitted out in front, surmounted by a glazed canopy with cast iron columns. Ernest Solvay had the park redeveloped and further extended the estate, which in 1920 reached 490 hectares.
Ernest Solvay bequeaths his property during his lifetime to his children. The domain of La Hulpe is divided between his two sons, Edmond who receives the northern part and Armand, the eldest, who receives the castle and the lower part of the property, the whole of which constitutes the current Solvay domain.
Armand Solvay, then his son, Ernest-John, carried out major improvements to the estate which would give it its current configuration.
The architect Georges Collin considerably modified the appearance of the castle. The turrets, the central steeple and the awning are removed, the spiers of the towers are shortened, the red brick is covered with a clear plaster.
To make the most of the beautiful sun of these days for shooting the full sun I have prepared this configuration: underneath the Lunt LS80T with Halfa filter and above an apochromatic refractor for the Baader Planetarium Herschel Wedge filter (visible light) or the Lunt B600 Ca-K filter
One arm of (please forgive me...) a four-armed third hand bent into this week's thematic shape.
From a bit of web research, I found out it is made from modular hose, a product normally used in metalworking and woodworking machinery but adaptable to other applications.
Linked picture now available!