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The Mercedes-Benz C111 was a series of experimental automobiles produced by Daimler-Benz in the 1960s and 1970s. The company was experimenting with new engine technologies, including Wankel engines, diesel engines, and turbochargers, and used the basic C111 platform as a testbed. Other experimental features included multi-link rear suspension, gull-wing doors and a luxurious interior with leather trim and air conditioning.
ManufacturerDaimler-Benz
Production1970 (16 cars produced)
AssemblyWest Germany: Untertürkheim
DesignerBruno Sacco
Body and chassis
ClassSports car
Body style2-door berlinetta
LayoutLongitudinal, Rear mid-engine, rear-wheel drive
DoorsGullwing doors
Powertrain
Engine
C111 I: M 950 F (3-rotor Wankel, 3,600 cm³[1]
C111 II: M 950/4 (4-rotor Wankel, 4,800 cm³[1]
C111 II-D and III: OM 617 (5-cylinder Diesel, 3005 cm³[2])
C111 IV: M 117 (V8 Otto, 4500 cm³[3])
Power output
M 950 F: 205 kW (275 hp) at 7000 rpm[1]
M 950/4: 260 kW (349 hp) at 6000 rpm[1]
OM 617: 140 kW (188 hp) at 4200 min−1[2]
OM 617: 170 kW (228 hp)[4]
M 117: 368 kW (493 hp)[3]
Transmission5-speed manual
Dimensions
Wheelbase2,620 mm (103 in)
Length4,440 mm (175 in)
Width1,800 mm (71 in)
Height1,120 mm (44 in)
Chronology
PredecessorMercedes-Benz SL-X
SuccessorMercedes-Benz CW311
Mercedes-Benz C112
History
The first version of the C111 was completed in 1969, and presented at the 1969 IAA in Frankfurt. The car used a fiberglass body shell and with a mid-mounted three-rotor direct fuel injected Wankel engine (code named M950F). The next C111 appeared in 1970; it was shown at the 1970 Geneva International Motor Show. It used a four-rotor engine producing 260 kW (349 hp).[1] The car reportedly could reach a speed of 300 km/h (186 mph).[5]
The company decided not to adopt the Wankel engine and turned to diesel experiments for the second and third C111s. The C111-IID's engine was a Mercedes-Benz OM 617, and produced 140 kW (188 hp) at 4200 min−1. It was based on the Mercedes-Benz 85 kW variant of the OM 617 used in the Mercedes-Benz W 116 S-Class, but had a different turbocharger without a wastegate, which allowed an increased pressure ratio of 3.3. Daimler-Benz also added an intercooler that significantly improved the engine's thermal efficiency.[2]
The C111 III prototype that was completed in 1978, had a more aerodynamic bodywork that gave it an air drag coefficient of 0.195. It had a modified 3-litre version of the Mercedes-Benz OM 617 five-cylinder Diesel, now producing 170 kW (228 hp), and a BMEP of 1.68 MPa, resulting in a maximum torque of 401 N·m at 3600 min−1. It enabled the C111 III to reach a top speed of 338 km/h (210 mph) at the 12.5 kilometres (7.8 mi) long[6] Nardò Ring in 1978, and also to average a 16 l/100 km fuel consumption at an average speed of 325 km/h.[4] The engine was fitted with an M-type inline injection pump of Bosch's PE series with a maximum injection pressure of 40 MPa.[7]
The C111 IV had a 4.5 L twin KKK-turbocharged V8 engine that produced 368 kW (493 hp; 500 PS) at 6000/min.[3] This set another record at the Nardò Ring in 1979, with an average speed of 403.78 km/h (250.958 mph), driven by Hans Liebold.[8]
Total production was 16 cars: 13 first and second generation Wankel engined cars, two diesel engined third generation cars used in the Nardò record attempt, and a single V8 engined fourth generation car.[9]
Mercedes-Benz introduced the C112 at the Frankfurt Motor Show in 1991 as a proposed production sports car. The car used a mid-mounted 6.0 L V12 engine. After accepting 700 deposits, the company decided not to proceed with production.
Brooklands
Mercedes-Benz World is a facility open to the public at the historic Brooklands motor racing circuit in Weybridge, Surrey, UK. It is owned and operated by the Mercedes-Benz Group[1] and opened in October 2006; 18 years ago. Since then over 3 million people have visited.
Mercedes-Benz World was the first track in the UK to provide the MSA's (Motor Sports Association) newly developed coaching course leading to a professional certificate in coaching motorsport - the highest coaching qualification currently available in motorsport in the UK aimed at professional race instructors and race teams.
Activities
Mercedes-Benz World visitors can book driving time on the tracks and technical facilities to fully experience the high performance AMG range and get to know how different parts of the car's technology interact to improve handling and safety. There are courses for learning advanced skills and trying out an AMG.[2] The driving facilities and courses include programmes adapted for every age and experience level. From somebody driving for the first time through to drivers with advanced race experience. Champions who have driven on the tracks at Mercedes-Benz World range from Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg to John Surtees and Stirling Moss. As well as DTM champion Bernd Schneider, F1 champion Jenson Button and double F1 world champion Mika Häkkinen. There is a permanent team of professional advanced driving coaches on site with experience that spans every aspect of driving.
On 19 June 2011, a member of the permanent driving team at Mercedes-Benz World, Mauro Calo, broke the world drift record in the presence of adjudicators from Guinness World Records with a confirmed distance of 2308 metres in an unmodified Mercedes C63 AMG.
Since 2015, AMG Driving Academy, the German high performance division of Mercedes-Benz, has offered basic training on the tracks at Mercedes-Benz World - the only place in the world to offer this course flexibly on any day of the year and with one to one coaching as standard.
Anyone who is tall enough (1.5 metres (4 ft 11 in)) can drive a car at Mercedes-Benz World on parts of the original Brooklands Circuit[2] and there are courses to allow a beginner to progress right the way through from a first drive to be able to take one of the top of the range supercars out on the tracks.
Facilities include: two high performance handling tracks, simulated ice surfaces, skid pan, high speed braking, a 4x4 course and driving areas for beginners and young drivers.
Location
The location is close to Junctions 10 and 11 of the M25 and is midway between Heathrow and Gatwick airports. Entry to the Mercedes complex is free to the public.[3] The building is spread over three floors with over 100 cars on display including a historic 300SL Gullwing as well as the full range of current sports and performance models. There is also a cinema, restaurant, simulator studio, cafe, displays and exhibitions, event spaces and a shop. Children are welcomed and there are multiple activities available for all ages.
There is a regular bus service linking Mercedes-Benz World to Weybridge railway station and Woking railway station.[4]
The adjacent Brooklands Museum has a large collection of early motorcars, motorbikes and aeroplanes associated with Brooklands, including a Concorde, as well as a cafe, a restaurant and a kids' area. Also adjacent is London Bus Museum which displays some 35 historic London buses dating back to the 1870s. Wikipedia
Elizabeth Brickell, Moving On exhibits in Oriel Davies TestBed space from 25 June - 29 August. More information about the exhibition can be found at www.orieldavies.org or by contacting Oriel Davies on 01686 625041 desk@orieldavies.org
The In-Situ Instrument Laboratory (ISIL) is where engineers test spacecraft in a simulated Mars environment. See a model of NASA's Mars lander, InSight, and a Mars 2020 testbed.
AIB09AB Airbus A321 NEOXLR testbed departing Dublin for Miami painted in "QR Code" special colours after a customer visit
Boeing 737 MAX testbed N8701Q Boeing Field Airport, 6th July 2016. Airport webcam capture via airportwebcams.net
PWC B720 C-FETB, also known as "Red Bird" by PWC employees, performed its last test flight on September 29, 2010. The last test flight was scheduled for Sept. 30 but was cancelled due to bad weather, thus ending the plane's carreer as a flying test bed for PWC. These photos were taken during the take-off around 14:30. The plane came back at 19:14 when it was already night. The future of this particular aircraft is uncertain at this time.
The RX-78 Gundam is a fictional manned robot, introduced in 1979 in Yoshiyuki Tomino's and Sunrise's anime series Mobile Suit Gundam.
In the series, it is a testbed weapon for the Earth Federation when it falls into the hands of Amuro Ray, the son of its designer in story (Tem Ray), who goes on to pilot it in the Earth Federation's war against the Principality of Zeon.
As the success of the series began the Gundam franchise, the robot's design was the first of many variations in subsequent works. The design appearing in Mobile Suit Gundam serves as the iconic symbol of the Gundam franchise and sparked the creation of its multiple sequels and spinoffs.
As part of the 30th Anniversary of the Gundam series, the company officially announced a project on March 11, 2009 called Real-G planning to build a 1/1 real size scale Gundam in Japan.
It was completed on June 9, 2009. The 18-meter (60 feet) tall statue was reconstructed in Shizuoka Prefecture and was dismantled in March 2011.
It now stands in Odaiba in front of Diver City Tokyo Plaza, along with a gift shop called "Gundam Front Tokyo" and "Gundam Cafe".
Lockheed XC-69 43-10309 Constellation at the General Electric Air Research Laboratory open house at Schenectady, New York on June 22, 1946. Photo by Richard Lockett
Premier John Horgan toured the Clean Energy Testbeds Site at the University of Washington as part of a two-day visit to Washington State.
AIB09AB Airbus A321 NEOXLR testbed departing Dublin for Miami painted in "QR Code" special colours after a customer visit
Premier John Horgan toured the Clean Energy Testbeds Site at the University of Washington as part of a two-day visit to Washington State.
Boeing 747-400 "General Electric Testbed" N747GE
Fitted with the GE9X turbofan engine under the port wing.
History:
Manufacturer Serial Number (MSN): 26355
Line Number: 1024
Aircraft Type: Boeing 747-400
Age: 25.0 Years
Production Site: Everett (PAE)
Airframe Status: Active
1994: March, - To Japan Airlines as JA8910
2010: December, - To AerSale Inc. as N356AS
2010: December, - To General Electric, testbed. N356AS
2011: December, - To General Electric, testbed. N747GE
McDonnell Douglas MD-81 UHB N980DC testbed for the General Electric Unducted Fan engine on the port side. At times during the demonstration flight it flew on the Unducted Fan alone.
The project was discontinued in 1989.
Photo: Dick Gilbert, Farnborough Air Show, 4 Sept 1988.
Airbus A340-642
MSN 0360 [Prototype/Testbed]
F-WWCA '001'
Airbus S.A.S
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Juanjo, as FI-WARE chief architect, is providing details&roadmap of FI-WARE testbed and an introduction to FI-WARE architecture.
Karen Dunn Kelley, Deputy Secretary of Commerce, Visits the NWC including stops at the NOAA Storm Prediction Center, the Norman National Weather Service Forecast Office, and the NOAA Hazardous Weather Testbed.
A Sabreliner aircraft used by Northrop Grumman as a testbed for electronics was moved from BWI Marshall Airport to the National Electronics Museum on November 10, 2019. #avgeek #aviation #MDOTscenes
Photos by Shawn Byers
Navy Tomcat 158623
Systems testbed aircraft
dsc00099, 2009:05:16 14:40:31, 3D, R, Oxnard, NAWS, Point Mugu,Naval Air Station, Missle Park, Navy Tomcat 158623
The In-Situ Instrument Laboratory (ISIL) is where engineers test spacecraft in a simulated Mars environment. See a model of NASA's Mars lander, InSight, and a Mars 2020 testbed.
ZH763 after 11 years with BA she went to Marconi Avionics/Defense Research Agency and then to QinetiQ. She retired to Newquay in April 2013
The Beechcraft Model 18 (or "Twin Beech", as it is also known) is a 6- to 11-seat, twin-engined, low-wing, tailwheel light aircraft manufactured by the Beech Aircraft Corporation of Wichita, Kansas. Continuously produced from 1937 to November 1969 (over 32 years, a world record at the time), over 9,000 were built, making it one of the world's most widely used light aircraft. Sold worldwide as a civilian executive, utility, cargo aircraft, and passenger airliner on tailwheels, nosewheels, skis, or floats, it was also used as a military aircraft.During and after World War II, over 4,500 Beech 18s were used in military service—as light transport, light bomber (for China), aircrew trainer (for bombing, navigation, and gunnery), photo-reconnaissance, and "mother ship" for target drones—including United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) C-45 Expeditor, AT-7 Navigator, and AT-11 Kansan; and United States Navy (USN) UC-45J Navigator, SNB-1 Kansan, and others. In World War II, over 90% of USAAF bombardiers and navigators trained in these aircraft.In the early postwar era, the Beech 18 was the pre-eminent "business aircraft" and "feeder airliner". Besides carrying passengers, its civilian uses have included aerial spraying, sterile insect release, fish stocking, dry-ice cloud seeding, aerial firefighting, air-mail delivery, ambulance service, numerous movie productions, skydiving, freight, weapon- and drug-smuggling, engine testbed, skywriting, banner towing, and stunt aircraft. Many are privately owned, around the world, with 240 in the U.S. still on the FAA Aircraft Registry in August 2017.
Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beechcraft_Model_18
Rep. Frank Lucas and University of Oklahoma President James Gallogly, along with about 25 congressional staff members visited the National Weather Center on Thursday, March 21. Their brief tour included the NOAA Storm Prediction Center, NOAA National Weather Service Norman Forecast Office, and the NOAA Hazardous Weather Testbed.
Photo from a preview of "Architecture Now: New York New Publics" at MoMA (Feb. 19 – Jul. 29, 2023)
11 - TestBeds, New Affiliates, 2022
McDonnell Douglas MD-81 UHB N980DC testbed for the General Electric Unducted Fan engine on the port side. At times during the demonstration flight it flew on the Unducted Fan alone.
The project was discontinued in 1989.
Photo: Dick Gilbert, Farnborough Air Show, 4 Sept 1988.
Premier John Horgan toured the Clean Energy Testbeds Site at the University of Washington as part of a two-day visit to Washington State.
Robot assassin sent to kill the Wanderer
Burton-Hell testbed for military technology.
Jim (hunterkiller drone)