Speed: How To Make Things Go Really Fast
by Guy Martin /
2013 / English / EPUB
118.4 MB Download
Guy Martin, lorry mechanic, motorcycle racing legend, and favorite
of the Isle of Man TT, lives for the buzz he feels racing his bike
around terrifying bends at 200 mph. Nothing, he claims, can match
it. Or can it? Guy is about to find out. . . Guy faces four
dangerous and thrilling speed record challenges, pushing the
boundaries of speed, and his body, to determine just how fast one
man can go. Together with the best of British engineering and
design, scientific research, ground breaking technology, and a
Gold-medal-winning athlete or two, Guy attempts to pedal a bicycle
over 100 mph by using the slipstream of an articulated lorry; build
the world’s fastest human-powered aircraft; hydroplane a modified
motocross bike across a 2-kilometre lake; and become the fastest
man on a toboggan. Tying in with the Channel 4 television series,
Guy Martin, lorry mechanic, motorcycle racing legend, and favorite
of the Isle of Man TT, lives for the buzz he feels racing his bike
around terrifying bends at 200 mph. Nothing, he claims, can match
it. Or can it? Guy is about to find out. . . Guy faces four
dangerous and thrilling speed record challenges, pushing the
boundaries of speed, and his body, to determine just how fast one
man can go. Together with the best of British engineering and
design, scientific research, ground breaking technology, and a
Gold-medal-winning athlete or two, Guy attempts to pedal a bicycle
over 100 mph by using the slipstream of an articulated lorry; build
the world’s fastest human-powered aircraft; hydroplane a modified
motocross bike across a 2-kilometre lake; and become the fastest
man on a toboggan. Tying in with the Channel 4 television series,Speed
Speed offers the inside track—the feats of engineering, the
science behind the speed, the history of the challenges, and Guy’s
adrenaline-fueled, jaw-dropping attempts to break the records. How
do you create an airplane frame that’s super light but safe enough
to crash? What should you fill your bicycle tires with if common
air will explode under the heat of 100mph speeds? And why is the
shape of a peregrine falcon the ideal model for a toboggan?
Exploring aerodynamics, surface tension, friction, gravity, and
ground effect, Guy discovers how and why things go really fast.
offers the inside track—the feats of engineering, the
science behind the speed, the history of the challenges, and Guy’s
adrenaline-fueled, jaw-dropping attempts to break the records. How
do you create an airplane frame that’s super light but safe enough
to crash? What should you fill your bicycle tires with if common
air will explode under the heat of 100mph speeds? And why is the
shape of a peregrine falcon the ideal model for a toboggan?
Exploring aerodynamics, surface tension, friction, gravity, and
ground effect, Guy discovers how and why things go really fast.