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1 Sept 2017

Feast your eyes on this life-sized Ferrari SF70H made of Lego bricks


Ever wish to come across a life-sized F1 car made from Lego bricks? Well, the Danish brand that makes ends meet with plastic bricks has made your wish come true in the form of the Ferrari SF70H. Yep, it's the very same race car at the helm by Kimi Raikkonen and Sebastian Vettel for this year's Formula One championship.

Following in the footsteps of the McLaren 720S, the 2017 Ferrari F1 car is built from 349,911 individual bricks as claimed from the video above. That's a far higher number compared to 280,000 required for the life-sized McLaren 720S.

Anyway, enjoy the video above showing the time-lapse build process of the Ferrari F1 race coming into being.

Video Credit: Lego  

7 Sept 2016

Video: How an internal combustion engine work



For centuries, internal combustion engine (henceforth will be called ICE) has been the staple source of motive power in mainstream transport, ranging from cars, motorcycles, aircraft and several more. Several different types of ICE in existence include piston engine, jet engine and rotary engine. 

I was at the recent BMW Innovation Day at Desa Park City and stumbled upon this working cutaway model. It was a sight to behold watching how the moving hardware interact with one another, that I could not help it but brandish my camera and record this video. 

The video above depicts how a 4-stroke motorcycle piston engine works. It is still the same principal as a 4-stroke piston engine found in cars (Suck, Squeeze, Bang, Blow). You can see from the video how the piston and valves interact with each other. 

I had a short chat with presumably a mechanic manning the booth. According to him, this is a new water-cooled engine with wet clutch system (old engine was an air-cooled system with dry clutch system). In case you are wondering what is that big round disc spinning in the crankcase, that is the wet clutch the mechanic was referring to. It is bathed in oil, hence 'wet' clutch. Before I bore you with more technical details, do enjoy the video!