Sentences with phrase «erebus at cruising speed»

Mulgrew subbed in for Hillary on Flight 901 and died when the plane crashed into Erebus at cruising speed, killing Mulgrew and everyone on board.

I am no expert but typical commercial helicopter flies at a cruising speed of 140 mph.

The first thing I look for when we see overheat at cruise speed but not at idle is poor heat transfer through the radiator.

When a bad sensor got too hot the reading from it started to swing dramatically causing the vehicle to surge at cruising speed.

Ford says aerodynamics improve as they close, raising efficiency by as much as 4 to 5 percent at cruising speed.

If you want to go that fast look for cars with headroom to spare so you are not maxed out at your cruising speed.

This full - size sedan protects its luxury - car cred with technology in spades, including a Wi - Fi hot spot, Google Earth maps, an air suspension, and the ability to run on just four cylinders at cruising speeds.

It's fine at cruising speed on the freeway, but around town, it's a drag.

Dialed to such settings, the transmission — a new eight - speed version of Porsche's dual - clutch PDK automatic — can occasionally ram into gears with unexpected suddenness, but it's an otherwise seamless unit, downshifting two or three gears at once when you hit the gas at cruising speed.

Toyota's new 1.5 - litre in the Yaris follows similar themes to Mazda's Skyactiv units - a higher compression ratio, clever valve timing, and in Toyota's case, a water - cooled exhaust manifold that removes the need for a richer mixture at cruising speeds to keep combustion temperatures low.

It rides exceptionally well despite standard 22 - inch wheels and the cabin is extremely well insulated at cruising speeds.

The third, meanwhile, will allow the A8 to drive itself through traffic at speeds of up to 37.3 mph on freeways and highways with a central divider (by comparison, Cadillac's upcoming Super Cruise functions at cruising speeds).

The AMG variant is no worse on either count, using surprisingly tall tyres to absorb road ripples and its V6 note dying down at cruising speeds.

But on longer trips, some drivers found the note to be irritating at cruising speeds.

At cruising speed, you'd never know this was a diesel.

Lift off the throttle at cruising speed, and again, the gasoline engine shuts down and is decoupled from the drivetrain, reducing engine drag and fuel consumption.

It can be lowered in 17 seconds at cruising speeds of up to 31 mph.

It also adds, for the first time, auto stop - start and cylinder deactivation that swaps seamlessly between banks to transform the steroidal 12 - cylinder into a fuel - sipping, 2.6 - liter straight - six at cruising speeds.

The extra mass — and fairly pliant suspension settings — mean that feels a bit softer than the rest of the range, and although it's comfortable and impressively wafty at cruising speeds, it's lacking a bit of composure when asked to deal with rougher road surfaces.

Weight is saved by aluminium bodywork and a plastic tailgate, and the V8 also features a clever cylinder deactivation system that turns it into a V4 at cruising speeds.

At cruising speed, a much more likely problem is the EGR valve or port, spark plugs, or the PCV valve or its port.

It's quiet at cruising speeds, too — sitting on the Autobahn at 120mph with huge pace to spare.

Rated at 278 hp and 265 lb - ft of torque, it features direct and port injection, variable valve timing with intelligent wider intake — which means it uses the Atkinson cycle at cruising speed for better fuel efficiency and switches back to Otto - cycle when torque is necessary — and variable valve timing with intelligent exhaust.

Phase one consists of a simple ECU remap, which BBR claims not only boosts peak outputs to 290bhp and 330lb - ft (gains of 34bhp and 50lb - ft) but also improves throttle response and the response of the turbo boost map, whilst reducing fuel consumption at cruising speeds.

Both the Flying Spur V8 and the Continental GT V8 feature intelligent cylinder deactivation tech on the V8 engine, which uses only four of the eight cylinders (hence making it a V4) at cruising speeds, in order to minimize fuel wastage.

The engine has the ability to imperceptible shut down the two outside cylinders at cruising speeds to maximize efficiency.

Has lots of quality features, reliable, good on long distance highway driving at cruise speeds up to 80mph.

On a cycle of combined driving which was predominantly on the freeway at cruising speeds, we saw consumption sitting at 8.1 L / 100 km.

In DSG guise, the reworked exhaust yields the characteristic «whump» sound we enjoy from the Scirocco R, though the engine note is generally more purposeful than inspiring, and drones a little at cruising speed.

In the U.S., all 2018 CX - 5s will come with Mazda's 2.5 - litre SkyActiv four - cylinder gasoline engine now equipped with cylinder deactivation technology to improve fuel economy at cruising speeds.

With 148bhp and 251 lb ft of torque, the 2.0 - litre unit's straight - line performance is more than adequate and, thanks to a slick DSG gearbox (a six - speed manual is also available) with well - spaced ratios, the engine is kept suitably quiet at cruising speeds.

After a year, I now know that what I feel is a slight dancing of the front wheels at cruising speed (compared to my well - tracking heavy full - size truck), probably will not go away with new tires.

(15 mm) at cruising speeds of 65 mph1 or above to enhance stability and aerodynamics.

I averaged 11.6 L / 100 km on a run up north, about 90 per cent of which was at cruising speeds.

Transmission: The three - speed automatic worked smoothly at cruising speed but hopped from gear to gear when the car was accelerating quickly.

We think the powertrains could all be a tad quieter at full throttle, but at cruising speed, the ATS is as relaxed as any competitor.

A budget - pleasing feature is that once you ease off at cruising speed, the 300C's computer shuts off four of the hemi's eight cylinders to improve fuel economy (the EPA figures are 17 miles per gallon regular unleaded city and 25 mpg highway).

A serial electric hybrid drive is also in itself a type of CVT, and all it would take to make it 100 % efficient at cruise speed is to incorporate similar torque lockup mechanism, turning a serial electric hybrid into a serial - parallel hybrid architecture as I've been suggesting here in GCC all along!

To improve NVH performance at cruising speeds (35 - 75 mph), Hyundai engineers increased the stiffness of parts associated with the sub-frames and suspension, lowering levels of cavity and rumble noise.

A new fuel - efficiency package, standard equipment on diesel models, further helps bolster efficiency by incorporating active grille shutters that reduce aerodynamic drag at cruising speeds.

At cruising speeds, the engine is far quieter and quite smooth.

It also helps that this eight - cylinder engine is also very smooth and refined, and settles down nicely at cruising speeds on the highway, which helps offset some of the aforementioned refinement niggles.

The turbo engine is a quiet unit at cruising speed, not a peep out of it at 1900rpm with the speedo nudging 100km / h.

The engine quietly rumbles at cruising speed but roars to life when you step on the accelerator, thanks to the Chevrolet's new exhaust tuning.

The 2.0 - litre oil burner has no turbo lag as such, but the lazy throttle response in the «Eco» mode at cruising speeds might just come close to it.

It readily leaps forward, even when already at cruising speed.

At cruising speeds, the 300h is impressively smooth, quiet and comfortable, although the way the aforementioned CVT (continuously variable transmission) can cause the engine to drone as you overtake or join a motorway.

In all three transmissions, 5th gear is direct (1.00:1), and 6th gear is an overdrive for quietness and fuel efficiency at cruising speeds.

There's pronounced side - to - side movement on broken surfaces at low speeds, expansion joints and the like can be felt in the cabin, and there is a slight wavy motion at cruising speeds too.

Vauxhall has gone to great lengths to reduce the weight of the Astra so that less fuel is used when accelerating and to improve its aerodynamics so at cruising speeds it slips through the air using less power.