Sentences with phrase «at cruising speeds of»

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

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

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

Rolls - Royce's engineers have paid great attention to Dawn's roof, which delivers the silence of a Wraith when up and operates in just over 20 seconds at a cruising speed of up to 50km / h.

Compared to the previous model at a cruising speed of 100km / h (62mph), the new CX - 5 achieves approximately 10 % clearer conversation levels within the cabin and reduces noise by approximately 1.3 dB when traveling on rough road surfaces.

Fuel economy tops out at about 25 highway at cruising speed of 75 or so.

The boat is geared to carry 52 passengers at a cruising speed of 30 knots, and with customised seating, a full cabin entertainment system and clean toilet facilities ensures that every crossing is safe, relaxed, efficient, and the most comfortable.

Not exact matches

Lockheed Martin has agreed to develop an experimental plane that will cruise at 55,000 feet and reach speeds of about 940 mph.

«Existing commercially available solutions cost tens of thousands of dollars, are bulky and mechanically complex, and lack the performance needed to unlock self - driving operation at higher speeds and in more challenging weather,» Cruise CEO Kyle Vogt wrote in a blog post announcing and explaining the deal.

While Concorde cruised at Mach 2 — twice the speed of sound — with regular jet engines, these new engines are shooting for Mach 5 and beyond — a speed known as «hypersonic».

Ultimately, the Federal Aviation Administration banned supersonic civilian flights over the continental United States, partly explaining why the Concorde went out of production and why airliners have been cruising at roughly the same speed for the past 50 years.

He and his colleagues have discovered that the locomotion of most creatures that fly or swim can be characterized by a single mathematical proportion called the Strouhal number — the ratio between an animal's cruising speed and the rate at which it flaps its wings or swishes its tail.

During the 1980s he helped organize new competitions for human - powered vehicles — one notable bicycle built for two, called Vector, cruised a 40 - mile stretch of freeway at nearly the speed limit, averaging better than 50 mph.

After a quick draining the Impact stunned everyone with its performance; not only did it leave a Miata and a Nissan 300ZX in its dust in a head - to - head, standing - start race to 60 mph, but even when cruising at highway speeds it retained enough kick to press a driver into the seat when the accelerator was stomped — a benefit of its high - rpm, gearless powertrain.

After several hours of training, the robot could cruise at walking speed down a busy hallway without tripping up anyone nearby.

Christine Moe, another Emory University researcher, has shown that norovirus more readily transmits via vomit than diarrhea, and that this «Ferrari of viruses,» famous for the speed at which it races through vacationers on cruise ships, is impervious to alcohol - based hand sanitizers and to power - washing the oysters that carry it.

Your average thermal neutron moves around at about 2200 m / s while a fast neutron might be cruising well above 9 million m / s, which is about 3 % of the speed of light.

Now, however, his rehabilitation has picked up speed with an American re-issue (prior to a spiffy DVD release) of Cruising, his infamous 1980 account of a serial killer at large in the bacchanalia of the New York gay scene in the last moments before the death march of Aids - the attendant commentary having been rounded up by David Hudson's Green Cine Daily and, a few days further back, the IFC Blog.

Speeding through an agricultural field of land at 150 mph, racing down a track to beat a fighter jet that's soaring in the clouds, or simply cruising around the awe - inspiring world of Horizon 2 gives me a refreshing feeling I haven't felt from the genre for years.

The vestigial aeroscreen maximises the intensity of the driving exprience, but fitting the optional (detachable) full - width windscreen allows you to cruise at motorway speeds with minimal buffeting.

It continues to improve upon its origins of slow - going off - roading, but it's also making headway into developing offerings for consumers looking to bound over dunes at high speed or cruise around town in comfort and style.

Variable Cylinder Management, now standard across the board, is capable of turning the six - cylinder into either a four - or three - cylinder engine during low - load cruising, and with the Touring models» six - speed automatic (a five - speed is standard on other trim levels), the Odyssey returns the best EPA fuel economy at 19/28 mpg city / highway.

It also boasts a pair of pre-crash systems called «Smart City Brake Support,» which uses a windshield - mounted laser and automatically brakes at speeds below 20 mph if it believes a collision is impending, and «Smart Brake Support,» which uses the same millimeter - wave radar as the active cruise control and intervenes at speeds up to 90 mph, first by alerting the driver, then by applying the brakes.

The V - 6 has plenty of power and has no problem cruising at highway speeds.

You'll also notice that the effort level of the electric - assist steering decreases to a light arcade - game calibration at low speed, although considering the amount of time that you cruise parking lots in Southern California in the search for an open space, maybe this is a good thing.

These features include the newest iteration of BMW's Active Cruise Control, which can work between 19 and 130 mph, Active Lane Departure Warning, which helps support «necessary evasive steering,» and a new function called Evasion Aid, which operates at speeds up to 100 mph and improves steering response, increases vehicle stability, and uses the car's sensors to make sure the driver has an unobstructed space to get into to evade a crash.

The intermediate gear ratios - exclusive to ST and specific to each engine - are closely stacked in the interests of acceleration and paired with a long - striding sixth for refined cruising at speed.

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.

During several hours of driving, we took photos, measured performance, and cruised suburban streets at moderate speeds.

The range - topping Grand Touring trim comes with a host of standard features including a head - up display, LED grille lighting, a six - way power passenger seat, driver's seat memory, paddle shifters, and a full suite of active safety features including adaptive cruise control, lane keeping assist, high beam assist, and automatic emergency braking that works at highway speeds.

It can lip - read the throttle pedal, it works on cue as only a high - revving normally aspirated engine can, and it is equally good at playing hardball to the tune of master drifter Rhrl or cruising all day at 75 mph over eastern Germany's speed - limited autobahns.

Would running it in 4WD at a lower speed (say to get unstuck from your driveway in the winter), be less of an issue than cruising down the highway in 4WD with mismatched tires front - to - back?

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).

DSF is a sort of next - generation cylinder shutoff, but is much more sophisticated than shutting off a bank of cylinders in a V - 6 or V - 8 at low - rpm highway cruising speeds.

After operating at normal cruising speed for 20 minutes or so a spark plug was blown out of the engine, with the center electrode melted, and the rest of the plug left in place.

During light - throttle cruising at moderate speeds, the V - 8 engine is capable of running on just four of its cylinders.

The good thing about the engine and the whole car is that in comfort mode its full quiet in cruising, so there is never a problem to phone which I have to do all the time, regardless of how high the speed is at the Autobahn.

Boiled down to English, the buttons control three systems that use a front - mounted laser sensor: Intelligent Cruise Control, which now can bring the vehicle to a complete stop; Distance Control Assist, which applies the brakes automatically, making low - speed traffic conditions a one - pedal operation; and Intelligent Brake Assist, which beeps at the driver and then automatically applies the brakes to lessen the severity of an impact.

The new transmission offers a wider spread of available gear ratios for more efficient cruising at speed.

In addition to a 3.3 - liter twin - turbocharged V - 6 engine rated at 365 hp and 376 lb - ft of torque, an eight - speed automatic transmission, and all - wheel drive, our Four Seasons 2017 Genesis G90 also includes adaptive cruise control, lane - keeping assist, a head - up display, automatic emergency braking with pedestrian detection, and a host of other electronic safety features.

Official U.S. gas mileage figures haven't yet been released, but even assuming slightly poorer highway mileage than the GT Speed, thanks to its 24 - gallon tank the Supersports should still manage at least 400 miles of open - road cruising before needing a refill.

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.

The highlight is the semi-autonomous cruise control, which will accelerate, brake and steer the car at speeds of up to 80mph — although you have to keep your hands lightly on the wheel if you don't want the system to shut down.

The CX - 9 has plenty of power and cruised effortlessly with traffic, and even at speeds of 70 to 75 mph recorded that mid-20s mileage.

For major ascents and descents we sampled the All - Surface Progress Control, which is essentially a low - speed cruise control that takes care of everything except the steering at speeds up to 12 mph.

When you combine the Energi drivetrain with the 2017 Fusion's new suite of optional active safety features (such as active cruise control with full stop - and - go capability at low speed) and its optional electronics to park the car in a spot that's perpendicular to you (in a parking lot) as well as in a parallel spot (on the street), well, this all sounds like autonomous driving to us.

On top of high passive safety levels — thanks in part to a passenger cell made from high - and ultra-high strength steels — active safety features include the Automatic Post-Collision Braking system, which automatically applies the vehicle brakes after an accident to reduce the chances of a second impact; the pre-crash system, which tensions seatbelts and closes windows and the sunroof if an accident is likely to improve the effectiveness of the airbags; Front Assist, which warns the driver in the event of coming too close to the vehicle in front, can prime the brakes, and operates at speeds of up to 99 mph; City Emergency Braking, which can automatically brake the vehicle at speeds below 18 mph; Automatic Distance Control, a radar - operated cruise control that maintains a set distance from the vehicle in front; and seven airbags as standard, including one for the driver's knees.

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.

At steady cruising speeds, up to fifteen percent of available torque is sent to the rear wheels.

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.