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(ET) Top Gear Mag builds 130mph lawnmower - gas engine, electric mower



If you thought D1 or D2 was fast....


Don

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Honda engineers are close to finishing a lawnmower capable of cutting lawns at speeds of up to 130mph after being challenged by Top Gear Magazine.


"The alterations have forced the engineers to rethink how the machine cuts grass. The original model featured metal blades, but they had to be removed as the engineers found it too complicated to connect them to the new engine.


Instead the machine now houses two electric motors with lengths of brake cable attached to them. These will spin round at about 4,000 rotations per minute to cut lawns down to size."

 

Read more:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22784725