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Title: Glass Casket [Go to resource]
Description: A prototype eight was designed by Luigi Colani for Karl Adam, coach of the Federal Republic fo Germany Olympic eight in 1972. A one piece titanium frame incorporating outriggers is covered by an opaque composite skin (epoxy, glass and carbon fibre), resulting in a very strong boat weighing only 65-70 kilograms, about 40 kilos less than the lighteste eights then available. Unconventional in every way, the boat proved very fas in a test, but was disabled by a fault in the seats which run on ballbearing on the tracks. It was never used, earning the nickname Glass Casket. One piece titanium frame with outriggers incorporated. Format: image/jpeg License: http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.exe?a=query&p=gateway&f=generic_sitetext%2ehtm&_IXFIRST_=1&_IXMAXHITS_=1&cms_con_core_subtype%3acms_con_text_what=copyright&%3acms_sys_group=%22sopse%22 Rights holder: ThamesPilot Subjects: Enjoying
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RiverTemporal: start=1972-01-01; end=1972-12-31; Source: Sense of place SE Creator: Luigi Colani Identifier: http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.... Language: en-GB Format: image/jpeg Go to resource More Like this...
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