'stealth motorcycles' DARPA commissioned could run on nearly any fuel

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These 'stealth motorcycles' DARPA commissioned could run on nearly any fuel

Say this for DARPA, it's not shy about picking ominous names for its projects. Or, in this case, not worried when the partners it works with choose them. Pictured above: the "Nightmare" a "stealth bike" developed by LSA Autonomy for DARPA that has just been moved on to the second stage of development, according to Defense One. DARPA commissioned both it and another bike from Logos Technologies to meet some specific goals: run quietly on electric power, but also run on whatever fuel a soldier finds in the field.

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Alex Dzwill of Logos told Defense One that its bike, the SilentHawk, could run on anything from gasoline to propane to jet fuel:"It will figure it out."
Both are prototypes for now, but Logos has been touting its SilentHawk concepts for a couple years now. It intends to create a bike that can reach 55 mph on "rugged terrain" with a removable combustion engine and that its electric motor — at least in early prototypes — was to be based on something unique. In 2014, Logos told War is Boring that “Our hybrid-electric propulsion system has already been proven on a prior aircraft program.”

Both prototypes were shown at the Special Operations Forces Industry Conference in Tampa. To a layperson, that conference is to war as CES is to consumer electronics. If you want to see soldiers doing soldier things in a major American city, you can find more terrifying things than these bikes on their Twitter account and at this hashtag. Just one example, which to be clear is just a demonstration, is below.
 

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Jeebuz. Can't these people contribute something good to humanity instead of contributing for self-interests and war machines? They're on the top and they have enough brains and resources to contribute to humanity and yet they contribute it for this.
 

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Jeebuz. Can't these people contribute something good to humanity instead of contributing for self-interests and war machines? They're on the top and they have enough brains and resources to contribute to humanity and yet they contribute it for this.
Those bikes could have a "sidecar" attached to them and take wounded soldiers (or ordinary people in everyday life) for very fast medical attention..They could also fit a trailer to the rear of the bike and get injured people faster to a hospital (and to the scene of the accident) much quicker in heavy traffic conditions that wastes time for an Ambulance...Not everything has to be solely for warfare, those bikes could become the "in bikes" for future motor-cyclists..I reckon Harley Davidson will be looking into this ;) :D

@Opmmur Prof back in the 1950s when petrol was scarce, Rover Car Manufacturers developed an engine with a low compression ratio to facilitate use of paraffin..turpentine..even whisky for running cars (bit expensive using whisky lol) :cool: :D
 


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