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Deep Flight Super Falcon – Personal Deep Water Submersible

Posted on Nov 25, 2008 in Ultimate Adventure Vehicles
Deep Flight Super Falcon - Personal Deep Water Submersible

The deep ocean has always been the exclusive domain of a select group of brave pioneers – marine scientists, wreck divers, treasure salvors – utilizing highly customized, state of the art submersibles that require boatloads of technicians to operate. With the Deep Flight Super Falcon Hawkes Ocean Technologies in Richmond, California is trying to change all that.

Ultralight Trike: Personal Air Vehicle (PAV)

Posted on Oct 10, 2008 in Ultimate Adventure Vehicles
Ultralight Trike: Personal Air Vehicle (PAV)

Sitting somewhere on the Aeronautical food chain between a Hang Glider and a Cessna, the Ultralight Trike is an exciting new class of aircraft which is set to bring the joy of flight to the masses – or at least the ones with $50,000 to spare.

Humdinga: Amphibious All Terrain Vehicle

Posted on Oct 9, 2008 in Ultimate Adventure Vehicles
Humdinga: Amphibious All Terrain Vehicle

Amphibious vehicles have been around for decades, but they’ve always been sluggish on land, and even less nimble in the water. A truly maneuverable amphibious vehicle has only existed in engineers dreams – until now! The Humdinga amphibious 4×4 is like a real-life, full sized version of a GI Joe Action Vehicle – and it’s coming soon to a dealer near you (hopefully).

Sportsmobile: Ultimate Adventure Vehicle

Posted on Oct 5, 2008 in Ultimate Adventure Vehicles
Sportsmobile: Ultimate Adventure Vehicle

This 4×4 van conversion is actually called “Ultimate Adventure Vehicle”. I’ve never seen it in person, but judging by the pictures and specs, it more than lives up to it’s name.

The Odyssey Explorer: Deep Ocean Recovery Platform

Posted on Oct 5, 2008 in Ultimate Adventure Vehicles
The Odyssey Explorer: Deep Ocean Recovery Platform

The Odyssey Explorer is a 251-foot state-of-the-art, dynamically positioned ship owned and operated by Odyssey Marine Explorations. Odyssey calls it a “deep ocean archaeological platform” and while the company has done some first rate marine archeology, the real purpose of the Odyssey Explorer is to search for and recover sunken treasure; and so far she’s doing a pretty good job.

Spyker D12 Peking-to-Paris

Posted on Sep 15, 2008 in Ultimate Adventure Vehicles
Spyker D12 Peking-to-Paris

The Spyker D12 is a totally new concept in auto design – so new in fact that the manufacturer had to invent a new acronym to describe it – SSUV – That’s Super Sports Utility Vehicle.

The sQuba: Submersible Sports Car

Posted on Sep 14, 2008 in Ultimate Adventure Vehicles
The sQuba: Submersible Sports Car

Of all the Bond films through-out the years, one of the most memorable gadgets to emerge from Q-branch was the Lotus submarine-car from The Spy Who Loved Me, so, It’s only fitting that when Swiss design company Rinspeed set out to build a real-life version of the underwater-car, they based it on the Lotus Elise.

Baja 1000 Trophy Truck

Posted on Sep 13, 2008 in Ultimate Adventure Vehicles
Baja 1000 Trophy Truck

The Baja 1000 is one of the toughest road races on the planet. To win it, you need a lot of guts, a gigantic bank account and a state-of-the-art vehicle.

EarthRoamer Expedition Vehicles

Posted on Sep 11, 2008 in Ultimate Adventure Vehicles
EarthRoamer Expedition Vehicles

EarthRoamer Xpedition Vehicles come in two styles. Both are designed to travel to four-wheel drive accessible, remote locations and provide a comfortable year-round camping experience without dependence on external power or utility hook ups. Basically, these things are self-contained, highly portable base-camps.

Quadski

Posted on Sep 6, 2008 in Ultimate Adventure Vehicles
Quadski

What would happen if a Quadbike mated with a Jet Ski?… You’d get the The Gibbs Technology Quadski, the first commercially viable, high-speed Quadbike/ATV and a Jet Ski all in one.