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Given the above statement, forget planes & such. Why not paint after Helios - the fastest man-made object made to date (150,000+ mph):
![](http://www.aerospaceweb.org/question/spacecraft/nasa/helios.jpg)
If you rotate it 90 degress, and paint the solar squares (or whatever they are) in a 3-D looking paint, I think it would look great. Here is my attempt with photoshop, but I suck at it. Don't know how to make the squares smaller and stick it on top of the Evo with the right shade ,etc., but you should get the idea...
![](https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=125434&stc=1&d=1225580312)
Anyway, that's my proposal.
Originally Posted by http://www.aerospaceweb.org/question/spacecraft/q0109c.shtml
The Helios, which holds the record for fastest manmade object, was a series of two spacecraft launched in the mid-1970s to study the Sun. Both probes were developed through cooperation between the US and West Germany with scientists from both nations providing experiments and NASA providing the launch vehicle and booster. Helios 1 was launched in December 1974 and Helios 2 in January 1976, both reaching the Sun within about three months......
.... The maximum speed of Helios 2, which achieved its perihelion distance of 0.29 AU on 17 April 1976, is quoted as about 150,000 mph (241,350 km/h).By applying some simple equations of orbital mechanics, we can confirm that such an orbit would indeed result in a perihelion velocity of 153,800 mph (247,510 km/h)....
.... The maximum speed of Helios 2, which achieved its perihelion distance of 0.29 AU on 17 April 1976, is quoted as about 150,000 mph (241,350 km/h).By applying some simple equations of orbital mechanics, we can confirm that such an orbit would indeed result in a perihelion velocity of 153,800 mph (247,510 km/h)....
![](http://www.aerospaceweb.org/question/spacecraft/nasa/helios.jpg)
If you rotate it 90 degress, and paint the solar squares (or whatever they are) in a 3-D looking paint, I think it would look great. Here is my attempt with photoshop, but I suck at it. Don't know how to make the squares smaller and stick it on top of the Evo with the right shade ,etc., but you should get the idea...
Anyway, that's my proposal.
Last edited by xtnct; Jun 29, 2010 at 08:47 AM.
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