Batpod

Thanks to the latest addition of Blender magazine, I am passing along some information about the Batpod that I found interesting...

"The 10-foot-6-inch long frame is all steel; the rest of the parts are carbon fiber. At 650 pounds, it's not a light machine.

The pod's tires measure an impressive 18 inches wide. Chris Nolan (director) wanted something you'd look at and say, "No way it can be ridden."

Because of the way the handlebars are formed, you steer with your forearms and not your wrists.

There's not a lot of room on the frame to hide a battery, so the crew trimmed the pod's power needs to the bare minimum, using smaller batteries wherever there was space.

The top launchers fire grapple hooks reeling high-tensile cord. Underneath are a 40 mm cannon and a .50-caliber machine gun."

Hell yeah!