Machinery Museum Multi-cache
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The Machinery Museum (Muzei Tekhniki) is located some 10 kilometers to the west of Moscow. It is managed by the Cabrio & Roadster Club, one of Moscow’s most active associations of motor enthusiasts. Its members hunt out, restore and put back on the road European, American and Russian antique cars, some of which are really very rare. Apart from vintage cars, the museum exhibits military machinery – tanks, airplanes, cannons, etc.
Current cars on show include a 1937 Horch 951A Cabriolet custom manufactured for the owner of a German chemical concern, a Mercedes-Benz 770K cabrio that was given to the Chroatian dictator Ante Pevelic by Adolf Hitler, a Delahaye 175 roadster which in the 1930s was recognized as one of the most beautiful automobiles ever built, and a BMW Dixi DA2 – one of the first models manufactured in 1929 by the Bavarian Motor Works. Also, one can find here a Cadillac 61 cabrio, once owned by Nikita Khrushchev’s family.
One fascinating exhibit is a 1948 ZIS-115 Armored Limousine Convertible. This one-of-a-kind vehicle was made for Joseph Stalin. Allegedly, during the presentation of the car, Stalin asked the designers if the armour could withstand rounds from an assault rifle at close range and got an affirmative answer. Then a machine-gun platoon was drawn up which opened fire at the car, in which the designers had been sat. A close inspection of the car's interior revealed no signs of bullet penetration, and the car was accepted by the commission.
The musuem pieces are displayed in open air and in two buildings. In the larger building, you have to pay an admission fee of RUR150.
The cache (a medium-sized Tupperware container) is hidden at:
N 55.47.X22’ E 037.17.6Y5’
Before going to the museum find out what production car was the fastest in the world (according to Forbes) in 2008. What was its record speed in kilometers per hour (if you convert from mph to kph, use the conversion coefficient to the first decimal point)?
In the museum, find the BMW Dixi DA2 mentioned above. What was its maximum speed (in kilometers per hour)?
X = [(2008 record breaker’s max speed) – (BMW Dixi DA2 max speed)] : 48.
To get Y, find the Messerschmitt Bf-109 G-6 exhibited in the museum. What was the caliber (in millimeters) of machine guns first used on this fighter (according to museum placard)?
Y = caliber :10
Good luck!
This cache is cross-posted on the www.geocaching.su Russian-language geocaching site.
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