In 2008, after the success of the TIV (Tornado Intercept Vehicle)'s successful series of shows titled Storm Chasers on Discovery Chammel began broadcasting in October 2007, Casey and his team make the TIV-2, as the successor of TIV-1 made in 2003.
TIV-2 (Tornado Intercept Vehicle) stands firm in storm tornado
TIV-2 is made using a Dodge Ram van 3500. But six of these tires car project encountered several obstacles that forced Casey back to the drawing board for a series of refinements that finally completed in 2009.
Completion of the TIV-2 carried by overlaying these vehicles use aluminum, kevlar and steel as thick as 2 inches. He has a special steel plates that slides down into the ground to prevent the vehicle lifted into the air by the tornado.
As a result the vehicle has a weight of up to 6350 kg. And to move it alerts Cummins turbodiesel engine equipped with 6.7 liter capacity capable of producing 625 hp and can run these heavy vehicles up to 160 km / hour.
TIV-2 also has a special spears can be fired into the ground as deep as 90 cm to increase the stability when the vehicle entered the vortex of a fierce tornado.
Car-like vehicle also has a turret war which can rotate freely 360 degrees to be used by the interpreter to take a picture record. And it's all created for the sake of uncovering the facts for the purposes of science we have a dedicated scientist knowledge. is this high?
Various satellite weather monitoring equipment, measuring wind speed, air humidity and a variety of sophisticated tools following a number of high-speed computer processes with other special software embedded in the cabin.
