Magic Sky Roof

The magic sky control panoramic roof using patented spd smartglass technology will be offered as an option and features a sliding and stationary roof that totals over 18 square feet 1 7 square meters.

Magic sky roof.

Particles in the glass position themselves in order to allow light to pass through. But magic sky control not only benefits passengers. With the push of a button the tint of the glass instantly changes from blocking over 99 of incoming light to going significantly clearer than. That means only five percent of the light and heat are getting in through the roof.

With the roof in transparent mode the inside of the car experienced only 200 w per square meter and in tinted mode a mere 40 to 50 w per square meter. For a video of magic sky control in action visit the mercedes benz tech center here. Amg version of the roadster will follow. With the transparent glass roof it dropped to 200 w and when the roof was switched to darkened mode with magic sky control it dropped to 40 to 50 w 1 20th of the original value.

R231 is a chassis code for the current generation of the mercedes benz sl class roadster replacing the r230 the car was released in march 2012 and uses mercedes benz s new 4 7 litre twin turbo v8 engine with a power output of 435 ps 320 kw. Magic sky control allows a transparent dark roof to be darkened within a few seconds at the press of a switch. With an open roof the load from the sun in the heat of death valley reached 1000 to 1100 w per square metre. It seems silly to get a retractable roof roadster if.

The new sl is 140 kg 309 lb lighter than the previous being made almost entirely out of aluminium.