Can we please stop hotlinking pics?

Spitfire LSR, team McLeish brothers, a GT6 Triumph

Speed, power on that Spitfire?

Looks like it's powered by a Hayabusa through the front wheels. (shiver)

http://clubs.hemmings.com/lawrenceallbritish/newsletters/NEWSletter_6_04_13.pdf

Obligatory hotlinks:

MG did it with a 1.5 MGA Twin Cam engine driving the rear wheels. That's a Shorrock supercharger hanging off the side.

It's what to drink when you're chasing beaver.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKH8d2l2aXw

Flight Service wrote:

I was thinking you could use something like that set up as a musical instrument. 3D positioning of your arm would make different notes/harmonies.

JtspellS wrote: I posted in the wrong thread

FTFY

Oops. Damn EKY/WV roads.....

914Driver wrote:

Last night's dinner, home made chicken rolls

stroker wrote: I was thinking you could use something like that set up as a musical instrument. 3D positioning of your arm would make different notes/harmonies.

That already exists. It's called a Theremin.

^^^^ http://eccentricroadside.blogspot.com/2011/09/parks-and-wrecks-department-former.html

Yum yum

Wally wrote: Last night's dinner, home made chicken rolls

EvanR wrote:

stroker wrote: I was thinking you could use something like that set up as a musical instrument. 3D positioning of your arm would make different notes/harmonies.

That already exists. It's called a Theremin.

Beat me to it. One of the coolest musical instruments in existence, and they've been around for nearly a century. One of these days I'm going to build one, and will be kicked out of the house shortly thereafter.

Keith Tanner wrote:

EvanR wrote:

stroker wrote: I was thinking you could use something like that set up as a musical instrument. 3D positioning of your arm would make different notes/harmonies.

That already exists. It's called a Theremin.

Beat me to it. One of the coolest musical instruments in existence, and they've been around for nearly a century. One of these days I'm going to build one, and will be kicked out of the house shortly thereafter.

Do it! It'll be fun! I've only built a distortion pedal of theirs, but it was fun...

Of course, modern sensors and electronics have taken gestural instruments to new functionality