BoxheadTim said:Indy - Guy said:
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BoxheadTim said:Indy - Guy said:
Please tell me that this is still available somewhere.
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11GTCS said:
Wow! broke both tie rods! Time for 3/4 ChroMoly.. But then something harder to fix will break!
Can anyone name the track? Is it Circuit of the Americas?
Duke said:About those air victories - here are the total numbers. NOTE: this is not normalized per plane or per plane lost.
Just took a closer look at this, and noticed this quote:
....In the final air battle defending the ship, SBD's were launched along with the F4F Wildcats to defend the ship as the low altitude air defense screen. At the end of the battle, Ensign John Leppla, an SBD Scout Bomber Pilot, along with his gunner, were credited with 7 kills. This was more than any of the fighter pilots on the USS Lexington had at the time.
Ouch!
In case you aren't familiar. I do remember a story (I think it was on the old Dogfights show that was on History) where a lone Zero attacked an SBD and the SBD did some very effective manuvering and eventually got the zero. The pilot was immediatly transitioned to fighters!
In reply to aircooled :
That looks like the esses at COTA to me.
Great book if you are into planes. Chuck Yeager does the intro. Bud Anderson was a stud.
914Driver said:
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I was just trying to talk the Mrs into doing this with the minivan! She had some crazy reply like "I drive that to work, that's an awful idea".
Duke said:
The amount of lbs of fuel burning per second in this picture is very large.
stroker said:Greg's Airplanes and Automobiles on YouTube has some excellent videos on the P-38 and the Hellcat. Aircooled's reference to the Hellcat being like the airborne version of the T-34 is a lot more right than wrong. The right airplane at the right time, indeed.
Airborne version ... of a T-34?
Nah, more of a militarized version of this (very nice plane of course, and also pretty pricey):
Appleseed said:stroker said:Greg's Airplanes and Automobiles on YouTube has some excellent videos on the P-38 and the Hellcat. Aircooled's reference to the Hellcat being like the airborne version of the T-34 is a lot more right than wrong. The right airplane at the right time, indeed.
Airborne version ... of a T-34?
He was referring to the T-34 tank. Maybe not the best on paper, but cheap and simple (so available in large numbers) while staying reasonably rugged and with solid performance.
But boy, I think Mentors have nice lines. Always a fan.
I know. The Mentor was the first thing I thought of (naturally.) Just being g a wiseass.
chandler said:
I know that car. I saw it race several times at Oulton park. We used to go to a lot of races where the Jaguar Drivers Club had races, there was normally an 'Inter marque' race open to Jag, Porsche, Aston, Ferrari etc. That car was a beast, always loved it.
Duke said:Airborne version ... of a T-34?
He was referring to the T-34 tank. Maybe not the best on paper, but cheap and simple (so available in large numbers) while staying reasonably rugged and with solid performance.
Ohhhh. Doh! (T34 tank for reference):
CJ said:BoxheadTim said:Indy - Guy said:
Please tell me that this is still available somewhere.
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You know I saw a video the other day on how to electroplate 3D prints...
Adrian_Thompson (Forum Supporter) said:chandler said:
I know that car. I saw it race several times at Oulton park. We used to go to a lot of races where the Jaguar Drivers Club had races, there was normally an 'Inter marque' race open to Jag, Porsche, Aston, Ferrari etc. That car was a beast, always loved it.
More information required please. That thing looks rad!
*Edit - hotlink failed. Sorry :(
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