Author Topic: Tornado Interceptor (Read 629 times)

SOB · « **Reply #15 on:** July 20, 2005, 10:35:17 PM »

And what about triple trailers? I hear it only takes a butterfly's sneeze to make 'em fly off the road, and kill soccer moms and innocent kids for miles around!

J_A_B · « **Reply #16 on:** July 21, 2005, 01:38:08 PM »

"Has this guy never seen what an F4 can do to a fully loaded semi-truck?"

I'm sure he has, considering that's what he apparently spends much of his time doing. I'd wager his goal is to drive it into lower-powered tornados, a task for which that vehicle looks plenty adequate. ~150 MPH winds probably wouldn't be sufficient to do much to that thing, and the steel plates should provide decent protection against flying objects. I don't think anyone would be suicidal enough to willingly drive a seven-ton truck into an F5 category tornado. I wouldn't want to drive an Abrams tank into an F5.

J_A_B

Ripsnort · « **Reply #17 on:** July 21, 2005, 01:55:12 PM »

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Originally posted by J_A_B
[BI'm sure he has, considering that's what he apparently spends much of his time doing. I'd wager his goal is to drive it into lower-powered tornados, a task for which that vehicle looks plenty adequate. ~150 MPH winds probably wouldn't be sufficient to do much to that thing, and the steel plates should provide decent protection against flying objects. I don't think anyone would be suicidal enough to willingly drive a seven-ton truck into an F5 category tornado. I wouldn't want to drive an Abrams tank into an F5.

J_A_B [/B]

The only problem with that theory is this: Tornados are unpredictable. What looks like a F1 could easily turn into an F4 within minutes. I loved storm chasing as a dumb teenager, still do when I get back to midwest if the opportunity arises, but no way in heck would I drive an armoured vehicle into one...thats crazy.

BlueJ1 · « **Reply #18 on:** July 21, 2005, 02:00:34 PM »

Ok, lets say he does manage to keep all four wheels on the ground in a large scale tornado. What happens when a rather fast moving house nicks his paint job...

superpug1 · « **Reply #19 on:** July 22, 2005, 01:39:28 AM »

Awww, that gives me an IDEA! What if u got a t-72 , took the turret off, stripped out all the military stuff, and put on a thik plexan/steel kinda dome thing. With the low profil, i bet itd Make it.

rpm · « **Reply #20 on:** July 22, 2005, 03:55:31 AM »

I've seen tornados strip asphault off a road. I don't care if it is a Ford, it won't stand up to a tornado. I have doubts about his beginner welds, too.

Skydancer · « **Reply #21 on:** July 22, 2005, 09:09:00 AM »

To be honest I was expecting some cool pics of the RAFs finest on this thread.

Not some mad as a box of frogs bloke who makes cars out of pig iron that look like rejects from a SCi Fi movie!

Hangtime · « **Reply #22 on:** July 22, 2005, 09:52:27 AM »

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Originally posted by SOB
And what about triple trailers? I hear it only takes a butterfly's sneeze to make 'em fly off the road, and kill soccer moms and innocent kids for miles around!

Population control.