Author Topic: Cool Spit IX (Read 381 times)

Staga · « **on:** January 03, 2002, 09:59:00 PM »

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Tac · « **Reply #1 on:** January 03, 2002, 10:14:00 PM »

gee let me guess.. those are inertia nullifier prototypes?

Staga · « **Reply #2 on:** January 04, 2002, 03:01:00 AM »

nope, aerodynamic beer kegs

Seeker · « **Reply #3 on:** January 04, 2002, 07:46:00 AM »

That's the special "Fries" adaptation the Free Dutch wanted.......

Soda · « **Reply #4 on:** January 04, 2002, 10:18:00 AM »

Twin Gondolas for 120mm...

-Soda

Wilbus · « **Reply #5 on:** January 04, 2002, 11:32:00 AM »

Hehehe, they succeeded to make it even more ugly

fdiron · « **Reply #6 on:** January 04, 2002, 04:46:00 PM »

Those things are huge! I dont see how the plane could even do a loop or roll with those.

Staga · « **Reply #7 on:** January 04, 2002, 05:47:00 PM »

This topic needs this... The Schneider Trophy

hmm this too.. http://www.fcc.sophia.ac.jp/students/Crow/comp01.html

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Staga · « **Reply #8 on:** January 04, 2002, 06:03:00 PM »

uh oh... 710km/h @ 50m... (441mp/h @ 164ft) with floats. http://www.multiwire.net/pri/berdavcn/ing/airs_ing.htm

nilsen3 · « **Reply #9 on:** January 06, 2002, 11:06:00 AM »

WOW

Didnt think they could make the spit look any uglier

ra · « **Reply #10 on:** January 06, 2002, 11:28:00 AM »

How did this crate end up faster than a standard spit 9?

Staga · « **Reply #11 on:** January 06, 2002, 10:16:00 PM »

RA that speed was for Macchi-Castoldi plane made for Schneider Trophy. I don't know what was that Spit's top speed but propably it was slower than Supermarine S.6B made for that race with speed of 407,5mph, world record 1931.

CJ · « **Reply #12 on:** January 10, 2002, 06:28:00 PM »

IIRC, the schneider cup planes were way faster than the comperable land based racers at the time. It's amazing what a cash prize can do to advance a technology. Almost as much as war, and certainly more than whether or not it's got wheels or floats.