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Title: Cool Spit IX
Post by: Staga on January 03, 2002, 09:59:00 PM

(http://www.kolumbus.fi/staga/float_supermarine.jpg)

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Title: Cool Spit IX
Post by: Tac on January 03, 2002, 10:14:00 PM

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

Title: Cool Spit IX
Post by: Staga on January 04, 2002, 03:01:00 AM

nope, aerodynamic beer kegs  :)

Title: Cool Spit IX
Post by: Seeker on January 04, 2002, 07:46:00 AM

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

Title: Cool Spit IX
Post by: Soda on January 04, 2002, 10:18:00 AM

Twin Gondolas for 120mm...  :)

-Soda

Title: Cool Spit IX
Post by: Wilbus on January 04, 2002, 11:32:00 AM

Hehehe, they succeeded to make it even more ugly  :D

Title: Cool Spit IX
Post by: fdiron 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.

Title: Cool Spit IX
Post by: Staga on January 04, 2002, 05:47:00 PM

This topic needs this... The Schneider Trophy (http://pgts.free.fr/cupeng/1931.htm)

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

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Title: Cool Spit IX
Post by: Staga 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 (http://www.multiwire.net/pri/berdavcn/ing/airs_ing.htm)

Title: Cool Spit IX
Post by: nilsen3 on January 06, 2002, 11:06:00 AM

WOW

Didnt think they could make the spit look any uglier  :rolleyes:

Title: Cool Spit IX
Post by: ra on January 06, 2002, 11:28:00 AM

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

Title: Cool Spit IX
Post by: Staga 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.

Title: Cool Spit IX
Post by: CJ 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.