Defender's do not fly very well

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Dave Gibbs

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Warning, if you were planning strapping wings on to your Land Rover to
see if you could get airborne, then there are many things to think about
such as aerodynamics, power to weight ratios, license requirements, etc.
This video I think shows the result of some secret R&D by Land Rover
when they were commissioned to produce a flying offroader. The results
are not good.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6523155491952638157&q=landrover+defender&pr=goog-sl

:)

Regards,

Dave.
 
On or around Wed, 26 Apr 2006 09:03:42 +0100, Dave Gibbs
<[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:

>
>Warning, if you were planning strapping wings on to your Land Rover to
>see if you could get airborne, then there are many things to think about
>such as aerodynamics, power to weight ratios, license requirements, etc.
> This video I think shows the result of some secret R&D by Land Rover
>when they were commissioned to produce a flying offroader. The results
>are not good.
>
>http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6523155491952638157&q=landrover+defender&pr=goog-sl
>
>:)

impressive modelling. I like the way the suspension seems to work credibly.

actually, there have been floating rovers, and rail rovers, seems someone
ought to do an air rover, really.

wonder if you could model one in mickeysnot flightsim?
--
Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.net my opinions are just that
"Festina Lente" (Hasten slowly) Suetonius (c.70-c.140) Augustus, 25
 

"Dave Gibbs" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> Warning, if you were planning strapping wings on to your Land Rover to see
> if you could get airborne, then there are many things to think about such
> as aerodynamics, power to weight ratios, license requirements, etc. This
> video I think shows the result of some secret R&D by Land Rover when they
> were commissioned to produce a flying offroader. The results are not
> good.
>
> http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6523155491952638157&q=landrover+defender&pr=goog-sl
>
> :)
>
> Regards,
>
> Dave.
I think he would have done much better had Clarkson not been the test pilot.
Derek


 
Richard Brookman said:
That music wasn't by Mozart last time I heard it.

Rich
Click to expand...

Sounds a bit like Johann Pachelbel's Canon in D.

The whole flying Defender thing just makes me think - WHY? What's all the guns about?

Is it me?
 
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