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Old 12-08-2009, 12:01 AM   #141 (permalink)
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Grows to 78 lbs front at 120 mph. No worries, 2.3 a/t Tempo won't see 120 mph unless it's going off a cliff.
Lift is your friend if you go driving off of cliffs.
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Old 12-08-2009, 12:17 AM   #143 (permalink)
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Lift is your friend if you go driving off of cliffs.
No, it's not. If you go driving off a cliff, your only friend... well... obviously doesn't like you any more. Why else would you go driving off a cliff?
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I remember when Evil Kneivel drove off a cliff.

His aeromods didn't work as planned- too much lift in the front and IIRC it tumbled.

No it wasn't a Tempo.
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I wonder if anyone ever tried this with a DaVinci flying machine?
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Yes, I saw on TV where various da Vinci designs were built and tested... it wasn't a cliff but the glider worked.

Made me when I watched it, but the crew that made the super crossbow ****ed it up by not totally following the plans... they used their own interpretation of it and it didn't work. I felt that had they done what the sketches showed it would have worked, or at least, better than what they did.
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Was it on Spike?
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I thought there was something similar on Spike just a while back... can't find it, though. I dunno if they were DV designs, or just garage hacks.

Speaking of which, I almost bought a project helicopter today. I decided against it, because I'd probably get myself in trouble with it.

The top advertised altitude was like 500 Feet, though. Just enough to kill you, should something fail.
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