Heres a link to a good short video of a SR71 flyover, with good engine diamonds

http://www.wvi.com/~lelandh/srflyor.mpg

It's 1.9 MB and took 3 minutes on ADSL to download.

SUPERB!!! Cheers Steve!!  ;D

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Well,as there is so much speculation about the famed Commer.I think Mr.Zarse should look at this link:

www.americanmotorhomes.co.uk

Wishy

Andy,

       Come on - this subject has aroused so much speculation, ranging from the vaguely practicable (if unwise) to the extraordinary (and definitely unwise).   So just when will we see Team Commer entered in a new LMP2500 category, trailing a reheat plume down the Mulsanne, leaving the privateer Audis in its wake........one can but dream sometimes

Mark

Quote from: mgmark on December 03, 2003, 12:20:03 AM
Andy,

       Come on - this subject has aroused so much speculation, ranging from the vaguely practicable (if unwise) to the extraordinary (and definitely unwise).   So just when will we see Team Commer entered in a new LMP2500 category, trailing a reheat plume down the Mulsanne, leaving the privateer Audis in its wake........one can but dream sometimes

Mark

I think we may need to give some more thought to the Commer's corning abilities though.
The blast down the Mulsanne may not stop at the corner  :-\

Quote from: Steve Brown on December 03, 2003, 09:38:55 AMI think we may need to give some more thought to the Commer's corning abilities though.
The blast down the Mulsanne may not stop at the corner  :-\

On the up side, with the proposed improvements the Commer will reach Tours easily within less than 5 minutes.  ;D

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We may have problems with traction.  Still the humps and bumps on the Mulsanne would be smoothed out.

QuoteI think we may need to give some more thought to the Commer's corning abilities though.
The blast down the Mulsanne may not stop at the corner  

We could ask Mercedes to help - they've probably developed a way of controlling direction whilst airborne by now.............   Alternatively, a stout bit of Armco on the outside track edge of all corners should help it to stay on the track......

Stop! Halt!

I don't want to be a party pooper, but things do seem to have side tracked to the surreal a shade too far. If God had wanted Commers to go quicker, he'd have shown the GPO how to tune them.

Anyway, there is no known way to make a Commer go any faster than it actually feels it wants to. It's the only vehicle I have ever driven that genuinely gets "tired" on a long journey. If you stop and give it twenty minutes to get it's breath back, it roars off again, best foot forward. But half an hour later, it's once again knackered, wheezing and red in the face, even tho the temperature is constant. How can this be?

It's other human characteristic is that it, and it alone, decides whether to start or not. Sometimes you can scrape the ice off the window and start it up first touch. Other days, it will not even fire once even with liberal doses of Bradex Easy Start, which I would have thought was an impossiblility. A good yelling at and threats of violence, a la Basil Fawlty, normally shows it who's boss.

Any thoughts? My own theory is that it is haunted. I have reason to believe a previous owner committed suicide in it, which is why it was so cheap. There is also a nasty stain on the drivers seat cushion. You sometimes hear footsteps and terrible moaning noises in the night. And I was once woken by a cold hand stroking my face, even tho I was the only person in there! There are also the voices in the cooker that tell me to Kill! Kill! Kill!

Spooky!

Quote from: gibberish on December 03, 2003, 10:48:22 AM
I wonder if this particular 'tractor Trailer' unit might be any faster ;)

No doubts about a lack of ground force, that's what I call a proper race car.  ;D

Andy, did the stain on the seat appear after a night at the strip show at the funfair (those were the days!!)  ;)

As far as the moaning noises you hear, that was probably just your snoring (we heard it from Houx Annexe last year)  ;D

Quote from: Andy Zarse on December 03, 2003, 11:40:22 AM
Anyway, there is no known way to make a Commer go any faster than it actually feels it wants to.

A vertical drop from the top of Beachy Head may help. ;D ;D ;D