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Mainly for historical family reasons.
So, what does it for you?
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jesus what's that? 😯
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jesus what's that?
Its a Wartsila Sulzer RTA96 C turbocharged 2 stroke diesel.
about 100000bhp. Powers container ships and redlines at 102 rpm.
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Just for the noise they make
My Orange 5 ? 😆
Judging by the exhaust on it, I'm pretty sure there's a local yoof who's stuck one in his saxo.
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anything runing on steam and coal.
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Are these mechanical? ffft, doesn't matter, they are great...My Whisky Jack is an object of waaay to much affection..
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What's going on with the front end of the AM? A bit of homegrown tuning?
Anyway...
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After starting my new job I love looking back at my work. And have started looking at clocks in a different way.
This is a picture of the typical sort of thing I get called out to.
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And any old Nikons
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Don, it's a V600. As in 600hp. Works built, and sounds like the gates of help opening!
Matt, what about l'Hydroptère?
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Egli Vincent by Patrick Godet.
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Polini Vespa Streetracer.
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Don, it's a V600. As in 600hp. Works built, and sounds like the gates of help opening!
Doesn't excuse the front end though. 😉
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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/7693620@N05/6066511902/ ]IMAG0678[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/7693620@N05/ ]alan cole[/url], on Flickr
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Where are the:
gates of help
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Oldgit , I know someone who has 3 of those broughs , one with a sidecar and he lives in Mk
pmsl @ Al!
Spitfire
Vulcan
SR-71
Original Mini ~ they just make me smile. Happy memories
Those climbing cam things, I'll never use one, but they look fantastic
Gates of Hell! Auto-correct fail!
Those climbing cam things: Friends. Great name too. 🙂
CFH - hydroptere is amazing, but not beautiful....
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Oh good christ that's a good picture.
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I love that contraption, Jamie.
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are you fudging serious????
nearly a page of posts and no fudging bicycle????
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Still want a go, Matt!
Loving the diversity here!
Brakes, that's hardly "lovely", but it is oar sum!
oooh, Deltic.
A couple of my faves which couldn't really be more different!
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Brakes, that's hardly "lovely", but it is oar sum!
yeah, I thought to post a picture of a lovely simple road bike, but felt so ashamed I ended up posting the opposite
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Bit down on bowside 😐
What do you expect when both the cox and stroke are shifting weight?
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And used to own one of these beauties & with the 5fps motor drive attatched as shown, it was bloody heavy !
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What do you expect when both the cox and stroke are shifting weight?
that's probably the ****iest thing I've ever read on this site
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Might I suggest you do some more reading then?
Might I suggest you do some more reading then?
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that's probably the ****iest thing I've ever read on this site
that's probably the ****iest thing I've ever read on this site 😐
Brave man CM. 🙂
Does anyone have a picture of a Flying Banhammer?
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Right videos not working so:
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(plus a [url= http://youtu.be/G0aLQ3srOrs ]low flypast[/url])
Possibly my favourite youtube video [url= http://youtu.be/hvDDDKnNhuE ]of all time[/url]
and finally
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An oft forgotton but rather nice little plane
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Might I suggest you do some more reading then?
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Anyone?
a less elegant but similarly awe inspiring solution to the problem solved in Jamie's post
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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrmichaelwright/5107817218/ ]P1000565[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/mrmichaelwright/ ]mrmichaelwright[/url], on Flickr
Ekranoplan!
Deltas rock!
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And when the original ads were on the back of MBUK for months, I thought these looked like they had been beamed in from space, so futuristic looking, fantastic looking bikes.
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or perhaps
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same engine anyway - maybe that's what does it
This;
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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/52042204@N02/6118054906/ ]IMG_6075[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/52042204@N02/ ]toppers3933[/url], on Flickr[/img]
and this;
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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/52042204@N02/6118055500/ ]IMG_6183[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/52042204@N02/ ]toppers3933[/url], on Flickr
dammit drummer!!!!!
and it may not be a thing of "beauty", but this is pretty impressive too:
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pretty well camouflaged against a September Southport sky too
this was pretty cool too;
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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/52042204@N02/6117533659/ ]IMG_6489[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/52042204@N02/ ]toppers3933[/url], on Flickr
Ah, we're on to planes.
/interest in thread.
Thrust ssc
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same engine anyway - maybe that's what does it
Which makes this twice as good
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A lesson in the power of steam....
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I'm looking at that ^ & all I can see is this:
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So, the guns are ok, but the sex toy not. Which would be least appropriate for a child to have access to?
Are you questioning the mods, Charlie? 😯
Though there is the implication given how we've been told this place works that somebody reported the post which has gone - maybe we should report the ones with guns in?