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Re: Maybe I should give up on this whole new car malarkey....
« Reply #30 on: 14 April 2019, 18:57:11 »
Credit where it's due, the Tesla gets three point belts and padding ;D

My current equipment has a lap belt and no door. Or roof :o

https://photos.app.goo.gl/AQXQCSgkvojNdFRt6

That said it's diesel/hydraulic rather than electric and apparently weighs just over 5.1 tons...
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Re: Maybe I should give up on this whole new car malarkey....
« Reply #31 on: 14 April 2019, 20:35:11 »
Do you get to take it home Doc? ???
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Re: Maybe I should give up on this whole new car malarkey....
« Reply #32 on: 14 April 2019, 20:47:41 »
No. Thank God  ;D

It does about 15mph and has no suspension...
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Re: Maybe I should give up on this whole new car malarkey....
« Reply #33 on: 14 April 2019, 21:05:56 »
Quote from: Doctor Gollum on 14 April 2019, 20:47:41


It does about 15mph and has no suspension...
so basically it's a ford focus with a conveyor  belt bolted to it, with white panels covering up the ugly ford parts  ;D
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Re: Maybe I should give up on this whole new car malarkey....
« Reply #34 on: 14 April 2019, 21:08:18 »
Quote from: dave the builder on 14 April 2019, 21:05:56
Quote from: Doctor Gollum on 14 April 2019, 20:47:41


It does about 15mph and has no suspension...
so basically it's a ford focus with a conveyor  belt bolted to it, with white panels covering up the ugly ford parts  ;D
It's worse...

It's built in Northern Ireland and uses a Deutz lump to run the hydraulics :D
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Re: Maybe I should give up on this whole new car malarkey....
« Reply #35 on: 14 April 2019, 21:42:33 »
Couldn't they afford the optional extra cab ffs?  ;D
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Re: Maybe I should give up on this whole new car malarkey....
« Reply #36 on: 14 April 2019, 22:12:37 »
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Couldn't they afford the optional extra cab ffs?  ;D
Apparently it cost over £100k without... So apparently not ;D
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Re: Maybe I should give up on this whole new car malarkey....
« Reply #37 on: 14 April 2019, 23:27:01 »
Quote from: Doctor Gollum on 14 April 2019, 22:12:37
Quote from: Sir Tigger QC on 14 April 2019, 21:42:33
Couldn't they afford the optional extra cab ffs?  ;D
Apparently it cost over £100k without... So apparently not ;D

Must be quite 'character building' driving that at times!  :D
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Re: Maybe I should give up on this whole new car malarkey....
« Reply #38 on: 15 April 2019, 15:40:25 »
Quote from: Doctor Gollum on 14 April 2019, 18:57:11
Credit where it's due, the Tesla gets three point belts and padding ;D

My current equipment has a lap belt and no door. Or roof :o

https://photos.app.goo.gl/AQXQCSgkvojNdFRt6

That said it's diesel/hydraulic rather than electric and apparently weighs just over 5.1 tons...

Raise the ramp on that a bit & it looks like it would make a perfect fixed wing drone launcher. ::) ::) ::) :-X
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Re: Maybe I should give up on this whole new car malarkey....
« Reply #39 on: 15 April 2019, 16:27:32 »
Quote from: Rods2 on 15 April 2019, 15:40:25
Quote from: Doctor Gollum on 14 April 2019, 18:57:11
Credit where it's due, the Tesla gets three point belts and padding ;D

My current equipment has a lap belt and no door. Or roof :o

https://photos.app.goo.gl/AQXQCSgkvojNdFRt6

That said it's diesel/hydraulic rather than electric and apparently weighs just over 5.1 tons...

Raise the ramp on that a bit & it looks like it would make a perfect fixed wing drone launcher. ::) ::) ::) :-X
Nah, far too slow. Drops to 5 mph with the belt raised.
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Re: Maybe I should give up on this whole new car malarkey....
« Reply #40 on: 15 April 2019, 20:35:12 »
Some military fixed wing drones have a static launcher like a miniature V1 ramp.
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Re: Maybe I should give up on this whole new car malarkey....
« Reply #41 on: 17 April 2019, 17:11:52 »
Quote from: Rods2 on 15 April 2019, 20:35:12
Some military fixed wing drones have a static launcher like a miniature V1 ramp.
Surely its quicker to just dump them straight in the Bristol Channel, seeing as that's where they crash most of them...
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