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Title: I"ll take one
Post by: uclabiker06 on February 20, 2013, 05:25:20 PM
of these

http://www.wimp.com/russianstation/ (http://www.wimp.com/russianstation/)
Title: Re: I"ll take one
Post by: Pedro-bot on February 20, 2013, 07:30:07 PM
whatha?
[laugh]
Title: Re: I"ll take one
Post by: Slide Panda on February 21, 2013, 05:53:25 AM
Looks similar to a
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pegasus_Quantum (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pegasus_Quantum)

Only in Russia...
Title: Re: I"ll take one
Post by: zooom on February 21, 2013, 05:57:47 AM
not sure how this would translate into MPG...but it would make my commute a helluva lot faster...that is for sure!
Title: Re: I"ll take one
Post by: Slide Panda on February 21, 2013, 11:34:55 AM
Except around here - when the ground-to-air missiles launch, or the F-16 shreds that nylon with jet wash...
Title: Re: I"ll take one
Post by: zooom on February 21, 2013, 12:53:56 PM
Quote from: Slide Panda on February 21, 2013, 11:34:55 AM
Except around here - when the ground-to-air missiles launch, or the F-16 shreds that nylon with jet wash...

fly low and not near the airspace line of the District....
Title: Re: I"ll take one
Post by: Bick on February 21, 2013, 01:14:59 PM
When I was a kid, I wanted one of these:

Rotorway scorpion subaru helicopter 4 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPytyxFsQTk#)
Title: Re: I"ll take one
Post by: triangleforge on February 21, 2013, 01:52:53 PM
But then you grew up and realized no sane person would trust his/her life to something as Rube Goldberg-esque as a helicopter.
Title: Re: I"ll take one
Post by: Bick on February 21, 2013, 02:06:12 PM
Quote from: triangleforge on February 21, 2013, 01:52:53 PM
But then you grew up and realized no sane person would trust his/her life to something as Rube Goldberg-esque as a helicopter.

No.  Someone else wanted to pay me to fly bigger and better ones.   ;D
Title: Re: I"ll take one
Post by: triangleforge on February 21, 2013, 02:39:30 PM
I knew that. And stand by my original statement.  ;D
Title: Re: I"ll take one
Post by: swampduc on February 21, 2013, 02:51:16 PM
Quote from: Bick on February 21, 2013, 02:06:12 PM
No.  Someone else wanted to pay me to fly bigger and better ones.   ;D
Let me guess. They want to pay you to do it, so they don't have to fly it themselves  ;)
Title: Re: I"ll take one
Post by: Bick on February 21, 2013, 02:53:21 PM
Quote from: swampduc on February 21, 2013, 02:51:16 PM
Let me guess. They want to pay you to do it, so they don't have to fly it themselves  ;)

Exactly ;)
Title: Re: I"ll take one
Post by: Dirty Duc on February 24, 2013, 03:56:22 PM
Helicopters don't fly... they beat the air into submission.
Title: Re: I"ll take one
Post by: MendoDave on February 25, 2013, 06:34:14 AM
I always wanted to fly a helicopter
Title: Re: I"ll take one
Post by: zooom on February 25, 2013, 10:38:34 AM
Quote from: Mendo Dave on February 25, 2013, 06:34:14 AM
I always wanted to fly a helicopter

off a treadmill?
Title: Re: I"ll take one
Post by: MendoDave on February 25, 2013, 12:51:25 PM
Of course off a treadmill.
Title: Re: I"ll take one
Post by: Bick on February 25, 2013, 12:56:05 PM
Quote from: Mendo Dave on February 25, 2013, 12:51:25 PM
Of course off a treadmill.

because IT CAN!!! ;D
Title: Re: I"ll take one
Post by: ducpainter on February 25, 2013, 01:01:59 PM
So can the plane.
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Post by: orangelion03 on February 25, 2013, 01:55:59 PM
I dunno...traffic may be horrible in Russia, but they seem to have problems with a crowded sky as well...

Low Flying Above Highway (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vF7jxiRsaMg#)
Title: Re: I"ll take one
Post by: Rob Hilding on February 26, 2013, 01:39:38 PM
Quote from: ducpainter on February 25, 2013, 01:01:59 PM
So can the plane.

CAN NOT!!!







[cheeky] [laugh]
Title: Re: I"ll take one
Post by: Bick on February 26, 2013, 01:50:05 PM
Quote from: BozcoRob on February 26, 2013, 01:39:38 PM
CAN NOT!!!

Proof:
(http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2006/12/11/technology/poguespan.jpg)

As soon as it obtains forward motion, the wings will be ripped off by the uprights.  [cheeky]

(or maybe it is the whole 0 airspeed/0 lift concept)
Title: Re: I"ll take one
Post by: Rob Hilding on February 26, 2013, 02:00:10 PM
Quote from: Bick on February 26, 2013, 01:50:05 PM
Proof:
(http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2006/12/11/technology/poguespan.jpg)

As soon as it obtains forward motion, the wings will be ripped off by the uprights.  [cheeky]

(or maybe it is the whole 0 airspeed/0 lift concept)

Your picture clearly shows no "deadman" on the plane - a direct rules violation subject to punishment by Jillian Michaels (I think that's her name) [cheeky]

Sorry for the "jacking" I'm done now
Title: Re: I"ll take one
Post by: Bick on February 26, 2013, 02:04:19 PM
Jillian can come over here and "punish" me all she wants.  [evil]
Title: Re: I"ll take one
Post by: Speedbag on February 26, 2013, 02:13:42 PM
Quote from: Bick on February 26, 2013, 02:04:19 PM
Jillian can come over here and "punish" me all she wants.  [evil]

Indeed.
Title: Re: I"ll take one
Post by: zooom on February 27, 2013, 05:28:23 AM
Quote from: BozcoRob on February 26, 2013, 02:00:10 PM
Jillian Michaels 

to be back on topic...I'll take one of those also!  [cheeky]
Title: Re: I"ll take one
Post by: uclabiker06 on February 27, 2013, 03:57:33 PM
All good. [thumbsup]  Interesting to see where this went
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