Defender's do not fly very well

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Dave Gibbs - 26 Apr 2006 09:03 GMT

Warning, if you were planning strapping wings on to your Land Rover to
see if you could get airborne, then there are many things to think about
such as aerodynamics, power to weight ratios, license requirements, etc.
This video I think shows the result of some secret R&D by Land Rover
when they were commissioned to produce a flying offroader. The results
are not good.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6523155491952638157&q=landrover+defende
r&pr=goog-sl

:-)

Regards,

Dave.

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Lee_D - 26 Apr 2006 10:58 GMT

> http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6523155491952638157&q=landrover+defende
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> Dave.

I feel better about my tool box now if nothing else :-)

Lee

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Richard Brookman - 26 Apr 2006 20:58 GMT

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6523155491952638157&q=landrover+defende
r&pr=goog-sl

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Austin Shackles - 26 Apr 2006 13:38 GMT

>Warning, if you were planning strapping wings on to your Land Rover to
>see if you could get airborne, then there are many things to think about
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>:-)

impressive modelling. I like the way the suspension seems to work credibly.

actually, there have been floating rovers, and rail rovers, seems someone
ought to do an air rover, really.

wonder if you could model one in mickeysnot flightsim?

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Derek - 26 Apr 2006 21:40 GMT

> Warning, if you were planning strapping wings on to your Land Rover to see
> if you could get airborne, then there are many things to think about such
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> Dave.

I think he would have done much better had Clarkson not been the test pilot.
Derek

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