Didnt see it posted already, so apols if I missed it... http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-13229517,00.html -- Vass ................................................ Now: YZF-R1, CBR1100xx-x Then: A100, MBX80, XL125, CB400, FZR600, CBR600Fv http://europebikerun.textamerica.com
I thought it very unlikely at first but if you read the article carefully you'll see that it was towed up to 140mph by a old norton, meaning it only had to find another 65mph, not hard.
there was a discussion about it last week. but at least that link confirms the bike, as that was a large part of last week's discussion.
Didnt see it posted already, so apols if I missed it... And did anyone moan about how anal we are with regard to speeding in this country? At least we haven't got fucking planes timing us...
The interesting thing is the last article didn't mention the speed was timed from a plane.. The 205MPH now makes some sense, in that it seems nobody has taken into account the plane was probably flying into a headwind whilst chasing (and timing) the bike. America, the land of the free, eh?
You don't perhaps think the bike was timed between two fixed points on the ground then? Like vascar etc.? And home of the brave.
They could, but the whole "The officer, Al Loney, said the bike was hurtling along faster than his plane." line smells of a rat to me. I guess you'd have to be.
An aeroplane is not a helicopter. Helicopters are _regularly_ used for traffic enforcement in the UK.
Mmmm, tricky as my dictionary says : "a vehicle with fixed wings and a jet engine or propellers, that is heavier than air, and is able to fly" So we're being pedantic - surprise. When MOST people talk about a plane, I think they are referring to something with fixed wings. But of course, under some sort of pedantic eyeglass : Aeroplane, heavier-than-air craft that is usually propelled mechanically and supported by the aerodynamic action of the airstream on fixed-wing surfaces. Other types of aircraft that are heavier than air include the glider or sailplane, which is similarly equipped with fixed-wing surfaces but is not self-propelled, and rotary-wing aircraft, which are mechanically driven and supported by overhead rotors, such as the Autogiro and Helicopters. Another type is the ornithopter, which is lifted and propelled by flapping wings. Toy-sized ornithopters have been developed, but large-scale experiments have been unsuccessful. For the history of heavier-than-air craft,
The wings are still fixed. They don't rotate completely do they? They still support the craft through the action of the airflow over the wing.
Swing-wing is a little different to whirly-wing. An auto-gyro is about as close to a crossover plane/chopper as you'll get http://www.classics.nu/pitbull/
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So are the blades of a helicopter's rotor. You don't see them flying along beside it, or shooting off at a tangent. Well not often, anyway. They do if the plane spins. Or flies in a circle. As do the blades of a helicoptor's rotor. Exactly the same aerodynamic principle is involved. <fx: off to get a life>
