monkfish

Ey up, **** sparrow!!

Nice.................

I've had some BIG tail end slides even with the ESP on in the zed. It's seems to be very slow in reacting. Maybe it's because I'm used to Audi's ESP which did it's stuff and corrected you before you knew anything had happened!!

I'd like to get a runaround because I'm piling on the mileage on the zed, but I know I'd be driving the other car, hating it, wishing I was driving the zed.

Stevie & Ming. I'm gonna have to agree with you here re the aircraft/runway thing!! I didn't read the question correctly. I read it as if the conveyor acts against the wheels, effectively turning them backwards (and preventing the aircraft from rolling forward) and not that the conveyor acts in the opposite direction to the forward motion of the aircraft, effectively turning the wheels in the same direction as they would be turning anyway, albeit more quickly. Yeah, I agree that it would eventually get off the ground.......maybe. This is too early for this....and I've got a hangover........

Oh yeah, for sure. I don't know how much though, at a guess I'd say 40mm! Gaz. well more than that imo. Mine is lowered half an inch (125mm ~) and doesn't look as low as that That's cos half an inch is only 12.5mm not 125.

I just know that cos my mate works in the Irvine plant.

Oh for f*ck sake!! Not another one. My backup has failed to materialise. I'll just crawl back under the stone I came from......

Or an F-35 JSF STOVL.

Mine does the same, mate. I assume that's the norm.

Glaxo Smithkline?

Stevie, if it was anyone other than you (or maybe Sarnie too) I'd be not only shouting at the screen, but I'd be giving it Chuck Norris style roundhouse kicks. ........................you are joking, right?

Nick U is absolutely correct. If, as the question states, the conveyor belt maps and matches the speed of the wheels in the opposite direction, then the aircraft will be going nowhere. It will be sitting stationary with the wheels turning. Zero airspeed over the wings = zero lift. An aircraft gets up to takeoff speed by using engine thrust and rolling on the wheels until it has enough airspeed to not require contact with the earth. You'll notice that sometimes when you're flying, a pilot will advance his engines to full power or damn near it before the take-off roll, then sit on the brakes for a while. The aircraft goes nowhere. (I used to do the same when I did engine runs for the aircraft company I worked for) This is exactly the same effect that you have with the conveyor belt working in the opposite direction. It's all about stopping the aircraft accelerating on the wheels and getting sufficient airspeed to generate the lift required for takeoff. Even with aircraft as powerful as fighter jets that cannot be held on the brakes at full power, if the first tiny bit of acceleration (rotation of the wheels) is cancelled out by and then matched by a conveyor belt running in the opposite direction, the aircraft will not move forward, will not accelerate, will remain stationary and will not generate airspeed and lift. Actually, I'd love to see a conveyor belt that could match the wheel speed that a fighter jet on reheat would generate. Or indeed landing gear that could take it!!

What's the plane on the runway question?????

Have to agree Ian, they look awesome.

Yeah, that bit's just before she kills his rabbit and boils it in a big pot.

Put a set of wheels from a Fiat Panda on an F1 car?

Congratulations Sarnie! You've did us proud. Does PHer stand for Post wHore?

Yeah, Stevie, some folk are just so selfish!!

Yeah, Gus, but the fact that you own a GM proves that you are a extremely dull with no personality who's driving abilities can be likened to Miss Daisy' I totally love **** Can't argue with that Sarnie! PS.. Miss Daisy never drove. Morgan Freeman did that for her. I've updated your sig for ya How did you guess my private plate?? You've got too much time on yer hands, mate.

What? They let you out alive?? Amateurs!!

Thats because he's paid his £35 Once thats paid they'll defend your corner throught thick and thin Even racism Well, mate, being here for the short time I have, I don't think you'll get that sort of treatment here. One of the good points about not having a an "Elitist" members section.

Yeah, Gus, but the fact that you own a GM proves that you are a extremely dull with no personality who's driving abilities can be likened to Miss Daisy' I totally love **** Can't argue with that Sarnie! PS.. Miss Daisy never drove. Morgan Freeman did that for her.

Parf More tea, vicar?