I’ve followed Formula 1 ever since the early/mid 80’s when I was (Snippety snip) bye-bye F1…

100% support that lot.

You forgot the dry wit and intellect of the late great James Hunt.

We need to know….
Did you pop the question?
Did you ask her Father?
Did he go into orbit or laugh…..or even approve?
Are you still together?
When is the Wedding, can we all come as a flypast?

Blimey, I’d forgotten about that one. In fact I’d forgotten about Ryan. Which corporation swallowed up Ryan, or did it die completely?

Records are scarce/twisted/lies but there is debate as to whether the Soviet flying testbed was actually airborne before the Rolls Royce version. Who copied who is a debate for several beers and a full evening. Which I haven’t got as I’m up with the Larks tomorrow.

Well it was RR who showed me the working mock up several times and stated that it was a derivative of their good work on the Harrier.

I guess it’s the same definition of derivatives we see from the RR RB211 that now have many Trent series.

All I know is that at present the F35 CV is slower into production due to development of the ‘Lift Fan’ from RR and American Partner.

Derived from…meaning the knowledge and problems caused by Hovver and especially close proximity hovver.
The Lift fan is a Soviet idea, from the very over-looked Yak 41 from the 80’s. And so is the swinging jet pipe nozzle (Known as the Donkey ****).
But Americans don’t like to be reminded of this LoL!

Your Highness

What looks like it could be a family film, isn’t.
A mildy amusing “F” worded yarn about Knights and Castles and stuff.
Worthy of a chuckle.

Been driving around Cornwall this last week and have driven past the Cold Northcott windfarm several times. Such a fine monument to the efficiency of wind power, all the turbine blades in the feathered position and outstretched like a load of crosses on the Cornish countryside. When was the last time they generated any electricity?

I actually don’t mind Wind turbines, better looking than a pylon and designed by aerodynamacists!
The best results are the massive farms out to Sea.

Tidal is our best source, but any moving parts need a lot of cleaning due to the weed/poo/dead stuff in the water.

Osmosis engines could harness a lot, but nobody will spend the billions it would take to make one big enough.

PeeDee, you must live in America to only shave .4 of a sec of my 0-60 time with an extra 87BHP and not moan about the price of fuel. I bet your torque is rather good though.

Come on what is it you drive?

6.1 is in Sports mode. 7.4 in normal drive.
It’s a 17 year old BMW E38.
I really darn’t try for the 6.1 on the old gal, the propshaft would end up like spiral pasta!
I have hit 7.7 with a loaded car though (Loaded is 85 litres of fuel and my large suitcase plus me). I set the stopwatch on my mobile phone and set the bong on the OBC on 60mph. Not scientific, but close.
Over here on autobahn I have gone from 80mph to 140 in a matter of a few seconds on Sports+kickdown, but then I totally bottled it and backed off.

However, we digress from electric.
I would be willing to try one for the work commute if only the price was quartered and I got some assistance in my mains electric for charging it. I reckon the development of Solar panels + capacitor will allow the ability to charge an electric car for free. In some distant future.
Don’t forget, we had electric milk floats in this country from the early 60’s. A fully laden one had no speed but the power was there to be harnessed in other ways. And they were very old technology cells too.

I will be glad of it next time I am in England.
As for bikers roaring through it at illegal breakneck speeds, what goes round comes round. They end up doing an impression of superman and then leaving an impression in a wall or similar. Then we hear the usual nonsense……
“He was a very careful rider, never went over the limit, always bought flowers for his mum and was such a nice boy……it was the car driver’s fault”.

Every biker (Beyond a 100cc sewing machine) rides too fast. Fact.
Maybe not the Gold Wing club.