I have one of those !
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| Author: | Gabor [ Tue Feb 03, 2015 1:15 pm ] |
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the enthusiasm of the elders of experimenting with new instead of copying the copy of a copy of a copy..... Hafner Rotabuggy |
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| Author: | Arnie M. [ Tue Feb 03, 2015 1:51 pm ] |
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. More Nostalgia |
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| Author: | ScaryGary [ Tue Feb 03, 2015 9:37 pm ] |
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I have one of those !
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| Author: | MadMuz [ Wed Feb 04, 2015 8:46 am ] |
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How kuuuul.... is it a real one?   They were going to try it with tanks as well  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hafner_Rotabuggy http://www.microsofttranslator.com/BV.a ... 2FRotatank |
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| Author: | Arnie M. [ Wed Feb 04, 2015 9:19 am ] |
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. Not a real Jeep .... but I think they called it The Jet Jeep I still think one of these would be fun , even if it burns a lot of fuel it would be cheap to build They use a one blade tail rotor instead of vanes for yaw ... good idea .... amazingly this whole machine only weighs 300 pounds Definitely an Ultralight !! |
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| Author: | MadMuz [ Wed Feb 04, 2015 9:29 am ] |
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That's cool Arnie  I saw a documentary about Jeeps, they said where the word jeep came from and what it means..... did anyone else see it? Jeep came from the Indians (American) .... it is the word they call something that doesn't have a name..... Jeep is like "thing" in Indian.... That is why VW called their little Jeep like buggy a "thing" because Thing means Jeep 
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| Author: | Arnie M. [ Wed Feb 04, 2015 12:32 pm ] |
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. I heard it came from the US Army designation G-P which stood for General Purpose (Vehicle) And the Army guys pronounced G-P as Gee Pee ... which morphed into Geep ... which morphed into Jeep Notice I am very knowledgeable about things with the word Pee in it  I should have been a Urine-ologist . |
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| Author: | ScaryGary [ Thu Feb 05, 2015 12:54 am ] |
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Arnie has it the way I remember it . WOLVERINES !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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| Author: | MadMuz [ Thu Feb 05, 2015 6:55 am ] |
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Arnie M. wrote: . I heard it came from the US Army designation G-P which stood for General Purpose (Vehicle) And the Army guys pronounced G-P as Gee Pee ... which morphed into Geep ... which morphed into Jeep Notice I am very knowledgeable about things with the word Pee in it I should have been a Urine-ologist . Yeah, that's what Wikipedia says too.... but the documentary interviewed old blokes and even some ladies who worked in jeep factories, who had worked right from the start of the birth of the Jeep we know of from ww2 and that was their memories..... hard to know, who cares, they were and are still great things... a friend of mine in Nowra (NSW) collects and restores army jeeps.... I must say, I am not talking about modern plastic jeeps.... they are just like any other yuppy 4X4..... the new ones are just surviving of the name, image and reputation of the war jeeps, but nothing near like them in strength and capability.... the new ones are just plastic and coke cans like all new cars   Edit: Great picture Gary.... I am not sure which one of you is scaryest that is you on the right isn't it?
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| Author: | Gabor [ Thu Feb 05, 2015 8:51 am ] |
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| Author: | Arnie M. [ Thu Feb 05, 2015 10:08 am ] |
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. Anyone else notice this round object with a smoke trail between 16:07 - 16:10 ?? (In Gabors video above) What the heck could it be ??? .... the helicopter is delivering a bucket of concrete for a dam repair in Wales Weird or what !! . |
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| Author: | MadMuz [ Thu Feb 05, 2015 2:23 pm ] |
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These are much better |
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| Author: | MadMuz [ Thu Feb 05, 2015 2:36 pm ] |
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Arnie M. wrote: . Anyone else notice this round object with a smoke trail between 16:07 - 16:10 ?? (In Gabors video above) What the heck could it be ??? .... the helicopter is delivering a bucket of concrete for a dam repair in Wales Weird or what !! . I would say it is a flare Arnie.... it is a fogged in remote Welsh mountain.... they prolly all look the same, so to find the exact building site, they prolly let off a flare Otherwise the pilot might burn heaps of fuel (and time) wondering if he is in the right place... if he sees a flare, he's in the right spot.... the smoke shows wind direction too.... at least, That's what it looks like to me 
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| Author: | GyroGeorgia [ Thu Feb 05, 2015 4:34 pm ] |
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ScaryGary wrote: I have one of those ! I had one of those decades ago.... red if I remember. FUN vehicle. I wish the spirit of innovation was still present... that desire to try new things, the lack of fear, and the lack of worry about litigation. Our society has lost something without that desire to move forwards... hope we get it back soon. |
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| Author: | Spektre [ Fri Feb 06, 2015 10:34 pm ] |
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ScaryGary wrote: I have one of those ! I would still trade a certain rifle for that Jeep 
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| Author: | ScaryGary [ Sat Feb 07, 2015 3:39 am ] |
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And I still have that JEEP kinda . |
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| Author: | Spektre [ Sun Feb 08, 2015 8:19 pm ] |
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Jeeeeeeep..... 
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| Author: | ScaryGary [ Mon Feb 09, 2015 1:23 am ] |
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| Author: | Spektre [ Tue Feb 10, 2015 8:50 pm ] |
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Good times..... 
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| Author: | ScaryGary [ Wed Feb 11, 2015 1:09 am ] |
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Yes they were .
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