Simple, ease of operation on water, multiple starts with no waiting , operating in a remote location, plus an experienced team with electric start jet engines,
If the boat was being fired up at an airport every time, air start would be perfect , but it’s not
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- Tue Jun 05, 2018 8:03 am
- Forum: Bluebird Rebuild
- Topic: Warby's Spirit of Australia II
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- Sun Jul 16, 2017 12:52 pm
- Forum: Bluebird Rebuild
- Topic: Warby's Spirit of Australia II
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- Views: 76890
Re: Warby's Spirit of Australia II
That was my first run... In a jet boat.... I hit my own wake from idling down to turn around, and get it on the plane, it wriggled in the back slightly as I hit the wake, I got off it a bit..... Taree is only a couple of Kms long, I had a bunch of runs today, a tad over 110mph, the boat tracks strai...
- Wed May 10, 2017 4:30 am
- Forum: Bluebird Rebuild
- Topic: Other Speed Record Breakers Are Available!
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Re: Other Speed Record Breakers Are Available!
Was it just me or did anyone else feel uncomfortable when that guy was dangling that camera near the intake? Cheers Wayne . The guy with he camera is a retired RAAF Wing commander ( on the 1978 WWSR team), he was the CO for the 2 guys either side of the engine who are RAAF jet engine mechanics ( ap...
- Mon Feb 15, 2016 5:08 am
- Forum: Bluebird Rebuild
- Topic: Other Speed Record Breakers Are Available!
- Replies: 1117
- Views: 1198863
Re: Other Speed Record Breakers Are Available!
A gorgeous little engine is the Adour, but teeny-tiny compared to an Oly'. It's the engine they use in the Jaguar and Hawk and it's about two-thirds the size of an Orph' Red Arrows Adour.jpg We seriously looked at the Adour, but for our design, it's way to short, we didn't want a burner, Look at th...
- Fri Oct 09, 2015 1:13 pm
- Forum: Bluebird Rebuild
- Topic: 'Donald Campbell- The Final Record Attempt' by Neil Sheppard
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Re: 'Donald Campbell- The Final Record Attempt' by Neil Shep
How many times! It's not a shoe - they were briefly fitted the front of the sponsons and deleted very early on. It's a planing WEDGE! Rear shoe.. Ski, wedge, rear sponson...or railway sleeper cut on an angle... Can depend on where in the world you are..... And where you got your edumactaishin .. :m...
- Sun Feb 01, 2015 1:19 pm
- Forum: Bluebird Rebuild
- Topic: Other Speed Record Breakers Are Available!
- Replies: 1117
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Re: Other Speed Record Breakers Are Available!
Oh.... I thought that was usMike Bull wrote: Sure, we rub some people up the wrong way sometimes.
- Sat Jan 31, 2015 2:06 am
- Forum: Bluebird Rebuild
- Topic: Other Speed Record Breakers Are Available!
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Re: Other Speed Record Breakers Are Available!
I think this pic was taken when KW was in England during 1979,.. He will get on here to confirm where and when
- Fri Jan 30, 2015 8:00 pm
- Forum: Bluebird Rebuild
- Topic: Other Speed Record Breakers Are Available!
- Replies: 1117
- Views: 1198863
Re: Other Speed Record Breakers Are Available!
An Oregon, or plywood star is all he would need.....
- Fri Jan 30, 2015 7:30 pm
- Forum: Bluebird Rebuild
- Topic: Other Speed Record Breakers Are Available!
- Replies: 1117
- Views: 1198863
Re: Other Speed Record Breakers Are Available!
i think KW is a member of the K7 club....I'm sure Leo Villa mentioned it when he was a guest ( via video) the night KW was on "This is your life" down here.....I have a pic of him with a plaque somewhere
- Wed Jan 28, 2015 1:17 pm
- Forum: Bluebird Rebuild
- Topic: Other Speed Record Breakers Are Available!
- Replies: 1117
- Views: 1198863
Re: Other Speed Record Breakers Are Available!
Hmmm... ok... one's White, and the other is Blue....