the "Whif-lympics" TB / GB

[Spey_Phantom]

just a thought here, we already did group builds based on the world cup soccer (africa GB) and the annual awardshow "The Whiffies" (based on the Oscars).
i was thinking why not do our own version of the Olypmic games.

subjects can be:

-200 mile Air Racing (categories Biplane, warbird,  Jet trainers and Fast jet)
-Aerobatics competition
-200 mile Submarine race
-conventional bombing competition
-Post-apocalyptic demolition Derby
-JMN Hammer Toss (sorry, had to place that one )
-50 lap tank race
-MUI competition (MUI = Modelling Under Influence)
-.......

i think we got some great possibilities for everyone  

[MilitaryAircraft101]

And the Schneider Trophy race specially coordinated to coincide with the 2012 Olympics. It includes a low pass through London and Tower bridges 

[PR19_Kit]

Through LONDON Bridge? They better be small aircraft! It's only got about 30 ft clearance........... 

[MilitaryAircraft101]

Lol... OF course, fighters, naturally. A typhoon seaplane is only about 15ft tall with gear up 

[tigercat]

What do you have against Derby

[perttime]

Through LONDON Bridge? They better be small aircraft! It's only got about 30 ft clearance........... 

Width or height?

[PR19_Kit]

Through LONDON Bridge? They better be small aircraft! It's only got about 30 ft clearance...........  

Width or height?

Height, the longest span is 340 ft so you could just get the Hughes Hercules through it, but you'd lose the fin, and most of the fuselage too!

Note the pic is taken at low tide, you can see the hight tide mark on the piers, there's VERY little height to to get an aircraft through there. The Red Bull racers might just manage it, but no-one else I reckon.

[Gondor]

I am guessing that Tower Bridge was being thought of rather than London Bridge. A lot more space between the road surface and the latice work between the towers.

Gondor

[MilitaryAircraft101]

No, I was thinking about London bridge  Like I said previously, we can still fit a Eurofighter Seaplane through there  YOu'll have to wait for my alt history that's coming soon. 

[Weaver]

-conventional bombing competition

What is the prize for: accuracy or weight of bombs dropped in, say, an eight hour period by a single aircraft based 200 miles away? You could call the latter the Arthur Harris memorial trophy...

How about a round-Britain race, on a course drawn around the coastline? For added interest, and as a levelling factor, you could have ALL the fuel supplied by the organisers in units of no more than 100 gallons: you can use as many units as you like, but you can only take on one at a time. That should lead to some interesting "tortoise and hare" scenarios as fast jets scream ahead, then have to divert to good runways to refuel, while light aircraft do the whole thing on one tank and amphibians refuel from boats positioned right on the course line....


The submarine race is an interesting one, although I suspect that 200 miles isn't long enough. I also think you'd need separate nuclear and conventional categories, or else there's goingto be a very small pool of winners.... On the other hand, if navies were excluded, so all entries had to be specially-built-to-a-formula civilian vessels, then 200 miles might be plenty...

[kitbasher]

Through LONDON Bridge? They better be small aircraft! It's only got about 30 ft clearance........... 

A Hunter was flown through Tower Bridge in 1968 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawker_Hunter_Tower_Bridge_incident).   

[PR19_Kit]

Through LONDON Bridge? They better be small aircraft! It's only got about 30 ft clearance........... 

A Hunter was flown through Tower Bridge in 1968 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawker_Hunter_Tower_Bridge_incident).   

Indeed, and a guy in a Vampire did it some years before that, but neither of them went under London Bridge, either the current one or its predecessor, now in Arizona or somewhere nearby.

[tigercat]

would that be a cross country tank race?

[Spey_Phantom]

if Thunderbird 2 can fly through, then any fighter can to 

[puddingwrestler]

Ah. but Thunderbird 2 has 'plot convenience variable geometry' - it can fit through any space the plot says it can fit through!