Thursday, December 12, 2019

One wild contraption


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  1. What could possibly go wrong?

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  2. Italians in a seaplane sans wings sporting a Finnish flag... Hakka Palle!.. cazzo?!.. Splash!
    I sure hope they angled the thrust line correctly.

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  3. Behold, where George Lucas got the idea for pod racing...

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  4. Italian. So it must have 1 forward and 6 reverse gears.

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  5. Looks like that model is #11, if this is the state of their prototype refinement I'm guessing the first 10 were real humdingers...

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  7. It would appear that these guys teamed up with Dr. Kevorkian while coming up with their design.

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  8. I think the technical term is "deathtrap".

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  9. I just showed this to my boat designer, only thing that worries him is the pitch of the engine. Said you better have a parachute cause it's going to fly.

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  10. I wonder if the rudders on each of the hulls are linked. It's not readily apparent - if not, I'm sure it would work out well with two Italian pilots.

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  11. This machine must be reliable, it took 2nd place three years in a row in a 250+ mile race. Italians!

    https://oldmachinepress.com/2016/01/24/idroscivolanti-and-the-raid-pavia-venezia/

    Al_in_Ottawa

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