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Eichhörnchen
06-09-18, 08:54 AM
The nearest I've been able to get, I think, is this Grumman 'Wildcatfish' experimental... but the cowling shape and intakes are wrong. This has to be my guess, however

https://i.imgur.com/dxjkgw1.jpg https://i.imgur.com/yYdb9BJ.jpg

Jimbuna
06-09-18, 09:40 AM
Afraid not and I should imagine Dowly is sitting back taking mental notes ready to pounce when he has enough pieces of the puzzle.

Prior to posting the cropped clue I don't think I'd ever seen one before.

Aktungbby
06-09-18, 09:49 AM
JAPANESE SINGLE ENGINE?

Jimbuna
06-09-18, 09:53 AM
JAPANESE SINGLE ENGINE?

For clarifacation especially toward two of Catfish responses....not Japanese but twin engined.

Eichhörnchen
06-09-18, 10:03 AM
https://i.imgur.com/YpVrxRD.jpg He 115?

Aktungbby
06-09-18, 10:07 AM
JUS LOOKING MYSELF AT THAT BUT THE COWLING EXHAUSTS AREN'T RIGHT...NOR IS THE AFT FLOAT ATTACHMENT https://www.militaryfactory.com/aircraft/imgs/heinkel-he115_5.jpg

Jimbuna
06-09-18, 10:13 AM
https://i.imgur.com/YpVrxRD.jpg He 115?

Nope not German (#6749).

Jimbuna
06-09-18, 10:14 AM
JUS LOOKING MYSELF AT THAT BUT THE COWLING EXHAUSTS AREN'T RIGHT...NOR IS THE AFT FLOAT ATTACHMENT https://www.militaryfactory.com/aircraft/imgs/heinkel-he115_5.jpg

You could well be right and as I stated earlier "Prior to posting the cropped clue I don't think I'd ever seen one before."

Eichhörnchen
06-09-18, 10:51 AM
S.N.C.A.S.E. SE-400?

Dowly
06-09-18, 11:54 AM
Fokker T.VIII-W?

fumo30
06-10-18, 06:25 AM
C-47 floatplane version.

Jimbuna
06-10-18, 06:41 AM
S.N.C.A.S.E. SE-400?

Fokker T.VIII-W?

Afraid not.

Jimbuna
06-10-18, 06:42 AM
C-47 floatplane version.

BINGO!!

https://i.imgur.com/yaq0A93.jpg

Eichhörnchen
06-10-18, 07:11 AM
I knew that cowling looked familiar....

Jimbuna
06-10-18, 07:25 AM
Aye but she is a strange looking girl.

fumo30
06-10-18, 07:32 AM
It would be my turn now, but unfortunately I'm using mac book right now with which I'm totally unfamiliar. So I'm passing this round.


Anybody, You're welcome.

fumo30
06-10-18, 07:41 AM
I knew that cowling looked familiar....


Yes it did. My first flight experience was onboard DC-3 sitting right beside the wing and engine.

Jimbuna
06-10-18, 07:43 AM
It would be my turn now, but unfortunately I'm using mac book right now with which I'm totally unfamiliar. So I'm passing this round.


Anybody, You're welcome.

Okay, I'll kick it off again with something relatively easy (well IMHO anyway).

Name this.

https://i.imgur.com/FsCbJEq.jpg

Eichhörnchen
06-10-18, 11:40 AM
Virginia-class sub?

Catfish
06-10-18, 12:21 PM
i'd say it is russian :hmmm:

Jimbuna
06-11-18, 12:38 PM
Virginia-class sub?

Nope.

Jimbuna
06-11-18, 12:39 PM
i'd say it is russian :hmmm:

Owned?

Designed?

Built?

Eichhörnchen
06-11-18, 01:00 PM
https://i.imgur.com/HS3FIAK.jpg Russian Akula II class

Jimbuna
06-11-18, 01:19 PM
Yes and the ships name?

Eichhörnchen
06-11-18, 01:30 PM
Kashalot?

Jimbuna
06-11-18, 01:38 PM
Nope, look farther afield.

Eichhörnchen
06-11-18, 02:01 PM
Chakra II?

Dowly
06-11-18, 02:22 PM
Chakra. ^That

Eichhörnchen
06-11-18, 02:27 PM
:haha:

Dowly
06-11-18, 02:34 PM
How many flipping names does one boat need?! :)

Jimbuna
06-12-18, 03:54 AM
Chakra II?

Yes Chakra, she is the second vessel with such a name but the 'II' is not necessary.

Over to you :salute:

Eichhörnchen
06-12-18, 10:40 AM
https://i.imgur.com/f1SQfCb.jpg What's this?

Jimbuna
06-12-18, 10:57 AM
A car?

Dowly
06-12-18, 11:29 AM
Small aircraft of some sort?

Eichhörnchen
06-12-18, 12:25 PM
Yes... small aircraft of some sort

Jimbuna
06-12-18, 12:27 PM
Four seater?

Eichhörnchen
06-12-18, 01:48 PM
The production model, yes (prototype had 3)

Aktungbby
06-12-18, 02:33 PM
AMERICAN MADE?

Eichhörnchen
06-12-18, 03:29 PM
Yes

Jimbuna
06-13-18, 06:41 AM
Cessna?

Eichhörnchen
06-13-18, 07:24 AM
No, not a Cessna

Aktungbby
06-13-18, 11:19 AM
UNDERWING?

Eichhörnchen
06-13-18, 11:36 AM
Shoulder-wing

Jimbuna
06-14-18, 05:52 AM
Murphy Yukon?

Eichhörnchen
06-14-18, 10:17 AM
Nope not that

Aktungbby
06-14-18, 01:54 PM
CIVILIAN OR MILITARY SPOTTER CRAFT?

Eichhörnchen
06-14-18, 03:37 PM
Chiefly civilian and described as a "sports" design, it had some minor military employment by a couple of foreign countries' air forces

Jimbuna
06-15-18, 06:18 AM
Stinson L-5 Sentinel?

Eichhörnchen
06-15-18, 12:58 PM
Yyyyyyyy... nope:haha:

Buddahaid
06-15-18, 08:53 PM
Those windows are unusually constructed to me and it looks like a fiberglass body. I'm thinking amphibian, especially with the forested hillside showing through the windows, but I can't find it. :ping:

Eichhörnchen
06-16-18, 02:06 AM
^ You clever devil, Holmes... correct except for the fibreglass bit. It was all-metal construction

Jimbuna
06-16-18, 07:35 AM
Russian seaplane amphibian aircraft L-6

Buddahaid
06-16-18, 08:13 AM
Republic RC-3 Seabee.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/djipibi/225995519/

fumo30
06-16-18, 08:13 AM
Republic RC-3 Seabee

Jimbuna
06-16-18, 08:52 AM
The crafty bugga viewed the thread after you both posted but is delaying his response :)

Eichhörnchen
06-16-18, 08:54 AM
Oh dear, this is getting like a game of Whac-A-Squirrel... what am I going to do now?

I think the fairest thing would be to award it to Buddababy, since he'd all but cracked it using his powers of deduction and not Google alone... plus his answer registered first on the page.

I hope my buddy fumo will understand, and continue to let me play with his nuts

Republic RC-3 Seabee
https://i.imgur.com/tJ25LRv.jpg https://i.imgur.com/kyl5NEv.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/RWqJRug.jpg James Bond had one

Buddahaid
06-16-18, 09:15 AM
Oh dear, and I'll be on the road today.

What does this belong to?
https://imageshack.com/a/img924/4730/e6YjOt.jpg

Eichhörnchen
06-16-18, 09:18 AM
Tree frog? (You are prolly having amphibians in your brain)

Buddahaid
06-16-18, 09:23 AM
It is. Shall we try for a more specific name, or leave it? Like I said, I'll be on the road today.

Jimbuna
06-16-18, 09:29 AM
Lemur tree frog

fumo30
06-16-18, 09:32 AM
You did right Eich, no hard feelings. Buddahaid deserved to win, he was faster and after all without the info he provided I could've never find the right answer so quickly.

Eichhörnchen
02-27-19, 02:58 AM
Lemur tree frog

https://i.imgur.com/MjIiBjz.jpg Bump...

Catfish
02-27-19, 03:19 AM
So it's Jim's turn for the next riddle?

Jimbuna
02-27-19, 07:50 AM
Okay then, a nice and easy one to restart with.

What is this (easy) and where is it (a little harder).

https://i.imgur.com/G33HBlY.jpg

Catfish
02-27-19, 07:56 AM
A pelican! :)

On a hut. :oops:

How exact has the location to be?
ok i guess Hawaii :03:

Jimbuna
02-27-19, 07:59 AM
The country will do.

Eichhörnchen
02-27-19, 11:03 AM
Mexico

Jimbuna
02-27-19, 11:06 AM
Mexico

Yep, as easy as that. Taken with my phone camera last October.

Eichhörnchen
02-27-19, 11:42 AM
https://i.imgur.com/smNIftc.jpg What is this?

Catfish
02-27-19, 12:40 PM
An exhaust :know:

okok :03: Not from a Spitfire, Hurricane or Typhoon :hmmm:

Eichhörnchen
02-27-19, 01:24 PM
Getting warm :haha:

STEED
02-27-19, 01:33 PM
THIS..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJn7LHE83cc

Eichhörnchen
02-27-19, 02:19 PM
^ Nope

Jimbuna
02-28-19, 06:43 AM
A tractor?

Eichhörnchen
02-28-19, 06:44 AM
^ Nope

Jimbuna
02-28-19, 06:59 AM
So is it an aircraft?

Eichhörnchen
02-28-19, 10:18 AM
^ No

u crank
02-28-19, 10:22 AM
Some type of race car?

Eichhörnchen
02-28-19, 10:27 AM
Yes... which type?

Jimbuna
02-28-19, 10:47 AM
Talbot Largo?

Catfish
02-28-19, 10:49 AM
Four cylinders ?
And guess some classic or vintage :hmmm:

Eichhörnchen
02-28-19, 11:13 AM
@ Jim... no

@ Kai... Yes 4 (I cropped it so you couldn't tell lol)

Jimbuna
02-28-19, 11:16 AM
So those exhausts are coming out of the rear and not the side of the engine then?

Eichhörnchen
02-28-19, 11:26 AM
I have a correction to make in that it has an incredible 12 cylinders (and the exhausts are coming out of the side)

Eichhörnchen
02-28-19, 11:46 AM
Clue: consider Marcel's words "Some type of race car"

Catfish
02-28-19, 11:51 AM
E-type? Not that the exhaust looks like one of those :hmmm:

Eichhörnchen
02-28-19, 12:03 PM
^ Way off :)

fumo30
02-28-19, 01:59 PM
A speed record car?

Eichhörnchen
02-28-19, 02:26 PM
^ Yes

Catfish
02-28-19, 02:33 PM
Salt flats?

fumo30
02-28-19, 03:31 PM
Napier-Campbell Blue Bird ll?

Catfish
02-28-19, 03:42 PM
that's what i thought... ;)

Eichhörnchen
02-28-19, 04:38 PM
https://i.imgur.com/lovxQ2a.jpg https://i.imgur.com/sWXMLqa.jpg

It is, but you may have to forfeit the game to Catfish, fumo... you are meant to wait for the previous poster to receive an answer before having another guess... sorry, mate :oops:

Jim can give his ruling... that way you won't blame me :yeah:

fumo30
02-28-19, 04:49 PM
^Of course, rules are rules.:yep:..And I should have read them.:oops:
Sorry Catfish.

Eichhörnchen
02-28-19, 04:55 PM
^ Okay, mate... Catfish it's your go :yep:

Jimbuna
03-01-19, 06:21 AM
https://i.imgur.com/lovxQ2a.jpg https://i.imgur.com/sWXMLqa.jpg

It is, but you may have to forfeit the game to Catfish, fumo... you are meant to wait for the previous poster to receive an answer before having another guess... sorry, mate :oops:

Jim can give his ruling... that way you won't blame me :yeah:

Reading the rules in #1 as set out by Grant I'd have said fumo had been replied to therefore allowing him another opportunity.


Anyone can post one guess until there is a posting from the starter to say whether or not it has been answered correctly. At that time, you may post a new guess.

No big deal in my estimation but in fumos position I'd certainly have guessed again having been told my previous guess was incorrect.

Catfish
03-01-19, 06:25 AM
Sorry was absent yesterday evening. I agree, Fumo was right and i was not. I mentioned salt flats while the Campbell record car racing there was not the early Campbell-Napier shown in Eichhörnchen's quest, but a later one. And while i said i had thought about this car it was not me who named it.
Honour to whom honour is due, i think. Fumo, your turn :up:

Dowly
03-01-19, 06:28 AM
I was under the impression that the rule was there to prevent one member from making multiple guesses in a row? No reason in having to wait for someone else to get his answer before making your guess, imho.

Jimbuna
03-01-19, 06:43 AM
Sorry was absent yesterday evening. I agree, Fumo was right and i was not. I mentioned salt flats while the Campbell record car racing there was not the early Campbell-Napier shown in Eichhörnchen's quest, but a later one. And while i said i had thought about this car it was not me who named it.
Honour to whom honour is due, i think. Fumo, your turn :up:

Class :cool:

I was under the impression that the rule was there to prevent one member from making multiple guesses in a row? No reason in having to wait for someone else to get his answer before making your guess, imho.

:yep:

fumo30
03-01-19, 08:31 AM
Ok, I hope the picture is visible for you all.

Couple a days ago I was dismantling this kind of device, can you tell what it is?


https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQCqK4Kf4uyUOP7byUrs-bP6cjo4ExyzU7e7V7MedmbkHg2wlBU6w

Eichhörnchen
03-01-19, 09:29 AM
I was under the impression that the rule was there to prevent one member from making multiple guesses in a row? No reason in having to wait for someone else to get his answer before making your guess, imho.

Yes, you're right... been a long time since we played this and I have got quite a bit older since then

Is it a pump?

fumo30
03-01-19, 09:41 AM
No its not a pump, but it sure has something to do with a pump.

Catfish
03-01-19, 10:19 AM
A back-pressure/check valve? :hmmm:

fumo30
03-01-19, 10:30 AM
Not a valve, but the "pressure" is the key word.

Catfish
03-01-19, 10:36 AM
A Pressure controller?

fumo30
03-01-19, 10:41 AM
Correct!


That didn't take too long.:)



Over to you.

Dowly
03-01-19, 11:29 AM
@fumo30: Protip, don't use images that can be traced with google image search. Makes it a bit too easy. (not saying Catfish or The Squirrel used it)

Eichhörnchen
03-01-19, 11:33 AM
No indeed... very unfair if people do that. And to prevent peope reading the original file name, copy it onto your pc and rename it before posting

Dowly
03-01-19, 11:37 AM
No indeed... very unfair if people do that... just copy the image file onto your pc and rename it before posting :)
Just crop it, the file name doesn't matter. Show only a part of it.

Eichhörnchen
03-01-19, 11:47 AM
That's true

Catfish
03-01-19, 12:57 PM
nah i just followed Fumo's hints. And b.t.w. i would never admit it :03:


So here is a new one:

https://i.imgur.com/flBgmjNm.jpg

Eichhörnchen
03-01-19, 01:00 PM
https://i.imgur.com/6YpTVFD.png LUNOKHOD 1?

Catfish
03-01-19, 01:06 PM
:o You know this vehicle so well ?
That did not take long lol, very good!

https://i.imgur.com/1qHZzOZm.jpg

Over to you :up:

Eichhörnchen
03-01-19, 01:32 PM
Yes, I test drove it. Not really... first off I guessed it was some kind of planetary rover... a quick search soon revealed which one.


https://i.imgur.com/XFH1C8d.jpg Question: What were these two doing?

Catfish
03-01-19, 01:34 PM
^ mounting a racing car?

Eichhörnchen
03-01-19, 01:40 PM
They were about to (so I'll award this to you) but what was unusual?

Catfish
03-01-19, 01:45 PM
Unusual? A woman maybe? Moss?

Eichhörnchen
03-01-19, 01:59 PM
Yes... women drivers

https://i.imgur.com/BHJWp7p.jpg July 1934, Mrs Gordon Simpson and young Australian Joan Richmond

Catfish
03-01-19, 02:13 PM
Is that a Triumph? :hmmm:
edit: one of the Southern cross types?
edit2: It is definitely not the 3l Ballot racer :hmph:

Catfish
03-01-19, 03:11 PM
Ok, which car is that?

https://i.imgur.com/wQ7pGHxm.jpg

Eichhörnchen
03-01-19, 03:34 PM
Is that a Triumph? :hmmm:
edit: one of the Southern cross types?
edit2: It is definitely not the 3l Ballot racer :hmph:

The photo caption describes it as the 3 litre GP Ballot racer

The back end of your car looks like a 'Renault'

Catfish
03-01-19, 03:42 PM
The photo caption describes it as the 3 litre GP Ballot racer
But it isn't.

The back end of your car looks like a 'Renault'
Maybe the looks, but no. It is also rare..

Eichhörnchen
03-01-19, 03:45 PM
I meant to say 'Citroen'

https://i.imgur.com/5B6anoT.jpg Citroen M35

Catfish
03-01-19, 03:55 PM
Yep :up:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXFt7wthYGc

https://i.imgur.com/PqQpzCSm.jpg

Despite its looks it was a real advanced car, it had a one-rotor Wankel engine, a hydropneumatic suspension and a (for the time) luxurious interior. So while the form was derived from the Citroen Ami 8 it was a completely different beast (and no spare parts for the Ami 8 fit :/\\!! )

Over to you :)

Eichhörnchen
03-01-19, 04:00 PM
I looked at the Ami 8 first, but it wasn't quite right... be back soon

Eichhörnchen
03-01-19, 04:47 PM
https://i.imgur.com/PF2zNR5.jpg What is this?

Armistead
03-01-19, 06:40 PM
Jet supercar?

Eichhörnchen
03-02-19, 05:25 AM
^ Nope

Jimbuna
03-02-19, 07:41 AM
An aircraft?

Eichhörnchen
03-02-19, 09:00 AM
^ Nope (you'll never get this)

u crank
03-02-19, 09:13 AM
A train?

Eichhörnchen
03-02-19, 09:41 AM
^ Nope

u crank
03-02-19, 10:02 AM
A test vehicle of some type?

Eichhörnchen
03-02-19, 10:03 AM
^ Nope

Jimbuna
03-02-19, 10:09 AM
Gas rig?

Eichhörnchen
03-02-19, 11:12 AM
^ Nope... maybe a clue soon...

u crank
03-02-19, 11:22 AM
TV or movie prop?

Eichhörnchen
03-02-19, 12:04 PM
^ Nope

u crank
03-02-19, 12:11 PM
Neal's BBQ?

:O:

Eichhörnchen
03-02-19, 12:15 PM
:haha:... he wishes

Catfish
03-02-19, 02:51 PM
So it's not:
a racing car
a jet
a jet dragster
a rocket
a rocket sled
a jet sled
a rocket/jet testbed
a plane
First i thought it was from the rocket sled scene in Indiana Jones, but then no.

No idea then. Something to defrost? :D

Eichhörnchen
03-02-19, 03:10 PM
Well I didn't say it's not a jet and I didn't say it's not a dragster and I didn't say it's not a rocket and I didn't say it's not a rocket-sled and I didn't say it's not a jet-sled but apart from all that you're doing really well keep going :haha:

Clue: it's BIG

Catfish
03-02-19, 03:43 PM
Is it real, or from Murdoch media a film?

Eichhörnchen
03-02-19, 04:03 PM
It's the real thing

Rockstar
03-02-19, 05:46 PM
Looks like the back end of a jet powered dragster with a top spoiler and the cylinder looks like a parachute brake canister. edit: the 'chute cylinder is the one lower right not the one with flames shooting out of it.

Eichhörnchen
03-02-19, 06:09 PM
Not a dragster either

Rockstar
03-02-19, 06:21 PM
Jet powered boat?

Eichhörnchen
03-03-19, 03:35 AM
^ Nope

Eisenwurst
03-03-19, 06:15 AM
It's the Squirrelmobile, and you've got the afterburners going to avoid "those" drivers.

Jimbuna
03-03-19, 07:02 AM
Time for a clue me thinks.

JU_88
03-03-19, 07:28 AM
A cement mixer on fire in front of some incomplete modern arty farty bridge.
Probably taken at some French riot during a very dry summer.

alternatively is it a water craft?

Eichhörnchen
03-03-19, 07:44 AM
^ Nope and it's not the Squirrelmobile either


Clue: it's a record holder

JU_88
03-03-19, 07:49 AM
Clue: it's a record holder

http://ancdn-a-e.shopletcdn.com/productimages/500x500/CFEL8290.JPG

Don't you just love the English language? :D

Eichhörnchen
03-03-19, 07:59 AM
They're CDs :D:salute:

Jimbuna
03-03-19, 08:04 AM
Anything to do with hot air balloons?

Eichhörnchen
03-03-19, 08:07 AM
^ Nope

Jimbuna
03-03-19, 08:14 AM
Operated in desert coditions?

Eichhörnchen
03-03-19, 08:31 AM
They've used it in Yuma, so I suppose that's a 'yes'

Also, this thing wasn't built as a dragracer or any kind of racer... I made sure of that... just to break records. But I just found out that it has now been used to race a similar machine

Jimbuna
03-03-19, 08:39 AM
Shockwave jet truck?

https://i.imgur.com/vtGxl20.jpg

Eichhörnchen
03-03-19, 08:55 AM
Correct

https://i.imgur.com/gAU3XYW.jpg

Rockstar
03-03-19, 08:56 AM
You mean the jet truck racing another jet truck commonly referred too as dragsters drag racing at the drag strip?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAkrzEqHHyA

Eichhörnchen
03-03-19, 09:03 AM
I just found that... my lawyers say that this doesn't alter the fact that it was "Not built or intended as a dragster, nor for drag racing or the conveying of people in drag (pretending to be of the female sex or any other kind of non-male gender)"

Rockstar
03-03-19, 09:27 AM
Its like saying and egg isn't an egg, its a chicken embryo. Or as seen above even though they are drag racing at the drag strip they aren't dragsters they are reaction engine tow vehicles. Even at drag strips reaction engines or internal combustion engined vehicles set speed records.


over to you Jim

JU_88
03-03-19, 09:36 AM
They're CDs :D:salute:

CDs and Vinyls are both 'Records' aka Recordings :D

Jimbuna
03-03-19, 10:21 AM
What is this?

https://i.imgur.com/MSwHud6.jpg

Rockstar
03-03-19, 10:52 AM
Are we to guess what it is or what was intended to be?

Eichhörnchen
03-03-19, 10:59 AM
Its like saying and egg isn't an egg, its a chicken embryo. Or as seen above even though they are drag racing at the drag strip they aren't dragsters they are reaction engine tow vehicles. Even at drag strips reaction engines or internal combustion engined vehicles set speed records

If you put a cow in a horse race that doesn't make it a horse, does it?


CDs and Vinyls are both 'Records' aka Recordings :D

When was the last time you put a CD on from your Justin Bieber collection thinking,"I really must listen to one of my Justin Bieber records"?


@ Jim... is it some kind of fortification?

Jimbuna
03-03-19, 11:02 AM
Are we to guess what it is or what was intended to be?

What it is.

Jimbuna
03-03-19, 11:02 AM
@ Jim... is it some kind of fortification?

Afraid not.

Eichhörnchen
03-03-19, 11:12 AM
Is it made from metal?

Jimbuna
03-03-19, 11:15 AM
Is it made from metal?

Yes

u crank
03-03-19, 11:42 AM
Is it part of a clock or dial?

Rockstar
03-03-19, 12:16 PM
If you put a cow in a horse race that doesn't make it a horse, does it?




Thats not the arguement.


If you pit a vehicle with a reaction engine and a vehicle with an internal combustion engine against each other on a drag strip. They are both commonly viewed here in the U.S. as drag racers usually on a drag strip drag racing. Both are built to not only race against one another but too set speed records as well. Furthermore I also identified the top spoiler the jet engine and parachute canister used to brake the vehicle.

Eichhörnchen
03-03-19, 12:31 PM
This vehicle wasn't built to race against another vehicle, so just taking part in one or two drag races does not define it as a drag racer... if its owner used it to drop off groceries at the weekends, that wouldn't make it a delivery truck

Armistead
03-03-19, 12:41 PM
It's it some type of body armor or military wear, such as samurai metal armor

Catfish
03-03-19, 01:38 PM
Big Ben undergoing restoration?

Regarding the other riddle, isn't that a racing car even if it's a truck?
Ok i'll stop now :O:

Rockstar
03-03-19, 04:01 PM
This vehicle wasn't built to race against another vehicle, so just taking part in one or two drag races does not define it as a drag racer... if its owner used it to drop off groceries at the weekends, that wouldn't make it a delivery truck


Going to the grocer store isn't the same as drag racing.


The same big truck used at Yuma with the same big jet engine, top spoiler and parachute brakes racing another big truck with a top spoilers, jet engine and parachute brakes. Competing in whats called a drag race also known as straight line competition. Why do we call them drag racers or dragsters for short? Because they are at a drag strip which by definition is simply a straight line track, no turns, no banks. Shockwave isnt called a "speed record truck" or "that truck that wasn't built to race another" (even though it does as the video below shows). A dragster is not a particular type of vehicle design as it can be anything. The reason its called a drag racer is because it ran on a straight line track known as...? You got it a drag strip! Those drag strip racers can also compete against another or just a clock.


Your lawyers need to come over here where it originated and learn some :yep:




A dragrace between the two Shockwave jet trucks at the 131 drag strip in Martin Michigan!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAkrzEqHHyA

Eichhörnchen
03-03-19, 04:54 PM
None of the (admittedly few) write-ups I read when I posted the image said anything about it becoming a drag racer... they only spoke about the record busting. But now that just about everything written about it talks about it as a drag racer I must concede, Rockstar... and offer my grovelling apologies

There was a feature somewhere that announced its first ever race... the reason I thought it fair to say it was not a "drag racer", and I did mention this in my post #6908

JU_88
03-03-19, 06:51 PM
When was the last time you put a CD on from your Justin Bieber collection thinking,"I really must listen to one of my Justin Bieber records"?

As I recall it was a Saturday and I was wearing my favorite pink frock...
It was about the same time you last used a dictionary :)

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/record

Definition of 'record' (Entry 1 of 4)
transitive verb

3 : to cause (sound, visual images, data, etc.) to be registered on something (such as a disc or magnetic tape) in reproducible form

Eichhörnchen
03-04-19, 01:03 AM
:haha: I know when I'm licked

Eichhörnchen
03-04-19, 03:29 AM
@ Jim: is it from World War 2?

Catfish
03-04-19, 03:36 AM
Detail of a temple site? :hmmm:

Jimbuna
03-04-19, 05:44 AM
Is it part of a clock or dial?

Nope.

Jimbuna
03-04-19, 05:45 AM
It's it some type of body armor or military wear, such as samurai metal armor

Nope.

Jimbuna
03-04-19, 05:49 AM
Big Ben undergoing restoration?

Regarding the other riddle, isn't that a racing car even if it's a truck?
Ok i'll stop now :O:

No but in terms of size you are the closest thus far.

First 'cryptic' clue: Tis a giant in its field.

Jimbuna
03-04-19, 05:50 AM
@ Jim: is it from World War 2?

Post WWII

Catfish
03-04-19, 06:05 AM
I'm not sure of the material, it looks like stone but ..(?) .. or ceramics?

A tunnel drilling machine? :hmmm:

Jimbuna
03-04-19, 06:13 AM
I'm not sure of the material, it looks like stone but ..(?) .. or ceramics?

A tunnel drilling machine? :hmmm:

The material is metal (see #6921) and you are the closest yet in more than one way.

THE_MASK
03-04-19, 07:18 AM
Mining equipment ?

Jimbuna
03-04-19, 08:34 AM
Mining equipment ?

Yes a certain type.

Catfish
03-04-19, 08:45 AM
Some turning cog wheel to drain mines? :hmmm:

u crank
03-04-19, 08:47 AM
Krupp Bagger 288 bucket-wheel excavator.

Jimbuna
03-04-19, 09:01 AM
Some turning cog wheel to drain mines? :hmmm:

Nope but I gave you two clues when I posted 'Tis a giant in its field' and later ' you are the closest yet in more than one way'

Jimbuna
03-04-19, 09:05 AM
Krupp Bagger 288 bucket-wheel excavator.

Close enough, it is the Bagger 258

Bagger 258: The "Blue Wonder"
The industrial monstrosity known as Bagger 258 is a colossal mining machine built in the DDR - but now left for dead in a German field. https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/bagger-258-blue-wonder

https://i.imgur.com/7YwR7GA.jpg

Catfish
03-04-19, 09:39 AM
Ah ok.. i somehow ruled out open pits .. :hmmm:

Congrats u crank :up:

u crank
03-04-19, 10:15 AM
Close enough, it is the Bagger 258

That might have been a typo. :O:

OK. What exactly is this or where exactly is it located?

https://i.imgur.com/tyzQ8a3.jpg?1

Catfish
03-04-19, 10:25 AM
Oh look, a medieval fortress! So not in Canada or the US.
So only some thousands to check in Europe :O:

u crank
03-04-19, 10:48 AM
Oh look, a medieval fortress! So not in Canada or the US.
So only some thousands to check in Europe :O:

:haha:

Get busy. :D

fumo30
03-04-19, 12:34 PM
Is it in UK?

u crank
03-04-19, 12:43 PM
Not in UK.

Eichhörnchen
03-04-19, 12:46 PM
Looks like French building style

Jimbuna
03-04-19, 12:49 PM
Italian?

u crank
03-04-19, 01:05 PM
Italian?

Nope.

Looks like French building style

Yep.

Dowly
03-04-19, 01:18 PM
Mont Saint-Michel

Eichhörnchen
03-04-19, 01:33 PM
Carcassonne? (it looks like a fortified town/city)

u crank
03-04-19, 01:35 PM
Mont Saint-Michel

Damn! I didn't think alpacas knew castles. :O:

Dowly is a winner!

https://i.imgur.com/fKn8RY0.jpg?2

Rockstar
03-04-19, 03:55 PM
I heard they serve a mean omelet

Rockstar
03-04-19, 06:59 PM
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, Over?



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=angi1vwUkQc

Rockstar
03-04-19, 10:11 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkdmOVejUlI

Dowly
03-05-19, 01:43 AM
What is this?
https://i.imgur.com/jq7xsc9.jpg

Catfish
03-05-19, 02:34 AM
Easy. A girder. :know:


Seems to have some transparent (glass or plastic) sheets to close the gaps. Are those white round things with triangles reflectors?

Dowly
03-05-19, 02:40 AM
Easy. A girder. :know:
Nope. :)



Are those white round things with triangles reflectors?I'm assuming they are some sort of reflectors/markers.

u crank
03-05-19, 06:06 AM
Is it part of a building structure?

Jimbuna
03-05-19, 06:11 AM
A crane?

Dowly
03-05-19, 06:11 AM
Is it part of a building structure?
It is not.


A crane?
Not a crane.

Jimbuna
03-05-19, 06:17 AM
A bridge?

Dowly
03-05-19, 06:41 AM
A bridge?
Not a bridge or any other large structure.

u crank
03-05-19, 07:09 AM
Is this something you could hold in your hand?

Dowly
03-05-19, 07:15 AM
Is this something you could hold in your hand?
King Kong probably could. :hmmm:

Jimbuna
03-05-19, 07:42 AM
Harmonica?

Catfish
03-05-19, 08:05 AM
Some kind of windscreen? :hmmm:

Dowly
03-05-19, 08:06 AM
Harmonica?Not a musical instrument.


Some kind of windscreen? :hmmm:Not a windscreen.

Jimbuna
03-05-19, 08:16 AM
Some kind of vehicle?

Dowly
03-05-19, 08:21 AM
Some kind of vehicle?It is a vehicle.

Jimbuna
03-05-19, 08:48 AM
Tracked?

Dowly
03-05-19, 09:02 AM
Tracked?Wheeled.

u crank
03-05-19, 09:21 AM
Is this vehicle designed for planet earth or elsewhere?

Dowly
03-05-19, 09:28 AM
Is this vehicle designed for planet earth or elsewhere?Earth.

Catfish
03-05-19, 10:02 AM
A robot?

Dowly
03-05-19, 10:20 AM
A robot?Human operated.

u crank
03-05-19, 10:43 AM
Military or civilian?

Jimbuna
03-05-19, 11:03 AM
A truck/lorry?

Dowly
03-05-19, 11:11 AM
Military or civilian?Civilian.

A truck/lorry?Nope.


Hint: You might have seen it without knowing it.

Eichhörnchen
03-05-19, 11:16 AM
Is it a vehicle designed to transport other vehicles?

Jimbuna
03-05-19, 11:19 AM
A speed camera vehicle?

Dowly
03-05-19, 11:34 AM
Is it a vehicle designed to transport other vehicles?
A speed camera vehicle?
No.

Aktungbby
03-05-19, 12:00 PM
a passenger vehicle?

Dowly
03-05-19, 12:07 PM
a passenger vehicle?
Not a passenger vehicle.

Catfish
03-05-19, 12:09 PM
A construction machine?

Jimbuna
03-05-19, 12:10 PM
A garbage truck?

Dowly
03-05-19, 12:18 PM
A construction machine?
A garbage truck?
Nope.


Hint#2: It shares its name with a song by a very popular band.

fumo30
03-05-19, 12:19 PM
A rail vehicle?

Dowly
03-05-19, 12:32 PM
A rail vehicle?Not a rail vehicle.

Jimbuna
03-05-19, 12:35 PM
Jesus Chrysler Supercar

Dowly
03-05-19, 12:48 PM
Jesus Chrysler SupercarI... no. :)

Dowly
03-06-19, 01:21 AM
Hint#3: It also shares its name and place of assembly with a well known aircraft.

Jimbuna
03-06-19, 06:18 AM
American?

Dowly
03-06-19, 06:41 AM
American?British company, built in the US.

Jimbuna
03-06-19, 06:45 AM
Rolls Royce?

Dowly
03-06-19, 06:51 AM
Rolls Royce?Nope.


Hint#4: It's not for sale, but it can be rented.