evo hit by sea-gull at 180MPH
27 February 2007, 06:42 AM
#1
Scooby Regular
Thread Starter
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 1,093
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
27 February 2007, 07:58 AM
#7
Scooby Regular
iTrader: (1)
Join Date: Jan 1999
Location: UK
Posts: 15,271
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Having watched the video two things stand out...
One it is that you should NEVER do any form of motorsports with a handheld camera and no proper marshalled event would allow it.
If the car was doing 180mph when the bird was hit it must have awesome brakes as it is going very slowly a few seconds later. Having done this around this speed in a Scoob you have to brake very hard to get it slow down to sensible cruising speeds.
Rannoch
One it is that you should NEVER do any form of motorsports with a handheld camera and no proper marshalled event would allow it.
If the car was doing 180mph when the bird was hit it must have awesome brakes as it is going very slowly a few seconds later. Having done this around this speed in a Scoob you have to brake very hard to get it slow down to sensible cruising speeds.
Rannoch
Trending Topics
27 February 2007, 08:09 AM
#8
Scooby Regular
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Centurion, Pretoria, South Africa
Posts: 36
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Geez that Seagull was going 180? brilliant. I didn't see any oil leaking out of the Evo it must have run dry already 
.
hehehe. Flame suite on.
. hehehe. Flame suite on.
27 February 2007, 08:39 AM
#10
Scooby Regular
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: A powerslide near you
Posts: 10,261
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Car was doing no way near 180mph. Just look at the lines i the middle of the road at the start of the run, he's passing them hardly any faster then than when he hit the bird.
27 February 2007, 08:45 AM
#11
Scooby Regular
If he had a CockLink I'm sure it would have warned him that he was about to get DET!! 
The bird is the innocent party here .................. 2 minutes silence please ..
Who still says speed does NOT kill??? !!!
The bird is the innocent party here .................. 2 minutes silence please ..
Who still says speed does NOT kill??? !!!
27 February 2007, 09:24 AM
#14
Right - I've got the pic, but I can't post it at the moment as photobucket is down + I'm not sure if I'm allowed to post a link to Scoobycity 
If you wish to browse yourself, scoobycity.co.uk, forum, General Pictures, Evo Power Day.
If you wish to browse yourself, scoobycity.co.uk, forum, General Pictures, Evo Power Day.
27 February 2007, 11:26 AM
#16
Scooby Regular
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Bedfordshire
Posts: 1,219
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
driven that runway myself many a time in a high speed puddlejumper land rover drag race...!!!
27 February 2007, 12:28 PM
#20
27 February 2007, 05:42 PM
#24
Scooby Regular
Thread Starter
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 1,093
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
27 February 2007, 06:42 PM
#25
Scooby Regular
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: A powerslide near you
Posts: 10,261
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
27 February 2007, 08:18 PM
#27
Scooby Regular
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: In a 405 BHP/360 ft/lb P1 with SN superstar Sonic dog at my side!
Posts: 1,959
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Any of you into bike racing and has seen 500cc, Moto GP, WSB etc. from Phillip island over the years will have seen numerous seagulls splatted at 180 mph +.
I have seen fairings obliterated, riders pulling intopit lane with bits of bird all over the bike, and standing on the rostrum with leathers absolutely covered in blood and guts.
I have seen fairings obliterated, riders pulling intopit lane with bits of bird all over the bike, and standing on the rostrum with leathers absolutely covered in blood and guts.
27 February 2007, 08:29 PM
#28
Here you go - a picture from outside the car..
I don't honestly know how quickly he was going along that runway - but the sense of speed along there is extremely diminished; I can remember going along that same runway about 9 years ago in an Elise and was quiet disappointed how slow it seemed.
Nice to see that the bird sh*t itself when it realised it was going to die horribly.
I don't honestly know how quickly he was going along that runway - but the sense of speed along there is extremely diminished; I can remember going along that same runway about 9 years ago in an Elise and was quiet disappointed how slow it seemed.
Nice to see that the bird sh*t itself when it realised it was going to die horribly.
Last edited by Prasius; 27 February 2007 at 08:36 PM.
