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From Cracker928 over at SoCal 928:

<a href="http://groups.msn.com/socal928/general.msnw?action=get_message&mview=0&ID_Message=4018&all_topics=0" target="_blank">Horrible 928 Truckmobile</a>

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You mean that is not the new Cayenne?
Andy K

 

I'd be curious as to how that handles, and how the tires wear.

The 747 that I drive on occasion has four main gear trucks; The rearmost pair are attached to the aft fuselage, and steer hydraulically with the nose gear. It is possible to turn this "Body Gear Steering" off- and the few times I've taxiied this way, I've noted that the plane is quite difficult to turn sharply...

Normy!
'85 S2 5 Speed

 

Yes, I'd wonder how the Weissach axle would perform on this one...

Normy: Do you guys have cameras under the plane that shoow you when the wheels would actually touch the ground? I've always wondered how pilots land these big things so smoothly...

 

So how does the rear suspension look on it? Are all four rear wheels powered? This guy must need that tow hitch Fat Bully never used.

 

Nicole- Our 747's don't have cameras. I think the latest Boeing 777's have these, but the idea was that pilots can carry out inspections of their airplane from inside the cockpit during flight.

We have a thing known as a "radar altimeter", which works within 2500 feet of the ground and tells us our height above objects below. It really is only useful when the weather is very very bad [it legally allows us to fly down to 100 feet above the ground in fog], but since most of the time that we land we can see for miles, most people like me just use it to start our "flare", or nose pitch-up that occurs just before landing. When the device audibly calls out "50 feet" through the speakers, I pitch up about 2-3 degrees in order to arrest the decent rate [800 ft/min is normal at our typically high landing weights], while slowly pulling the throttles to idle. By looking down the runway, I can tell from the "sight-picture" in front of me how fast the wheels are coming towards the pavement, and vary the pitch accordingly.

[Sorry SoCal types; I'm responsible for some of the minor siesmic activity in the area around LAX <img border="0" alt="[ouch]" title="" src="graemlins/c.gif" /> ]

Good landings come in groups- some days you're hot, and some days you...uhmmm...aren't. Anyway, when operating a vehicle the size of a building, it is best to realize that you don't really fly the thing- you just guide it and IT does the flying!

N!

 

I seem to recall that Dave at 928 Spec had some contact with this guy when he was making it. That was a couple years ago now by my recollection. Wonder what happened to it. Wonder it it was entered into any Tractor pulls?

 

I wish he would change the color.

 

Here's another one:

<a href="http://www.928s4vr.com/928truk1.htm" target="_blank">Danish Pick 'Em Up</a>

<a href="http://www.928s4vr.com/928truk2.htm" target="_blank">another view</a>

 

the 6 wheel 928 lives at the Las Vegas racetrack . I sold him the "extra" rear suspension and a portion of chassis , wheels . It has drive belts from the first set of CV joints near the transmission back to the second set of axles . The rear wheels all have drive . The car was built in just the last few months . The owner has a manufacturing business and he employs sheet metal workers and welders . It is going to be his tow vehicle for his dwarf racecar team (the cars not the drivers).....he is obviously having too much fun .

 

That is just Wrong.... What a way to ruin a perfectly good race car.

The Danish group say they have done 6 s4's and 1 gts

these are hard enough to find

 

As Jim B. stated the cars in the background are called Dwarf Cars. They are supposed to replicate 34 fords but at a smaller scale. If you would like to see these things race you can come to Ventura Raceway this Saturday night. (03/22) Gates open around 5:00 and racing starts at 6:30. I will be driving one. We have 5 or 6 for sale right now, in fact the one I will be driving is for sale. Come check it out if your in the Ventura CA area.

 

Gives new meaning to the term "Monster Garage."
<img border="0" alt="[nono]" title="" src="graemlins/nono.gif" /> Referring of course to the truck.

 

My next door neighbor has one of these dwarf cars, but I'm the one with the 928. No 928 pickup in our neighborhood, though...

 

Nicole, has your neighbor let you drive his dwarf car on the track yet?? If not you should give it a try. Its fun...