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                        How's this for weird....

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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, September 1, 2004 1:32 AM
                        A jeep-a-copter!Cool [8D]
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                        Keyworth
                        • Member since
                          January 2003
                        • From: NE Georgia
                        Posted by Keyworth on Wednesday, September 1, 2004 12:11 AM
                        This link has more information about the original.
                        http://www.fiddlersgreen.net/AC/aircraft/Flying-Jeep/info/info.htm
                        "There's no problem that can't be solved with a suitable application of high explosives"
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                        gringe88
                        • Member since
                          July 2004
                        • From: ...Ask the other guy, he's got me zeroed-in...
                        Posted by gringe88 on Tuesday, August 31, 2004 8:21 PM
                        now that is an all-terrain-vehicle...
                        ====================================== -Matt
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Monday, August 30, 2004 12:36 PM
                        Another question - what's the yellow 4-wheeled vehicle above the autogyro-jeep?
                        It looks like some sort of armoured car conversion of the Kubelwagen. I'm sure it's a Kubel body
                        and that looks like an open-top MG turret on the roof. Maybe it's a post-war Czech type? They adapted
                        a lot of German designs for their own forces after the war.
                        Looking at it closely, actually the turret looks pretty much like that on the Russian BA-20 armoured car
                        (other than the open top) so maybe it's something the Germans improvised during the Eastern Front campaign.
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Monday, August 30, 2004 12:32 PM
                        There is a life-size one of those at the Museum of Army Flying in Middle Wallop, England
                        (I can't remember if it is an original or a replica).
                        It's certainly a very weird-looking contraption.. if you built a model of one and took it to an
                        IPMS exhibition, would you put it in the Aircraft or the Military Vehicles class? :)
                        The Russians tried something similar with a light tank in the 1930s, but this was just a glider,
                        not an autogyro.
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                        styrene
                        • Member since
                          May 2003
                        • From: The flat lands of the Southeast
                        Posted by styrene on Monday, August 30, 2004 9:18 AM
                        Yep, it was weird over on the aircraft forum, too!Tongue [:P]

                        Gip

                        1882: "God is dead"--F. Nietzsche

                        1900: "Nietzsche is dead"--God

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                        russianfist
                        • Member since
                          July 2004
                        • From: Oregon, Rain country U.S.A.
                        Posted by russianfist on Sunday, August 29, 2004 11:27 PM
                        Seem's there was a conversion for that thing in the late 80's early 90's.
                        I saw one of those kits at the san diego air and space musium and one of the members told me about it (the kit that is).
                        You got a telegram from headquarters today. Headquarters--what is it? Well, it's a big building where generals meet, but that's not important right now. [ img] f_armorsecretm_ac7eb73[/ img]
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                        JWest21
                        • Member since
                          December 2002
                        • From: PA
                        Posted by JWest21 on Sunday, August 29, 2004 7:40 PM
                        A worthy companion to Peridexion's Flying tank contraption
                        Jason "There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness." -D. Barry
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                        Dwight Ta-ala
                        • Member since
                          July 2003
                        • From: Philippines
                        Posted by Dwight Ta-ala on Sunday, August 29, 2004 7:40 PM
                        I bet they would charge you for 4 parking spaces with that one. LOL.

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                        mjohnson
                        • Member since
                          August 2003
                        • From: PA
                        Posted by mjohnson on Sunday, August 29, 2004 3:46 PM
                        Good way to avoid traffic jams.
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                        rebelreenactor
                        • Member since
                          October 2003
                        • From: Clovis, Calif
                        Posted by rebelreenactor on Sunday, August 29, 2004 2:57 PM
                        I think I saw something about that on the history channel once, Its really wierd.
                        John
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                        wbill76
                        • Member since
                          July 2004
                        • From: Texas
                        Posted by wbill76 on Sunday, August 29, 2004 1:29 PM
                        That looks like a good candidate for a scratch-build conversion...

                        Tongue [:P]

                        BP Models

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                        zokissima
                        • Member since
                          July 2003
                        • From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
                        Posted by zokissima on Sunday, August 29, 2004 1:22 PM
                        lol, very interesting. Can you imagine some of the weird vehicles that were tested and developed at one time or another.
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, August 29, 2004 1:03 PM
                        Shock [:O] I want one!
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                        mastercarp
                        • Member since
                          March 2003
                        • From: USA
                        How's this for weird....
                        Posted by mastercarp on Sunday, August 29, 2004 12:50 PM
                        My wife suggested we go to Battleship Cove in MA yesterday. While touring the USS Massachusetts I came across the Aviation Display, and this little creation jumped out at me....



                        The description under the model...

                        Airborne G.P. Vehicle

                        Don't Laugh. Don't Mock. It Worked.
                        anticipating the need for vehicles to
                        accompany paratroopers when they
                        dropped behind enemy lines. This
                        contraption was tested successfully in
                        England. The advent of the Cargo Glider
                        elimanated the need for the part Jeep-part
                        autogyro.



                        I LMAO when I saw this and the description. Just thought I'd share.

                        Chris
                        Scenic Carpenter's Creed: If they can see that, they're not watching the show.
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