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Wanna buy me a birthday present?
Metal Hippy - 17/2/04 at 04:56 AM

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=%203078059896

Place your bid and let me know if you win.

I'll pick it up in April....


Staple balls - 17/2/04 at 07:58 AM

only if you'll by me this


Metal Hippy - 17/2/04 at 08:23 AM

$99million?

You can buy a brand spanking new bang up to date machine for about $30mill.

I'll still with my F/A 18 Hornet thanks.


Metal Hippy - 17/2/04 at 08:24 AM

Shite, that one's shot up aswell...

It was about a million when I posted it early this morning.

Suppose that would happen when it gets advertised on a national news site...


James - 17/2/04 at 10:04 AM

$99m? Pity someone's done that- would have been interesting to see how it genuinely went.

It's still less than a Eurofighter IIRC- aren't they about £120m apiece?
May have that wrong tho!

James


Mk-Ninja - 17/2/04 at 10:37 AM

I think the price of the Eurofighter depends on the day of the week and who is asking the question


James - 17/2/04 at 11:56 AM

If you're a pilot and a squadron of them gets delivered do you get to choose which one you have?

I only ask as they're built all over Europe and some might be best avoided! Like the ones built by France's southern European neighbours!
"Have you fitted the guns yet?"
"Que?..... Manyana...."

or

"Squadron leader, may I formerly request NOT to have the one with the Italian wiring please"

or, is it the German ones that have problems- have BMW been involved in a flight version of i-drive for the Eurofighter?



James


Mk-Ninja - 17/2/04 at 12:06 PM

I was up at BAE Preston last year and they were making bits for the Eurofighter. There are some real trick bits. The bloke showwing me round gave me a pin (titanium) and said 4 of them held each wing on.. Ive got bigger bolts holding my cycle wings on

Gordon


James - 17/2/04 at 12:18 PM

Weird- even Mclaren use stronger fixings than that!

Would I be right in thinking that it can't fly without the computer constantly making adjustments to the telemetry?
Computer fails and it falls out of the sky doesn't it?

Looked great at Farnborough tho! Was gutted to find I was a year too old to join the RAF!

James


David Jenkins - 17/2/04 at 12:22 PM

quote:
Originally posted by James
Weird- even Mclaren use stronger fixings than that!




James,

If that worries you, don't look at the size of the pegs used to hold 747 engines onto the wing...
...not very big - you could easily hold one in the palm of your hand... and they only use 2 or 3

David


stephen_gusterson - 17/2/04 at 12:24 PM

BTW- im guessing here, but is your birthday on the first of the month hippy?



from one born on friday 13th


atb

steve


theconrodkid - 17/2/04 at 12:40 PM

maybee we could bake him a cake?


stephen_gusterson - 17/2/04 at 01:49 PM

or half bake him a cake. Would seem more appropriate

atb

steve


Metal Hippy - 17/2/04 at 05:21 PM

I never said YOU were allowed to post in my thread Gusterwind.

Cock off


chrisg - 17/2/04 at 07:11 PM

I'm not getting you anything

I bought you that chair last year, but you never plugged it in!

Cheers

Chris


stephen_gusterson - 17/2/04 at 08:17 PM

his mum gave him a body, and he hasnt used much of that either



atb

steve