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| It Rained A Bit Yesterday ........ |
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| DMIOM:
--- Quote from: steampunkpete on January 09, 2015, 10:30:26 AM ---This must be one of the best excuses in the world to own a BV206. --- End quote --- or a DUKW ? |
| steampunkpete:
--- Quote ---or a DUKW --- End quote --- Much easier to get BV spares. |
| awemawson:
Well many many years ago I owed a Hovercraft that would cross that field easily - three seat three engines Hoverair Hoverhawke. (but the sheep would run a mile when they heard those engines !) It is quite probable that the one in the Youtube clip is the actual one I owned. I went and saw it in the museum and discussed it's provenance with the director. Certainly they got it from a chap who lived in the same place I sold mine to. Very few were made (tens), and inspecting the chassis I'm pretty certain some of my repairs are on that one, but so are many others. I bought it as a basket case and in fact it was that craft that got me into machining and casting as bits were missing including a 'pudding basin' aluminium casting mounting one prop onto the flywheel of one propulsion engine (there were two and a lift motor, all horizontally opposed twins) |
| vtsteam:
Close one! :beer: What about a dog? |
| awemawson:
Well Steve I judged that the safest course was to leave them be, and as events developed it turned out that was the best choice. I based that on judging the water level was no longer rising, and a fair forecast for rain over night. Problem is once sheep get into water, whether by dog or man or machine, they start panicking The mistake we made was running them into that particular field - I have a 3/4 acre paddock that I've raised by 30" specifically for this purpose but we didn't use it :bang: - but previously the far end of the field they were is has not flooded. |
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