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Fun #170 - Packard V12 / Aerodynamic Test of RadioPlane Target Drone
« on: February 23, 2012, 04:06:40 AM »
For 1 point, identify this vehicle, the activity in which it was engaged when this picture was taken, the place and the year.

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Re: Fun #170
« Reply #1 on: March 01, 2012, 03:26:03 AM »
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Re: Fun #170
« Reply #2 on: March 01, 2012, 04:48:43 AM »
Packard Twelve?
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Re: Fun #170
« Reply #3 on: March 01, 2012, 05:15:36 AM »
That was the easy part of the question. :)
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Re: Fun #170
« Reply #4 on: March 01, 2012, 06:32:58 AM »
If the pic is stretched to the right, I guess one would find a scale model attached?
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Re: Fun #170
« Reply #5 on: March 01, 2012, 07:48:37 AM »
Not exactly. But you're on the right path.
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Re: Fun #170
« Reply #6 on: March 01, 2012, 03:18:30 PM »
Being used to push start a LSR car?
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Re: Fun #170
« Reply #7 on: March 01, 2012, 03:57:46 PM »
Not pushing a car.

BB was pretty close with his previous guess.
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Re: Fun #170
« Reply #8 on: March 02, 2012, 03:42:20 AM »
I  knew I had seen it somewhere, and if I hadn't remembered the drone prototype I would never have retraced it..THe guy behind the wheel and the idea is Walter Hammond Righter (1905 - 1982), who then sold it on to the company mentioned in the article.
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Re: Fun #170
« Reply #9 on: March 02, 2012, 04:24:47 AM »
Nicely done. RadioDrone planes (that's a full-size prototype) were built for target practice by pilots and airborn gunners
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