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  1. Slipdigit

    Slipdigit Good Ol' Boy Staff Member WW2|ORG Editor

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    Hint: Look at the date and what happened to three large British ships of the same general type on that day and how history repeats itself.
     
    Slipdigit, Oct 28, 2007
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  2. hamburg

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    HMS Hood. Battle of Jutland was fought on that day in which three British BC blew up: HMS Indefatigable, HMS Queen Mary and HMS Invincible, on which admiral Hood lost his life. HMS Hood was officially designated as a BC.
     
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  3. Slipdigit

    Slipdigit Good Ol' Boy Staff Member WW2|ORG Editor

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    yes,correct.

    The floor is yours.
     
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  4. hamburg

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    "A three-quarter mile stretch was market out, and timekeepers stationed, while the driver was instructed to keep his foot down. ....... so fast that the timekeepers forgot their task, and the driver, unable to turn or brake in time, vanished in to the trees."

    What were they testing, and for bonus points, where and when?
     
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  5. Slipdigit

    Slipdigit Good Ol' Boy Staff Member WW2|ORG Editor

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    you're gonna have to give a hint or two.
     
    Slipdigit, Oct 30, 2007
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  6. hamburg

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    It was Crusader tank that went in to the woods.
     
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    Slipdigit Good Ol' Boy Staff Member WW2|ORG Editor

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    That was a hint.

    Ask another question.
     
    Slipdigit, Oct 31, 2007
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    They didn't test the tank but something else, something that was latter used in many other tanks, and it happened at the start of 1941.
     
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    Slipdigit Good Ol' Boy Staff Member WW2|ORG Editor

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    Oh sorry, misunderstood. This is a bit of a hard one one.
     
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    Christie suspension ?
     
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    T. A. Gardner Genuine Chief

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    Just an off-the-cuff guess: Some fool slapped a massive supercharger on the engine boosting its horsepower substancially.
     
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    Actually they took it off. The supercharger I mean.
     
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    I hope they had air-bags in that thing. Didn't the Crusader have limited head room the way it was? Something about the turret smacking the driver in the head during a traverse?
    Into the trees huh? Ouch !
     
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    Last hint: they were testing the engine. Which one?
     
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    Did they slap some rocket engines on the side?
     
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    They were testing the Meteor engine, which was basically RR Merlin engine without supercharger, in a modified Crusader tank and the results stunned everybody present. They estimated that the tank achieved more then 50 mph.
    New question:
    Which class of capital ships came out of requirement called "Rhadamantus"?
     
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    Rhadamantus.......Butterfly (Mariposa) ?

    Tube/funnel web spider ?

    Pugliese cylinders for torpedo protection ? Wing(like) bulging sides ?

    Battleship?

    Came out of requirement ? .... From requirement, or after requirement ?
     
    skunk works, Nov 5, 2007
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    The requirement, that lead to construction of that class was called Rhadamantus. The class was build during WWI and fought trough WWII.
    Well, half of it.
     
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    Dreadnoughts were pretty much "fizzled" by WW 2, so "Battle Cruiser" ?
     
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    Admiral Class battlecruisers?
     
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