Oooooof!! IOM GT accident
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ZX10R NIN said:
Apparently he was having some fun with bikers, he got loose on a crest which put him into a bit of a tank slapper & he didn't have enough road to gather it up.
The bikers stopped to help him out & he didn't have serious injury, shame about the car though.
That's what I have assumed, high speed jumps need special care, floor it, or snap the throttle shut and you'll be in the scenery before you can say SHI!!!The bikers stopped to help him out & he didn't have serious injury, shame about the car though.
+1 on the rest.
warch said:
ZX10R NIN said:
Apparently he was having some fun with bikers, he got loose on a crest which put him into a bit of a tank slapper & he didn't have enough road to gather it up.
The bikers stopped to help him out & he didn't have serious injury, shame about the car though.
That's what I have assumed, high speed jumps need special care, floor it, or snap the throttle shut and you'll be in the scenery before you can say SHI!!!The bikers stopped to help him out & he didn't have serious injury, shame about the car though.
+1 on the rest.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lt1W0bHVYiQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jSYiU-JdRw
EGTE said:
Bennachie said:
'it appears to have taken off, inverted and landed upside down, rather than merely rolled.'
Using AAIB skills I would suggest that it has, indeed, achieved V1 and rotated (take off) but has failed to achieve V2 (sustained flight speed) and has landed on its tail, thus removing the engine from the gearbox, prior to becoming inverted in the field where it eventually came to rest....... In the light os no evidence of ctasrophic failure, one can only suspect pilot error as the primary cause of this incident.
The old "if in doubt, blame the pilot" procedures are still alive and well, then.......:-)Using AAIB skills I would suggest that it has, indeed, achieved V1 and rotated (take off) but has failed to achieve V2 (sustained flight speed) and has landed on its tail, thus removing the engine from the gearbox, prior to becoming inverted in the field where it eventually came to rest....... In the light os no evidence of ctasrophic failure, one can only suspect pilot error as the primary cause of this incident.
BTW that doesn’t look like any part of the TT circuit, but one of the back lanes. If it delayed racing then it would have been because the emergency services were required at the scene.
Geneve said:
BTW that doesn’t look like any part of the TT circuit, but one of the back lanes. If it delayed racing then it would have been because the emergency services were required at the scene.
It was on the A10 coast road at the north end of the island, a few miles from the TT course.av185 said:
Looks like a certain well cared for immaculate and professionally rebuilt 
white GT3 RS with red stitching available in a few months at a certain extremely reputable 
Yorkshire second hand car dealer.
Doubtful that'll ever see the inside of a car sales showroom again. Must be a Cat B ? so shouldn't appear on the open market... white GT3 RS with red stitching available in a few months at a certain extremely reputable Yorkshire second hand car dealer.MrBarry123 said:
That second video...
"had the biggest moment of my life there" and said without hint of panic or distress. Outstanding.
I love the way his passenger doesn't flinch....he doesn't have time to! No wonder Mark Higgins has been used as a stunt driver on the last Jamez Bond film."had the biggest moment of my life there" and said without hint of panic or distress. Outstanding.
Slippydiff said:
av185 said:
Looks like a certain well cared for immaculate and professionally rebuilt white GT3 RS with red stitching available in a few months at a certain extremely reputable Yorkshire second hand car dealer.
Doubtful that'll ever see the inside of a car sales showroom again. Must be a Cat B ? so shouldn't appear on the open market... white GT3 RS with red stitching available in a few months at a certain extremely reputable Yorkshire second hand car dealer.From what I was told the car was sold to Italy to be rebuilt / combined with a couple of other cars to make one "whole" car again. I have not seen it on the market since then ... having said that I am not sure how I would be able to identify it.... so this might well reappear again
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