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And Doug I note you mention the speed of Radio waves, well 186282 miles per second os the speed of light I would have though radio waves would travel somewhat less than than, wonder how fast they do go?

Why heeell no I wouldn't do that ....would I... I don't own any of the Links, it;s all there for the use of 4x4ers , no difference to me recommending you use OME if you ask the Q about what Suspension one should get , I can answer the Qs in one hit ,
Now C'mon Bonz I learnt that stuff about speed of light and Radio at Primary school in S Aust' ...........damn it was a long time ago now , besides I didn't write that ,just changed the locations to protect the innocent...lol works the same no matter what country your in, NY to LA ...bout the same as Perth - Syd' Here is another bit of radio stuff that'll go right over the top.When a signal from 27mhz leaves the antenna the waves are 11m apart X 27,000,000 per second

Hey Bonz
I forgot to add I give a plug to EO ,,,lol
Did you go see the great cricketer Warnie

Hey Doug, Whilst we are visiting the useless information dept... 27 MHz = 27,000,000 per second. Hmm, now which second would you be refering to? An Earth second or a space second? :-))

Kiwi Kia
Bugger......ya got me, that's the one thing they forgot to teach me at Millbrook School...!!!

The Kitten looks like your chokin crap out of it ,Here Pussy pussy Pussy

Doug, There is no differance :-)) It's the length of a day that is different in space.

your gonna love this, Thought I would do a quick Google on the term 'Sidereal' so I could quote it for you. Look what the *** I got -

"time as reckoned by sideral days, or, taking the sidereal day as the unit, the time elapsed since a transit of the vernal equinox, reckoned in parts of a sidereal day. This is, strictly, apparent sidereal time, mean sidereal time being reckoned from the transit, not of the true, but of the mean, equinoctial point."

In other words, an Earth day is 23 hrs 56 minutes 4.091 seconds (leap years and all that). A space day is 24 hours.

Kiwi Kia
Bugger, now I know why the stupid Pollies thought we needed Daylight saving time , I reackon they put us on Sidereal time

Ok Kiwi Kia... final warning...!!!! EVER MESS WITH MY HEAD LIKE THAT AGAIN AND I'LL CRY... Golly gosh my head hurts...

Kiwi Kia,

Astronomy lesson follows.

The solar day is the time between the sun passing the zenith each day. An earth solar day is 24 hours:

"The length of a mean solar day is a constant 24 hours throughout the year even though the amount of daylight within it may vary. An apparent solar day may differ from a mean solar day (of 86,400 seconds) by as much as nearly 22 seconds shorter to nearly 29 seconds longer. Because many of these long or short days occur in succession, the difference builds up to as much as nearly 17 minutes early or a little over 14 minutes late. Since these periods are cyclical, they do not accumulate from year to year."

A siderial day is the time taken for the stars to complete a 360 degree rotation - hence the reference to the vernal equinox. The 3 minute 56 second difference is due to the orbit of the earth around the sun. This is why any given star appears to rise earlier each night.

Cheers

Pete

Ahh, now that I can understand.
Thanks Pete.

What a goose. Why on earth would you drive up a hill like that, then have to turn around and come straight back down again. Little pe&%$ syndrome, no doubt.

The silly narrative made it even more absurd.

Painful

Cheers,

Mark

yer but that guy was packing death hahahaha, although his narrative was inane it was the best bit of footage I have seen of that climb. I watched the lot

i'm not anywhere near smart enough to post site links but there is footage of a bronco/chev blazer type vehicle coming down there out of control and smashing into the sand at the bottom
I think Willem post this site a number of months ago,maybe.

Yep Shane I have seen it, the guy drove up there and rode the brakes all the way dowwn then being a nice guy asked his girlfriend of she wanted a go, she said yes and so coming down she was riding the brakes harder then he and they gave out some way from the bottom, spectacular but no injuries AFAIK.