Re: DS2 Another armour\mobility idea
From: Robert Makowsky <rmakowsky@y...>
Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2002 04:23:08 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Re: DS2 Another armour\mobility idea
Along the same lines we are limited to 6 hours of
flying time (can be extended to 8) but after that we
need 10 hours off. The vibration/noise etc just wears
you out and this is in a fairly comfortable helo.
Magic
--- John Lambshead <pjdl@nhm.ac.uk> wrote:
>
> A further limitation come into play. You can make
> the AFV go fast over
> rough terrain but the crew inside get exhausted to
> the point of military
> ineffectiveness by being banged around. Formula 1
> drivers are supremely fit
> athletes and Mansell still had to be lifted out of
> the car sometimes at the
> end of a race. The heavier the vehicle the more it
> smooths this out, so I
> have read that oddly heavier AFVs can often maintain
> higher cross country
> speeds than light ones.
>
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