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i've always been curious about this picture.....
Posted: Mon May 26, 2003 12:45 pm
by d_osborn
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... gory=18836
what is up with the horrible SPM drawing in the background? is there some kind of story behind this?
Posted: Mon May 26, 2003 2:36 pm
by Skav
I think its just a normal publicity picture. The SPM pic in the background is probably just another way of trying to convince the public that SPM will be cool.
Skav
Posted: Mon May 26, 2003 3:26 pm
by Trekie386
Skav wrote:I think its just a normal publicity picture. The SPM pic in the background is probably just another way of trying to convince the public that SPM will be cool.
Skav
It didn't work...
~ Beth C
Posted: Mon May 26, 2003 4:32 pm
by Darendor
Hey, Super Pursuit Mode WAS cool.
Posted: Mon May 26, 2003 4:51 pm
by Trekie386
Correct me if I'm wrong, but for something to move very fast doesn't it have to be aerodynamic? How in the world can something be aerodynamic if it has stuff sticking out all over the place???
If SPM was actually to make something move faster, wouldn't they think of making things stick out and up and pull away from an AIRPLANE??????
It was really odd to see the nose pull away from the car. When I first saw that, I actually freaked and thought it was falling OFF!! The back end going up wasn't so bad but the nose thing - ::shudders:: was too creepy.
Did anyone also notice that when Kitt 'Buttoned Up' there was no visible signs of WHERE those things popped out of????? You would think there would be circles on the car somewhere.. but noooo.. they just popped out of thin air!
~ Beth C
Posted: Mon May 26, 2003 5:34 pm
by CK
I don't care what y'all say, SPM just totally rocked my little world lol
And Beth, you wondered why there weren't any lines from all the popouts? Welll that's just magic
Cheri
Posted: Mon May 26, 2003 5:41 pm
by Darendor
I think those little foils and extentions were there to give KITT the aerodynamic stability to not do an unexpected Turbo-Boost whenever he struck a cigarette butt while flying down the Interstate at 276MPH...
Posted: Mon May 26, 2003 6:47 pm
by Skav
was kitt meant to jump? ski? talk?
doesn't matter, it's all in the campy world of KR. nothing about it is believable.
oh, yeah, i LOVED SPM!!!
Skav
Posted: Mon May 26, 2003 7:39 pm
by neps
Skav, I think you summed it up pretty well there.
Posted: Mon May 26, 2003 10:11 pm
by jup
Oh, THAT picture...
I've never understood why such a bad drawing of the "improved" KITT was ever released. I have often pondered if this was a third party, "artistic license" production.
Posted: Sat May 31, 2003 6:02 am
by Rockatteer
Correct me if I'm wrong, but for something to move very fast doesn't it have to be aerodynamic? How in the world can something be aerodynamic if it has stuff sticking out all over the place???
um... not really...it just needs a really big engine.
If something is Aerodynamic is simply means it has the optimum "air flow feild" for its intended purpose.
The whole idea of "that stuff sticking out all over the place" is to create downward pressure to hold the car on the road. Racing cars have big air wings and front scoops sticking out on them for the same reason.
If SPM was actually to make something move faster, wouldn't they think of making things stick out and up and pull away from an AIRPLANE??????
um...wrong again.
Your compairing two completely different things here.... An airplane you want to lift up....a car you want to press down onto the road.... exact opersites of each other. Remember the speed was generated from the jets at the back of the car...all the other spoilers and wings where to help hold the car on the road.
Posted: Sat May 31, 2003 1:55 pm
by Karan
Rockatteer wrote:Correct me if I'm wrong, but for something to move very fast doesn't it have to be aerodynamic? How in the world can something be aerodynamic if it has stuff sticking out all over the place???
um... not really...it just needs a really big engine.
If something is Aerodynamic is simply means it has the optimum "air flow feild" for its intended purpose.
The whole idea of "that stuff sticking out all over the place" is to create downward pressure to hold the car on the road. Racing cars have big air wings and front scoops sticking out on them for the same reason.
If SPM was actually to make something move faster, wouldn't they think of making things stick out and up and pull away from an AIRPLANE??????
um...wrong again.
Your compairing two completely different things here.... An airplane you want to lift up....a car you want to press down onto the road.... exact opersites of each other. Remember the speed was generated from the jets at the back of the car...all the other spoilers and wings where to help hold the car on the road.
yeah you got that right
those things 'sticking out'( though they didnt look very appropriate to the purpose of SPM) were there to create downforce on the car......without them KITT would never be able to take a turn at that speed...