Favourite Thunderbird Craft

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Which Is It?

Thunderbird 1
2
15%
Thunderbird 2
9
69%
Thunderbird 3
0
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Thunderbird 4
0
No votes
Thunderbird 5
0
No votes
Thunderbird 6(!)
1
8%
Other (specify)
1
8%
 
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For some reason I'm suddenly Supermarionation mad as you can tell by my avatar.

But given this popular cult TV hit of the '60s which EVERY sane kid liked, which was your favourite Thunderbirds vehicle? be it one of the main craft or another one-off model.
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Post by TrailerParkJawa »

I like the green one. Which one is that?

I like this show, the sets are cool. I never saw it as a kid. I dont know if it was not being shown, or just at a time when I could not see it.
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Damn i`m trying to remember wich number was on the green one.
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Post by Admiral Valdemar »

AAAARRRRRGHHHH!

Thunderbird 2!

http://www.dcs.shef.ac.uk/~ajhs/hobbies/tbird2.html

Incidentally, that's my bro's fave one as well. :D
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Post by CorSec »

As retro-cool as the I thought the Thunderbirds are, finding a site about them wasn't as easy as typing it in Google.

Anyway, try here to get a closer look at the Thunderbird vehicles.

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I voted for "Other" as FAB 1 is pretty keen despite being pink.
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Actually there are plenty of sites, just typing Thunderbirds gets all kinds of stuff from retro cars that I hate to the flight team (which I expect someone to mention as their favourite, for some reason).
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Well i`ve made my vote no2. 8)
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As nice as T2 was, you can't beat the 15,000MPH, nuke powered Thunderbird 1 for getting you somewhere quick. :P
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Admiral Valdemar wrote:As nice as T2 was, you can't beat the 15,000MPH, nuke powered Thunderbird 1 for getting you somewhere quick. :P
Why rush in when you can enjoy the ride. 8)
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Montcalm wrote:
Admiral Valdemar wrote:As nice as T2 was, you can't beat the 15,000MPH, nuke powered Thunderbird 1 for getting you somewhere quick. :P
Why rush in when you can enjoy the ride. 8)
Well I guess, TB2 was the most popular and Gerry's premier choice too, the whole take-off sequence and design was great, forward-swept wings for agility at lower speeds, lifting body shape and the twin-boom structure to hold the cargo pod.
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"Changing to horizontal flight."
Hmmmmmm.

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Emperor Chrostas the Crue wrote:"Changing to horizontal flight."
Finally, a TB1 fan!

Fear the gyroscopically controlled, swimming pool launching rocket plane.
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I watched Thunderbirds religiously as a child in the sixties.


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This is my favorite Thunderbird
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I also vote for 2. It just has that "organic" look to it. I've only recently been able to catch the show on TV, just a little too young to have caught it originally.
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Thunderbird 2 all the way, although, Thunderbird 5 and John's porn collection and recordings of dirty phonecalls are not to be underestimated...
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Wicked Pilot wrote:*SNIP*


This is my favorite Thunderbird
Yeah but can it go several times the speed of sound, carry cargo pods with specialized rescue equipment or go into space and monitor phone calls?

Didn't think so. :mrgreen:
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Admiral Valdemar wrote:
Wicked Pilot wrote:*SNIP*


This is my favorite Thunderbird
Yeah but can it go several times the speed of sound
I think a F-16 can go Mach 2. It's definately supersonic.
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Simon H.Johansen wrote:
Admiral Valdemar wrote:
Wicked Pilot wrote:*SNIP*


This is my favorite Thunderbird
Yeah but can it go several times the speed of sound
I think a F-16 can go Mach 2. It's definately supersonic.
No F-16 goes below mach 2 i think its mach 1.6 or something around it.
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Montcalm wrote: No F-16 goes below mach 2 i think its mach 1.6 or something around it.
Mach2.0something in clean configuration. Of course, with to -Niners and the 20mm plinker you're not going to scare anybody...
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Montcalm wrote:
No F-16 goes below mach 2 i think its mach 1.6 or something around it.
Without any external stores it can touch mach 2 for a little while.
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Sea Skimmer wrote: Without any external stores it can touch mach 2 for a little while.
Any external stores? I always was under the impression it could do so while carrying the wingtip 'Winders.
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Admiral Valdemar wrote: Yeah but can it go several times the speed of sound, carry cargo pods with specialized rescue equipment or go into space and monitor phone calls?

Didn't think so. :mrgreen:
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Batman wrote:
Sea Skimmer wrote: Without any external stores it can touch mach 2 for a little while.
Any external stores? I always was under the impression it could do so while carrying the wingtip 'Winders.
Wingtip AAMs carry significant drag penalties, one of the reasons why the EFA has the AAMs like ASRAAM at the near end of the wing, not at the tip.

Best way is to have weapons internally like TB1.
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