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Soooo I was right after all - because if you drop a black marlin (nose first) from the back of a Russian Sukhoi whilst it is in a 2,900 km/h nose dive, then it would be the fastest animal on the planet, BECAUSE the falcon would just float around in there, the cheetah would probably grab hold of...

Your previous comment has flipped my switch. The fastest of all animals is US, good old homo sapiens (once we get off the couch). On land we can do 707 km/h (in a turbocharged Chevvy small bloc) and underwater we can do 370 km/hr (once placed in a Chinese supercavitation torpedo) and in the air...

While inclined to agree with you Phil_S, I'm not sure you can be that emphatic. Firstly (ignoring the coriolis force as a first approximation) wind resistance tends to align falling objects, so "point first" may in fact be the most stable orientation for a flying black marlin. The real point is...

The black marlin is known to be the fastest fish on the planet, with a top speed over 80km/h. But the real question (as always) is what if? What if you dropped a black marlin (point first) from a helicopter, from (say) 10,000 feet? With it's spear nose, heavy body weight and aerodynamic fins -...

Thanks whinfell, I think some clever member needs to sit down and present a detailed "sticky" on this subject. Because every newbie is going to ask the same questions (3 year registration, but only remembered my password last week). Even Ben (the golden pelican himself and really nice guy by...

GoldenEye, could you please expand on those tests, the equipment you use and where you got that equipment? If the economic situation unfolds as we expect, then PMs will return and this is going to become vital information for everyone... Same goes for other comments please - get real windy - go...

The amount of fake product coming out of China scares me (see Fakes & Counterfeits Forum) - nothing appears safe anymore! While (reasonably) confident that other members test their goods before putting them up for sale, I have no testing equipment whatsoever and obviously need some before I can...