Flying GQ, Big Red

[CJ Burns Esq]

OK so I finally figured out how to get the video sorted etc.
This is my GQ trying to fly over Big Red.
Vehicle weight was 2 tonne, speed about 95k/h. The bystanders estimated about 6' of air under the wheels.
End result, bent front diff funnilly enough.

http://www.4wdlinks.com.au/gallery/cjburns7

CJ

[bogged]

Vehicle weight was 2 tonne,

doesnt a std GQ weigh more than 2 tonne MT?

[fatassgq]

Doesn't it suck and piss ya off that you could have done that a lot easier if ya hadn't of been flying over the first bump!!! Short run up for the second hump and you went over easy.

Sorry to rub it in bt.....

[CJ Burns Esq]

Bogged, My rego papers tate the weight as 1833 kilo's, add a bit of crap to it and my fat arse and you have about two tonne. I have been meaning to put it on a weigh bridge.

As for Fatassgq's comment, I agree with you completely, if had had a shorter run up I would have done it with ease. In my defense, ihad watched two other blokes on the chicken route run out of puff and i had also just unloaded a couple of hundred kilo of travelling kit, beds tents gasbottles, extra fuel etc so the pick up on the truck was a bit quicker than it had been for a couple of weeks. Ultimately driver error as I hit it too fast. Mind you it could have been worse as an extra 15k'h might have spelt a bigger disaster than just a bent diff.
CJ

[bogged]

Bogged, My rego papers tate the weight as 1833 kilo's, add a bit of crap to it and my fat arse and you have about two tonne. I have been meaning to put it on a weigh bridge.

I think you will be suprised, lots of the travellers on Exploroz are up around 2600 upto 3400kg...

[ludacris]

G V M 2800. Check your engine bay.

[beretta]

Whatever the pharking thing wieghs that was great work! Got a bit excited didn't you! Great air time, you have my respect(for what its worth!)

[big red]

that movie doesn't look like "the big red" , which direction were you going, east to west up the easiest side ?
bit hard to tell
but its still an awesome jump
you certainly lost speed quick

[CJ Burns Esq]

I was going West to East, admittedly one of the guys said it looked lower than he had seen it previously. I have other parts of the video that show the guys going up the easy bit, I just had to be the knucklehead.

[MereMale]

Looked nice in the air.
Think I'd rather see the dirt fly thru grunt going up hill rather than landing tho
Don't know if it's just me, but sounded a bit weird afterwards.
Do much damage ???

[big red]

it sure changes, there was only one crest when i did it in 2002 and it had a large bowl area on top.
the east side had a double crest then.

[CJ Burns Esq]

"Meremale
Don't know if it's just me, but sounded a bit weird afterwards.
Do much damage"

The sounding weird was me bouncing off the rev limiter as I had the red mist up.
Damage equated to a bent front diff on the Pass side. You can see from the vid that the front pass wheel took the brunt of the landing, but it wasn't too bad. I got a wheel alignment and continued the trip up to Isa and then of to Ayers Rock and back to Syd via the oodndatta track etc.
CJ