Mr Whippy
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 posted on 4/2/09 at 03:10 PM |
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got a head for heights? if not don't drive the crane!
very high...
 
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Fame is when your old car is plastered all over the internet
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DarrenW
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| posted on 4/2/09 at 03:14 PM |
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Eeeek. Do they come with a safety ladder or parachute?
That building is scarily high as it is without having the cranes towering above. Hope they dont drop anything.
They have rather a lot of land - why the need for so many huge skyscrapers? I know its for show etc but surely its a bit of a waste.
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 4/2/09 at 03:32 PM |
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Yeah it’s mental, can you imagine how much that building would sway in the wind, or the time it would take to get to the top!
Fame is when your old car is plastered all over the internet
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matt_claydon
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| posted on 4/2/09 at 04:12 PM |
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Express lifts in the Burj run at 18m/s, so only about 45 seconds (maybe a minute with acceleration time) to get to the top!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burj_dubai
[Edited on 4/2/09 by matt_claydon]
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mistergrumpy
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| posted on 4/2/09 at 04:41 PM |
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Never mind that. Think of the poor scaffolders!
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rusty nuts
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| posted on 4/2/09 at 07:35 PM |
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Base jump every day after work !
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omega 24 v6
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| posted on 4/2/09 at 07:41 PM |
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quote:
Base jump every day after work !
If it looks wrong it probably is wrong.
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jacko
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| posted on 4/2/09 at 07:43 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by mistergrumpy
Never mind that. Think of the poor scaffolders!
And the window cleaners
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matt_claydon
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| posted on 4/2/09 at 08:19 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by rusty nuts
Base jump every day after work !
It's been done, not at it's finished height though:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pGp1LX8yZY
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Hellfire
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| posted on 4/2/09 at 08:29 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Mr Whippy
Yeah it’s mental, can you imagine how much that building would sway in the wind, or the time it would take to get to the top!
The Burj Dubai actually sways very little in the wind. It was designed using a wind tunnel and if you believe what they say on TV, it sways less than
about a foot.
The Burj Dubai however will be dwarfed by the Mile High Tower in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia which, if it ever gets constructed will be 1,600m high.
Phil
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martyn_16v
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| posted on 4/2/09 at 09:32 PM |
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I've driven past the thing, and it's just bloody wrong. I know it's probably perfectly safe, and the calcs have been double triple
checked blah blah, I don't know why but I just didn't feel safe within a mile of it
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iank
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| posted on 4/2/09 at 10:00 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by martyn_16v
... I don't know why but I just didn't feel safe within a mile of it
Surely nearer a kilometer...
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Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience.
Anonymous
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welderman
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| posted on 6/2/09 at 09:58 AM |
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The persons who are working on
the upper most Girders can see the
"ROTATION OF EARTH"
Thank's, Joe 
I don't stalk people
http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/forum/23/viewthread.php?tid=172301
Back on with the Fisher Fury R1
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martyn_16v
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| posted on 6/2/09 at 06:56 PM |
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Ants crawling along the pavement could see the "ROTATION OF EARTH" if they somehow manage to use a fish-eye lens 
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MikeR
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| posted on 6/2/09 at 07:05 PM |
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Just about to mention the fish eye lens ..... damn you martin thats twice in two days you've beaten me to a post 
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Ninehigh
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| posted on 7/2/09 at 04:07 PM |
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I got a nosebleed just looking at it
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martyn_16v
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| posted on 7/2/09 at 06:34 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by MikeR
Just about to mention the fish eye lens ..... damn you martin thats twice in two days you've beaten me to a post
I'm on fire!
...although it's just taken me nearly 24 hours to reply to that
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Steve Hignett
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| posted on 7/2/09 at 11:35 PM |
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That's nowhere near as disturbing as the giant Sink Plunger to the right of that shot!!!
quote:
Originally posted by martyn_16v
quote:
Originally posted by MikeR
Just about to mention the fish eye lens ..... damn you martin thats twice in two days you've beaten me to a post
I'm on fire!
...although it's just taken me nearly 24 hours to reply to that
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NigeEss
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| posted on 7/2/09 at 11:55 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Hellfire
The Burj Dubai however will be dwarfed by the Mile High Tower in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia which, if it ever gets constructed will be 1,600m high.
Phil
Holy Crap..................a mile !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so.................Douglas Adams.
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stevebubs
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| posted on 8/2/09 at 12:15 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Mr Whippy
Yeah it’s mental, can you imagine how much that building would sway in the wind, or the time it would take to get to the top!
Government towers in Tokyo are c.30 seconds from ground floor to the top (45 stories) so probably quicker than most car park lifts in the uk
[Edited on 8/2/09 by stevebubs]
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Ninehigh
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| posted on 8/2/09 at 06:49 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by NigeEss
quote:
Originally posted by Hellfire
The Burj Dubai however will be dwarfed by the Mile High Tower in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia which, if it ever gets constructed will be 1,600m high.
Phil
Holy Crap..................a mile !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hehe who's gonna be the first to join the mile high club without the aid of a flying machine?
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