Boxster Picture Game Thread - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners

Stroked & Blown · 08-29-2011, 07:13 PM

Thanks for bringing this to the forum, Overdrive.
Fun thread to follow.

Overdrive · 08-30-2011, 08:47 PM

I'm glad people got in on it and started contributing, Stroked & Blown. It is fun, and sometimes quite funny, to see people meet some of these challenges.

Hey, Spinnaker, hope you've got yourself an RC plane handy in case someone can't find one themselves.

I know I'm behind on the tally, but I'll have a current one up by Friday.

Spinnaker · 08-30-2011, 10:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Overdrive

Hey, Spinnaker, hope you've got yourself an RC plane handy in case someone can't find one themselves.

You'd think Lobo1186 would have jumped on this one. After all, it was his idea in the first place, and you're letting me down Sasha. The R/C field is right in your neck of the woods. It's 20 miles away from me.

sasha055 · 08-30-2011, 10:57 PM

I'll try to get one tomorrow morning, work is crazy lately

Sasha

Spinnaker · 08-31-2011, 07:10 PM

Well, 48 hrs. are up and all of you are dismal. Had to dig this out of storage, it hasn't seen daylight in 30 yrs. Originally built it in 1975. This will satisfy the rules of the game.
Since I feel guilty about the brick wall challenge, all I had to do was go out in front of the house, I will donate my point for the brick wall picture to anyone who can identify the make and model of this RC glider in the next 24 hrs. Think of it as a challenge within the challenge.
I'm not going to make it any easier for you all for the next picture challenge.
NEXT: Boxster with a snow covered mountain (a real mountain).
You guys up in Alaska should have this covered in a snap. For some of you, if you know anything about photography and lenses, you really don't need to be that close to a mountain to get it into the picture. For the flat landers, sorry, you can get even in a later challenge.

Overdrive · 08-31-2011, 07:55 PM

Why feel guilty? You met the challenge without having to leave the house, much like our first point winner got an easy point because all I said was to take a pic of the car in the driveway...easy as pie. Ya got lucky, I say keep the point, but if you want to see if someone manages to get the point from you, feel free.

Spinnaker · 08-31-2011, 08:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Overdrive

Why feel guilty? You met the challenge without having to leave the house, much like our first point winner got an easy point because all I said was to take a pic of the car in the driveway...easy as pie. Ya got lucky, I say keep the point, but if you want to see if someone manages to get the point from you, feel free.

I just want to see if anyone is up to the challenge.

tonycarreon · 09-01-2011, 01:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Spinnaker

I will donate my point for the brick wall picture to anyone who can identify the make and model of this RC glider

looks like airtronics aquila...

Lobo1186 · 09-01-2011, 02:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Spinnaker

You'd think Lobo1186 would have jumped on this one. After all, it was his idea in the first place, and you're letting me down Sasha. The R/C field is right in your neck of the woods. It's 20 miles away from me.

haha unfortunately I have no RC plane

The only reason I brought it us was the toy car and then someone saying it had to be a real plane... and an RC plane is real and a toy

Spinnaker · 09-01-2011, 07:32 PM

24 hours and no one came through. This RC glider was originally designed and made by Hobie Alter of surfboard and catamaran fame in 1974. It is a Hobie Hawk. The elliptical dihedral should have been a dead giveaway. It is a very distinctive feature of this glider, (tonycarreon-the Airtronics Aquila has the more conventional polyhedral and the wing has a constant cord center section.)
Thank you Overdrive for letting me hijack your thread. I had a feeling that my point wasn't in too much risk, now back to the picture challenge. You would think that anyone from Alaska to Colorado could do this easily. Hell, I can see a snowy mountain from Seattle and I don’t even have to leave the city.

Overdrive · 09-01-2011, 10:27 PM

C'mon folks, find that picture of your Boxster with a (real) snow covered mountain! At best my local mountain might have some fog toward the top, so I'm SOL at the moment...

Overdrive · 09-02-2011, 02:03 PM

Ok, Spinnaker, looks like we're about 5 hours away from the 48 hour mark. You'll have your second opportunity to retain your point starting then for the next 24 hours after that, and upon succesfully doing that, presenting the next challenge...not that either of them have been particularly difficult.

Don't let that stop any of you from trying to post up a picture if you've got one or are going to get one in the next 30 hours. You just have to beat Spinnaker.