Discovery 3 Airborne

[Disco Stu]

For those of you who are lucky enough to own a 2007 onwards Discovery with EAS and V1 Terrain, You are more than likely aware that the high speed off road handling and competence of the vehicle is truly Fantastic. . .

From the beginning I was astounded at how the vehicle performed, it is really quite nimble and rally like at higher speeds.


The way the entire vehicle works in unison with the terrain is absolute magic. its a beautiful collaboration of Structure/Mechanical/systems with Sensors/Electronic/software. It is a true and impressive achievement by Land Rover.


I'm comfortable in my vehicle and i drive it off road to what i believe to be its optimum performance capabilities. The car absolutely loves it, it becomes more and more in tune with off road tracks each time i drive it.

Lately i've decided to Jump test my Vehicle - 50% because i know the car can handle it with ease and 50% because i wanted to achieve air time in my "black beauty". So ive kept my eye out for a decent natural ramp/jump about the place for about 5 weeks or so.

I found my Jump. Pics bellow

http://i.imgur.com/a3IVvBQ.jpg?1

http://i.imgur.com/jgFPS8N.jpg?1

http://i.imgur.com/DBQd7dr.jpg?1

AND WE HAVE LIFTOFF
http://i.imgur.com/B9IBKgh.jpg?1

http://i.imgur.com/eegxXV6.jpg?1

http://i.imgur.com/6cpxnAe.jpg?1

http://i.imgur.com/t9wB4MZ.jpg?1

http://i.imgur.com/Q8qXwOF.jpg?1


http://i.imgur.com/xE9roQz.jpg?1


As i assumed the car handled it piece of cake. i think it was about 2.0 meters high and 10.0 meters long. Good fun !!

Does anyone else have any "Jump Shots" to share ??

Cheers Joel

[roversmith]

Mr Whippy, sorry now D2dave, will be along shortly.


Cheers Greg.

[Redback]

Here ya go, me at Lue MotoX track
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v293/bazzar/Bike%20Photos/Roll06-013.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/bazzar/media/Bike%20Photos/Roll06-013.jpg.html)

Would not even think of doing that to our D4, or any 4WD I owned:no2:

Baz.

[~Rich~]

I agree Baz, I've seen too many bent axles and other bits from getting some intentional air.
If you respect your vehicle I certainly would not be doing it!

[RichardK]

x 2

[voltron]

Haha. Wow to the airtime.

Damage or not. Nice jump.:cool:

[AnD3rew]

Nice photos, nice jump. Wouldn't do it to mine particularly with all the extra weight from the bars and tanks etc but respect to you for being brave/crazy enough to try it.

[ramblingboy42]

I'd love to try it.

can you lend me your D3 for a couple of goes?

[Safari]

Hi Joel, I enjoy your confidence but be warned, I have many photos of getting AIR but I will let you know what I did to try and stop bent axles etc. Triple shocks on each corner, axle housing machined bored and chrome molly tube inserts pressed in, caster adjusted to suit lift and external bracing. Have fun Cheers Rob

[Rosco8]

Looks cool ..

Been airborne a couple of times .. not something I normally enjoy.

I inadvertently got some serious airtime and an abrupt stop at Stockton Beach having got up to much speed down a dune and the next one came a little too soon for my liking, with a Pajero. It limped into Newcastle and then died in a main street sending a stream of transmission fluid out the front. Took a month to get her back :mad::mad:

I was also running late for a dog show at Temora many, many years ago with a Peugeot 504Ti which was the most amazing high speed cruising car I have ever owned, tall gearing and mechanical injection meant it wasn't happy till it was doing 140kph. I used to do Canberra to outside Melbourne every couple of weekends and she constantly crept up on you to silly speeds .. thanks to CB radios and friendly truckers once I got to Yass I knew where all the blue lights were to Benalla for my night trips. Anyway, onto Temora :D:D this day I was sitting around 160kph as we were running behind schedule as I came to a bridge, it looked smooth and level, but it wasn't, smooth yes, but a slight ridge and then dip .. she got airborne for a damm long time, my wife and I held our breath and then she landed in the dip, bang in the middle of the bridge, with a thump, all 4 doors popped opened and the sound of the wind howling in suddenly at that speed was like a shock, so she flexed a fair bit, but she landed square and was as steady as a rock, I pulled over, checked everything was still straight, no leaks .. shut the doors and we kept going .. she finally wore out about 6 years later. Tough car ..

[Hay Ewe]

Just because you can, doesn't mean you should

[AnD3rew]

I was also running late for a dog show at Temora many, many years ago with a Peugeot 504Ti which was the most amazing high speed cruising car I have ever owned, tall gearing and mechanical injection meant it wasn't happy till it was doing 140kph. I used to do Canberra to outside Melbourne every couple of weekends and she constantly crept up on you to silly speeds .. thanks to CB radios and friendly truckers once I got to Yass I knew where all the blue lights were to Benalla for my night trips. Anyway, onto Temora :D:D this day I was sitting around 160kph as we were running behind schedule as I came to a bridge, it looked smooth and level, but it wasn't, smooth yes, but a slight ridge and then dip .. she got airborne for a damm long time, my wife and I held our breath and then she landed in the dip, bang in the middle of the bridge, with a thump, all 4 doors popped opened and the sound of the wind howling in suddenly at that speed was like a shock, so she flexed a fair bit, but she landed square and was as steady as a rock, I pulled over, checked everything was still straight, no leaks .. shut the doors and we kept going .. she finally wore out about 6 years later. Tough car ..

The old Peugeots were unkillable, amazing cars particularly the 504. My BIL swerved to avoid a cow (or possibly ****ed) drove off the top of a cliff in. 505, took the top of a gum tree on the way down and split the car in half lengthwise when he landed but he survived.

Sadly the modern Peugeots have trouble surviving driving a 60kph down Epping road without breaking down or having something drop off them.

[Rosco8]

The old Peugeots were unkillable, amazing cars particularly the 504. My BIL swerved to avoid a cow (or possibly ****ed) drove off the top of a cliff in. 505, took the top of a gum tree on the way down and split the car in half lengthwise when he landed but he survived.

Wow .. lucky :):)

I guy I worked with in Housing and Construction told me the story when he was driving his 504 to Tenant Creek from Isa, it was early in the morning and he said he was not quite as alert as he should have been, he was belting along and missed that they were doing road repairs, so off the bitumen onto wet dirt, he slid off the road at about 140kph and hits a small ridge which flipped her onto the roof .. luckily no more ridges so he just slid and slid .. with the roof bouncing up and down on his head. Eventually its stopped and his only injury, was a huge bump on the top of his head and a hell of a headache :D:D

[winaje]

The old Peugeots were unkillable...
Sorry to OT this further. When I was 5 we were travelling between Coonabarabran and Narrabri one morning towing a van with a 504. Truck went past us, hit the corner of the van, lifted front wheels of car, swerved, hit car on C pillar. Tore back of rear seat off the mount, sandwiched me between back and bottom, turned car upside down. Van still attached with Hayman Reese hitch which completely twisted, trapped car on its roof under bullbar. Pushed us down a sloping 2m bank and 50m into the bush, stopped 2m from a tree stump. Car was flattened to the height of the door frame, roof completely flat. We all survived. I can still remember my dad and a mate cutting the shell in half with an ax and taking it to the tip. The motor went into a 404 wagon. I have a soft spot for the old pugs...

[carjunkieanon]

I remember going from a series 2 to an old pug (I think it was a 504) and thinking I now had the fastest set of wheels in town. It was AMAZINGLY fast (by comparison).

[sheerluck]

Just because you can, doesn't mean you should

And for my next trick.....driving my D3 into a wall, because I was sure that the airbags would work.

[frantic]

Towradgi hump ;)
It used to be easier to launch from before the northern distributor was built.
Basically it's towradgi road which is straight from pioneer road to the princes hwy with a camel hump over the railway line in the middle, now with 100m to the traffic lights, used to be about 600m to highway, no lights or stop signs. My father got mums pintara 4 wheel airborne, several times (with me encouraging him)and about a week later the auto transmission died.
Heading west was the best as a straight line after hump, east you had to and still do have to do a slight turn before it to launch straight.

[benji]

We went for a big leap in the 93 classic a few years ago - genuinely suprised me how tough they are!
A mate who was in front of us said he could see our transfer case in his mirror. He said the first leap put the front 2 meters off the ground, and we jumped 5 times through some sand washouts.
It was bad enough to trigger the crash sensor, but didn't ever put the wheels out of alignment.
Two days after that we were chassed of fraser island by a bush fire. We come down the range into King fisher bay at 60kph - bloody scarry!


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[Redback]

Towradgi hump ;)
It used to be easier to launch from before the northern distributor was built.
Basically it's towradgi road which is straight from pioneer road to the princes hwy with a camel hump over the railway line in the middle, now with 100m to the traffic lights, used to be about 600m to highway, no lights or stop signs. My father got mums pintara 4 wheel airborne, several times (with me encouraging him)and about a week later the auto transmission died.
Heading west was the best as a straight line after hump, east you had to and still do have to do a slight turn before it to launch straight.

I lived in Belambi and owned a 650 Triumph Ex Police bike, I used to get airbourne over that hump lots of times, till I nearly flipped the bike one morning going to work, 18 and bullit proof, those were the days:angel:

Baz.