2014 Millyard Flying Millyard

2014 Millyard Flying Millyard in Secrets of the Transport Museum, Non-fiction TV, 2021-2022 Ep. 2.07

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00:28:12 Vehicle used by a character or in a car chase

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humungus ◊ 2024-08-21 22:51	The Flying Millyard, one of Allen Millyard's "original, unearthly feats of engineering" with 5,000cc (says he), or 4,888cc (says Google). Mostly original, made-from-scratch parts, but something must've come from a Raleigh because that's what the plate returns. Also in his workshop but getting no attention whatever is an 8,000cc (not a typo) V10 Viper (on the left): -- Last edit: 2024-08-22 00:24:15
dsl ◊ 2024-08-21 23:47	humungus wrote Also in his workshop but getting no attention whatever is an 8,000cc (not a typo) V10 Viper ... I bet it doesn't go round corners very well ....
Baube ◊ 2024-08-22 01:50	a thing often mentionned about the Viper is the heat.. i wonder how bearable it can be as a motorcycle....
993cc ◊ 2024-08-22 02:26	It seems that somehow it works https://www.motorcyclenews.com/news/2009/october/allen-millyard-v10-viper/
dsl ◊ 2024-08-22 02:48	The Flying Millyard seems about 2014 (date of its first test run). More info here, including that its 4888cc 80bhp V-twin engine is two-ninths of a 1930s nine-cylinder Pratt & Witney Wasp radial engine, as used to power planes including the Lockheed Electra.