This Blew Me Away!

I always wondered what out-of-work PHD's do to keep their mind occupied. Probably a government worker. Nice work, however. And, no, I have never fantasized about such a thing.

Paul, KD7HB

Jeff Wisnia wrote:

If I had that much money to piss off, there'd be about 48,000 things ahead of it in line.

Looks like a project for guys with short peckers. Like the big high truck thing.

Steve

Very impressive! Well engineered and fabricated, engagingly discussed. His resume' should consist of one page blank except for the URL to this.

Yeah, every time I watch a coyote/roadrunner cartoon :)

When that turbine is running, it would be a serious mistake to roll the windows up.

Very nice. I can't help but think that a more proper application for such a great engine would be a boat (30 ft or so, seems to be most sensible).

i

How about a Cessna?

Sounds fun, not that I know anything about aircraft, but I would imagine that it would fall apart from the forces involved...

i

I guess you haven't seen the pictures of an ercoupe with some jato bottles hanging underneath it pushing out smoke and flame.

John

Jeff, I bet you like this one too:

The Jet Powered Beer Cooler:

Steve

Jeff Wisnia wrote:

Maybe it will start a new round of rocket car myth stories. I still love that one long story about the guy and his buddies who put the Jato in an old Chevy on a mining car. It may be BS but the guy can really tell it well.

On Fri, 25 Aug 2006 14:45:50 -0700, with neither quill nor qualm, Jim Stewart quickly quoth:

No, the afterburner exhausting into the cabin would be a bit much. Dem pups is FRONT-engined, son. ;)

-- It's a shallow life that doesn't give a person a few scars. -- Garrison Keillor

So it would seem. See

and look for the stories on the Squirt 1 & 2. =)

StaticsJason

Brings back shades of Dave Barry's, "Barbecueing with liquid oxygen."

STeve

Apparently he sorts spools of hookup wire into spectral order.

On Sat, 26 Aug 2006 02:04:06 -0500, with neither quill nor qualm, Richard J Kinch quickly quoth:

He DOES have enough wire, doesn't he?

Would you prefer the Bad Boys resistor color coding over ROYGBIV order? (bbroygbvgw ;)

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It's an avocational hazard 'ysee...

Expressed in limerick form, it's:

There once was a racer named Fisk, Who took a considerable risk. When his dragster got traction, The Fitzgerald contraction, Reduced his wazoo to a disc.

Jeff

Along the same lines, here's a Waco with a turbo fan out of a Cessna. That waco had great vertical performance! Tom

That's the way I've always done it...

If I'm making up an arbitrary cable, I try to get the wire color = wire number = pin number as well.