I never have seen one of these 16 cylinder airplanes but I worked on some
with 2 or 4 18 cylinder engines and I say "Thank Pratt & Whitney for the
High Bypass Turbo Fan. I like getting where I'm going same day.
Now on a different subject, maybe some of you barstool jockeys can contact
me off line and explain electricity. Specifically, if you have an engine
driving a generator/alternator? and that powers a motor that drives the car,
how do you control the speed? How do they do it on trains? Rich Fox
-----Original Message-----
From: rtmack <RTMACK@pop3.concentric.net>
To: -speed@autox.team.net <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Date: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 01:48 PM
Subject: Re: Romance of airplanes
>I wouldn't bet on it. Difference is, she would have probably taken 8 of
the
>cylinders in the divorce settlement.
>Russ Mack
>
>DaCudaKid@aol.com wrote:
>
>> LOL, ok, point taken.
>>
>> In a message dated 11/27/01 1:03:52 PM, lsr_man@yahoo.com writes:
>>
>> << There, see? Exactly what I mean - - the romance
>> is gone! I'm tellin ya, things woulda been a
>> whole lot different with 16 cylinders!!!!!
>>
>> Dick J >>
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