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From: ATWEDITOR@aol.com
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Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2001 17:02:28 EST
Subject: Re: Serious Mental Health Alert... and Our Wives Think We are
Crazy!
To: WSpohn4@aol.com
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In a message dated 3/6/01 3:11:31 PM, WSpohn4@aol.com writes:
<< Have a look at this one.
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&;
item=566827966#DESC
I think they are coming with the nets....... >>
The thing about this disaster that is mind-boggling is the incredible amount
of work required to put this together, and then to not have it blow up! Yet!
Being in aviation I have seen my share of turbojet and turboshaft and
turbofan installations, but I can't figure out what he's got going there.
Looks like small, fixed-base engines, I guess. but I can't figure the need
for all that ducting into the intake, unless it is to keep squirrels, pets
and small kids from being sucked in. How about a "Beware of Jet Blast"
bumper sticker?
Street legal! Can I have a show of hands of who wants to ride a cycle
behind this thing? And let's talk about a little problem called "uncontained
engine failure," wherein all of those high-speed components--75,000 RPM,
remember--suddenly decided to depart from their traditional position and
strike out to new and uncharted territories. Incoming!
Man! I'm glad he is several thousand miles away. I'd feel better still with
a large ocean between me and that mobile timebomb.
Jay Donoghue
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