Neplusultra
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DANBUS, make room for a white guy......
DANBUS, make room for a white guy......
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Blacksburg, Steppin out
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PavePusher
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Neplusultra wrote:
Neplusultra wrote:
Ood, with one side cut away like that, I'd have thought it made almost no thrust at all... :lol:
Neplusultra
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PavePusher wrote:
PavePusher wrote:
An interesting thing about that motor. You'll notice the pipe leading into the motor on the left side (H2O2 Intake). Just to the right of that is a kinda "grey" area just before you get to the large combustion chamber and then the nozzle. That grey area is a platinum mesh, probably at least $8K-$15K's worth :^). It's used as a catalyst to decompose the hydrogen peroxide into super heated steam and oxygen. I'm sure you could just pry it out with a screwdriver if you wanted to. I told the librarian about it but I don't think they care enough, I doubt many would know what it was anyway.... :^). For my motor I'm going to first try using a catalytic converter core which is embedded with small amounts of platinum, a *lot* cheaper.....
Neplusultra
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peter nap wrote:
I went to look for it for the fourth and - someone stole it! I'll have to make a better one now.
peter nap wrote:
Actually all I really want to do is build the motor. I don't have any plans to make a rocket. I want to see how much noise it'll make :^). I've got a tennis ball cannon made out of 4' of sch 40 2.5" steel pipe. I use oxy-acetylene from my torch to power it. It'll shoot a tennis ball so high no one can see it. You can also hear it two miles away, hearing protect is a MUST!
I went to look for it for the fourth and - someone stole it! I'll have to make a better one now.
Neplusultra
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OCed at the Tech library again a few days ago. This time spent quite a while at the circulation desk filling out a new library card. No mentions although there is no way people didn't notice since I was wearing a contrasting light colored shirt. I can't believe no one said anything. I would expect with the shooting more people would be skittish. Is it they can tell the difference, that a bad guy doesn't open carry and that they welcome this security??? I wonder how many others are visiting campus while OCing? Maybe it's become more common than we think.
Went to Bogens for dinner last night with my sister while OCing. No one even noticed I think until I was leaving and had to use the restroom. The restroom was full of enebriated students who were there to watch the football game. *They* sure noticed :^). We had quite a boistrous and animated discussion for a few minutes. One had a CHP but was not carrying because of the alcohol. He didn't realize you could open carry in a bar.
OCed at the Tech library again a few days ago. This time spent quite a while at the circulation desk filling out a new library card. No mentions although there is no way people didn't notice since I was wearing a contrasting light colored shirt. I can't believe no one said anything. I would expect with the shooting more people would be skittish. Is it they can tell the difference, that a bad guy doesn't open carry and that they welcome this security??? I wonder how many others are visiting campus while OCing? Maybe it's become more common than we think.
Went to Bogens for dinner last night with my sister while OCing. No one even noticed I think until I was leaving and had to use the restroom. The restroom was full of enebriated students who were there to watch the football game. *They* sure noticed :^). We had quite a boistrous and animated discussion for a few minutes. One had a CHP but was not carrying because of the alcohol. He didn't realize you could open carry in a bar.
mpg9999
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Neplusultra wrote:
Neplusultra wrote:
Good to hear you didn't have any problems. I OC'd at Sals in Radford this weekend, no issues.