How'd you like to have to peel one of these off the hull? Vacuum Mites!
"Mites." Yeah. Three feet long. Not common but usually found in (where else?) Linden/Lyndon's planetary system. Supposedly an inert, "preserved" specimen. I don't trust it.Back on Earth, the propbike!
Does it work? Is it dangerous? Two questions with but one answer: "Gee, I sure hope so!"
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Space geodes from Hell. Propbike? An interesting exercise in applied inadvertent hazard. Earlier in my youth I contemplated something similar using model airplane engines. Note to builder, if you've gone this far, a blade guard isn't very difficult.
The trike is a flowering of the universal truth that if you can bolt a Briggs and Stratton to something, you should.
Next up, the Prop Go-Kart! Actually, the only thing I see as Dangerous is the Flashing Yellow Backrest. Sure hate to slam on the brakes with that thing against my Spine.
Wow. I've got a Sun trike (the de-contented model, obviously), and after seeing that photo I'm going to have to figure out a way to mount a ramjet to it.
A blade guard would be a logical requirement for the propbike, but since when has hard logic come into play with rotor accidents? A sheriff in a neighboring county walked into the tail rotor of his own helicopter. You'd think word would get around...
I'm having to do this in comments 'cos I haven't memorized the new password for "Adventures..."
In the basement right now, with some truly nasty weather bearing down on Indy. We had close passes to Northwest and Southeast but this one is lined right up. Sirens went off five minutes ago.
Looks real light out the (glass brick) window. It was dark.
Looks like it may -- maybe! -- be veering off to the East.
There's another huge red line at the IL border, though: radar. Arrgh.
Keep your head down, hope you make it out unscathed.
BTW, RE: the bike; what could possibly go wrong?
What Jim said. Everything goes better with Briggs and Stratton!
OK, to lighten things up a bit -
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Be safe.
Hoo.
So, as Rocky said to Bullwinkle, that trick NEVER Works.
Cut and paste?
I've no doubt you already saw this:
Airplane prop bike
In the words of the immortal Iowahawk, "What could possibly go wrong?"
Extra points for riding it on what looks like a residential street where little kids might be playing.
Mike James
Doesn't the bike need a cable cutter off of a Huey?
Vacuum mites. I hate them things. Can never get enough leverage to pry 'em off without some really uncomfortable contortions...
I've gotta wonder if that bike uses some sort of loophole to get around the unlicensed 50cc limit.
It looks to be at least a 5hp briggs, so ~200 cc, 4 stroke. But hey, it's not a moped, it's an unpowered bike with a gas-powered fan mounted on the back.
This sure would be a lot easier than machining a cylinder sleeve to lower the displacement.
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