09-07-2006, 11:35 PM
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I wish I was a spaceman!
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Elizabethtown,PA
Posts: 431
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Originally Posted by ghrocketman
The old FSI motors sure were short on performance AND reliability....the only thing they were long on was a whole lotta CARDBOARD.
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I have a little story to tell here. A long time ago I was a salesman for Sears (thank god that's over) One of the duties a salesman has is changing the tape on the cash register when it runs out - there were two types, 2.75" and 3.75" The first time I changed one I looked at the paper core I had removed and was convinced it was a FSI motor casing! I took it home dug out an old FSI motor - and the tubes were identical, convolutely wound same length, ID and OD, same color kraft paper. I always wondered why they stayed with the oddball size, I guess it was because the could buy an off the shelf tube cheaper than getting an 18mm made special order.
Dale Greene
SPAAR 503
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