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Jay Goemmer
"Centuri Guy"/"Tau Zero"
YORF Member 28
Semroc SAM #0029
NAR 86131


"I think about organizing things all the time. Never seems to happen. I find something that piques my interest and I'm off on a quest. Or a Centuri. "

--Bill Eichelberger, 02/22/2022


“Centuri fret buzz in an updated form.”
Bill “Wallyum” Eichelberger re: Estes Flutter-By
03 Sept 2014

That dhmo.org website is hilarious.

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Never trust an atom. They make up everything.

4 out of 3 people struggle with math.

Chemically, alcohol IS a solution.

NAR# 94042
SAM# 0078

The next time she comes over I?ll hand her a homemade tin foil hat and tell her: Quick! Get inside! My dihydrogen monoxide detector just went off!

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Never trust an atom. They make up everything.

4 out of 3 people struggle with math.

Chemically, alcohol IS a solution.

NAR# 94042
SAM# 0078

I find it ridiculous that there are actual MORONS and NUMBSKULLS that buy-in to this total CRAPOLA.

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When in doubt, WHACK the GAS and DITCH the brake !!!

Yes, there is such a thing as NORMAL, if you have to ask what is "NORMAL" , you probably aren't !
Failure may not be an OPTION, but it is ALWAYS a POSSIBILITY.
ALL systems are GO for MAYHEM, CHAOS, TURMOIL, FIASCOS, and HAVOC !

Water injection was a typical "cheat" used to increase horsepower on diesels and farm equipment back in the late 60's and 70's... even on some cars and trucks. Inject water into the intake air and it vaporizes and increases the density of the air charge, and when the fuel burns, it expands the steam vapors and increases the cylinder pressure on the piston. Same thing I suppose in a jet, denser air exerts more pressure on a turbine blade as it would on a piston. Water injection certainly isn't a new thing-- some WW2 fighters even had it...

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The X-87B Cruise Basselope-- THE Ultimate Weapon in the arsenal of Homeland Security and only $52 million per round!

Yep,

Water injection was/is used on WWII aircraft such as the P-47 Thunderbolt.

R 2800s rock!

Bob

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illegitimi non carborundum

NAR# 54643 L-1

SAM# 043

AMA# 157091

VRCS# 154

A&P# 42x xx xxxx.

I would assume it didn?t require a LOT of water to achieve the desired effect. At 8+ pounds per gallon water is relatively heavy especially for an aircraft to have to lift it.

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Never trust an atom. They make up everything.

4 out of 3 people struggle with math.

Chemically, alcohol IS a solution.

NAR# 94042
SAM# 0078

Well,

At ~ 8 tons fully loaded takeoff weight, a few gallons of water didn't phase the P-47.

Bob
p.s. gasoline is ~ 6.1 lbs per gallon.

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illegitimi non carborundum

NAR# 54643 L-1

SAM# 043

AMA# 157091

VRCS# 154

A&P# 42x xx xxxx.