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Re: Turbojets

To: ardunbill@webtv.net
Subject: Re: Turbojets
From: Bryan Savage <basavage@earthlink.net>
Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2003 07:33:29 -0800
I'm with you Bill.
But Don sure made that Air Force General at Muroc smile.
Bryan

ardunbill@webtv.net wrote:

>Thanks to all contributors on this discussion, so we got a better grasp
>of the facts.  
>
>As engines, they are magnificent, and I can understand why Don Vesco
>wanted to use a helicopter turbine in his car.  As long as he ran it
>within the maker's parameters, he could safely assume it would be 100%
>reliable, just another controlled system in the vehicle.
>
>Only problem is, most of us, including myself, love to hear the
>beautiful exhaust note of a well-tuned piston engine.  And the turbine
>engine can never produce anything but a brutal roar.  Bill

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