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RE: V-Max and other odd motors

To: "'atrav'" <atravis@spacey.net>, "'LSR list'"
Subject: RE: V-Max and other odd motors
From: "Albaugh, Neil" <albaugh_neil@ti.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2003 10:54:15 -0500
Aron;

Clamp on the brakes in that thing and you'll spin around 'till you get
dizzy.

Regards, Neil     Tucson, AZ


-----Original Message-----
From: atrav [mailto:atravis@spacey.net] 
Sent: Monday, October 06, 2003 6:00 PM
To: LSR list
Subject: Re: V-Max and other odd motors


While we're talking about 'other' wishes...
I want to build one of these little one-wheeled motorcycles
http://osborne.20m.com/images/onewheel.jpg
I think a chrome WWI German helmet with a little spike on top would be the
headgear of choice. It'd cause the soccer moms to think they'd entered an
alternate dimension. ;o)
-Aron-

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Albaugh, Neil" <albaugh_neil@ti.com>

> Glenn;
>  
> As I told Jack, at one time I thought of building a Benson gyrocopter 
> or an airboat but didn't wind up doing either.
>  
> I think there were three or four little 2-stroke engines that were 
> used in various drones. Mine were originally used in Ryan target 
> drones that were capable of 210 mph. They used only a simple 
> needle-valve carbureator but still achieved 72 BHP; later ones were 90 
> BHP.
> 
> Regards, Neil Tucson, AZ





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