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- Wed Oct 15, 2003 12:57 am
- Forum: Tools and Construction
- Topic: Walls
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5096
The black bar and a personal aside
I've had sugar-free immitation mango fruit beverage from mexico recently that used guar gum. I wouldn't call it pleasant--soon after mixing it became thick and slimy. Thixotropic, in case you didn't know, is the interesting property of a material that liquefies under shock. If you take clay and slo...
- Tue Oct 14, 2003 10:30 pm
- Forum: Valved pulsejet forum
- Topic: Clam baker
- Replies: 18
- Views: 24883
entrepreneurism
Might suffice as a lifting object to supply tundra people their supply. haPieter van Boven wrote:Is this a picture of the engine we are talking about?
Imagine the sound...
Pieter.
- Tue Oct 14, 2003 12:52 pm
- Forum: Valveless pulsejet forum
- Topic: Proposed Design - 'Reflector Bucket' Valveless Pulsejet
- Replies: 19
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Re: Never Hopeless
>Larry, I think this is a hopeless task. If you intend to use the rebound of compressed gas from the 'bucket', this bucket will have to be very long to accommodate all the gas spewed out of the engine intake, and to start spewing it back only after the 'normal' intake is over. If the compressed gas...
- Mon Oct 13, 2003 1:17 pm
- Forum: Tools and Construction
- Topic: Walls
- Replies: 2
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Walls
After Al's topic about the silicate/steel high-temperature compound, my sister mentioned some kind of new home construction material that is somewhat see-through and used to make walls for houses. I have no idea what it is made from, but it started me wondering, if a water-glass/fiberglass based mat...
- Sat Oct 11, 2003 10:31 pm
- Forum: Valved pulsejet forum
- Topic: Clam baker
- Replies: 18
- Views: 24883
Clam baker
There is a pulsejet you can look at for sale on eBay. Just type the word "pulsejet". I think it might be a Katydid, or about the same size. It's all of 30 pounds and produces 110 lb static thrust. Ok, all you terrorists, buy it now.
Mark
Mark