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Subject: jet luge

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longy

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Date Posted: 08:24:34 04/10/02 Wed

hey bryan,

in reply to your e mail the engine will generate 120 lbs of thrust, its 48 inches long (the engine) weighs 24 and a half pounds and at full whack will throw you approx 293 foot per second or a good 150-180 mph for perhaps 20 seconds...but there again if your going downhill on a luge then fire it up you could make 250 mph plus but you have to have a big tank of propane (at high pressure) or perhaps an ergonomic built fuel tank underneath the luge...the speed in all possibility will eat the bearings and disentegrate the urethane of the wheels so slicks or small carting wheels will have to be used...did i say 300 quid? it could be done for far less but the re-design of the luge would have to be radical...best have a word with john maher of vee dub fame.

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Subject	Author	Date
Re: jet luge	chris	09:59:01 04/10/02 Wed
Re: jet luge -- longy, 10:59:34 04/10/02 Wed