For the helicopter pilot who has everything.
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Joined: Apr 2003
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From: Vancouver, BC, Canada
For the helicopter pilot who has everything.
Impress your friends and neighbors. Be the only person on the block to have a flying coaxial lawn sprinkler.
Simply connect one end of your garden hose to the fitting on the sprinkler's high-pressure area, Then connect the other end to the water tap. The more you turn on the tap the higher the sprinkler will fly.
Description of Operation:
Water from the hose enters the high-pressure area. It then exits this area via the Roots-type-blower lobe gears. These gears drive the pinion gears which drive the two ring gears, which drive the two counterrotating rotors. The water exits through ports along the trailing edge of the blades and sprinkles the lawn.
Also Make Money:
On a sunny day, set up lawn chairs and charge people for watching the rainbow.
On a windy day, charge your neighbor for watering his lawn.
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Alternate Application from the Department of Demented Designs:
OTHER: Miscellaneous - Thoughtless Ideas - Engine for Coaxial Rotor
Simply connect one end of your garden hose to the fitting on the sprinkler's high-pressure area, Then connect the other end to the water tap. The more you turn on the tap the higher the sprinkler will fly.
Description of Operation:
Water from the hose enters the high-pressure area. It then exits this area via the Roots-type-blower lobe gears. These gears drive the pinion gears which drive the two ring gears, which drive the two counterrotating rotors. The water exits through ports along the trailing edge of the blades and sprinkles the lawn.
Also Make Money:
On a sunny day, set up lawn chairs and charge people for watching the rainbow.
On a windy day, charge your neighbor for watering his lawn.
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Alternate Application from the Department of Demented Designs:
OTHER: Miscellaneous - Thoughtless Ideas - Engine for Coaxial Rotor
Joined: Feb 2002
Posts: 325
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From: Australia
My first car had an engine like that....it spat oil out instead of water, but sure was pretty to watch.
Finally died when the Exhaustalator jammed and created to much head pressure for the Wringle Value, and that was that.
Push bikes are far healthy in any case.
Finally died when the Exhaustalator jammed and created to much head pressure for the Wringle Value, and that was that.
Push bikes are far healthy in any case.
Joined: Jan 2003
Posts: 132
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From: W'n. USA--full time RV
spinoff: lovely gift for your favorite pilot
. . . self-washing helicopter. While he's away, drill into the two rotor hubs (they're up at the very top on each side).
Screw in a y-adapter for garden hose, with rotating joint. Suspend hose from handy tree to keep it out of the way of rotor.
Drill 10 small holes in bottom of each blade so the water can squirt onto the helicopter.
Turn on water. Start engine. Self-washing helicopter.
He'll be speechless!
Screw in a y-adapter for garden hose, with rotating joint. Suspend hose from handy tree to keep it out of the way of rotor.
Drill 10 small holes in bottom of each blade so the water can squirt onto the helicopter.
Turn on water. Start engine. Self-washing helicopter.
He'll be speechless!
