leaf blower propulsion system

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Welcome to the Steam Punk club....

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It's enjoyable reading. I zeroed in on p.168 where Westbury confirms that cooling fins on the barrel are of lesser importance than fins on the cylinder...

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That was the train of my thought, too. The aircraft thrust reverser has a net backward pressure differential, with the back side seeing ambient static...

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Having been fooled, I'd like to know by how much. Does anybody have a leaf blower and an unpowered skateboard (or little red wagon)? How much headway,...

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Which is why I am peeved that I never saw the Northern Lights when I lived in Barrow, Alaska, from mid-August to mid-November 1982. My "house"...

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This Florida man zips around town by aiming a leaf blower at the umbrella he is holding. https://abcnews.go.com/US/video/flor...peeds-leaf-blo...

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This is getting interesting. Some days you eat the bear, other days the bear eats you.

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Do you have a special hat that you wear for this?...

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After watching Willy's link on the Koenigsegg engine nothing seems like a hot rod now, unless it has those air-actuated valves with total flexibility...

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That was marvelous, Willy. I was blown away by the Koenigsegg valve train, which uses solenoid actuators rather than cams to give variable timing, lift,...

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No problems with the CVT in my Forester with 155,000 miles. I drive like I am eighty (which I am). I have not even had to add brake fluid!

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I posted before discovering this YouTube which is at the bottom of the OP link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xd5qE5m-U7s

This mentions...

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I drive a 2015 Forester with 155,000 miles on it. I'm waiting for a 2023 Forester, which many are hoping will this new 2.4L turbo-charged engine:
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