Smokers!!

FreshTopEnd
Profile picture for user FreshTopEnd
Posts
12476
Joined
8/16/2006
Location
Sacramento, CA US
Fantasy
4254th
FreshTopEnd
Edited Date/Time 1/25/2012 8:32am
Nothing like an expansion chamber with a naked stinger

|
Hut
Profile picture for user Hut
Posts
10286
Joined
4/27/2010
Location
WA US
Hut 11/3/2011 9:09am
11/3/2011 9:09am
Wow! I wonder if he is gonna sit in that square and take off in that thing?! Shocked
SteveS
Profile picture for user SteveS
Posts
5600
Joined
8/16/2006
Location
WV US
SteveS 11/3/2011 9:10am
11/3/2011 9:10am
OK......what exactly are we looking at here? A loud flying sign? What does a pool table have to do with it? Is the man stuck aloft until it runs out of fuel?
Scooter
Profile picture for user Scooter
Posts
106
Joined
11/2/2011
Location
Healdsburg, CA US
Scooter 11/3/2011 9:12am
11/3/2011 9:12am
Asian version of Jackass!
newmann
Profile picture for user newmann
Posts
24444
Joined
4/1/2008
Location
US
newmann 11/3/2011 9:14am
11/3/2011 9:14am
I really hope he's not doing what I think he's doing.

The Shop

See All »
FreshTopEnd
Profile picture for user FreshTopEnd
Posts
12476
Joined
8/16/2006
Location
Sacramento, CA US
Fantasy
4254th
FreshTopEnd 11/3/2011 9:17am
11/3/2011 9:17am
SteveS wrote:
OK......what exactly are we looking at here? A loud flying sign? What does a pool table have to do with it? Is the man stuck aloft...
OK......what exactly are we looking at here? A loud flying sign? What does a pool table have to do with it? Is the man stuck aloft until it runs out of fuel?
Local farmer Shu Mansheng starts the engines of his self-designed and homemade flying device before a test flight in front of his house in Dashu village on the outskirts of Wuhan, Hubei province, on September 21, 2011. The round steel flying device, which cost more than 20,000 yuan ($3,135), is the fifth model made by Shu, a junior middle school graduate. It measures around 5.5 meters (18 feet) in diameter, and is powered by eight motorcycle engines. Shu managed to hover for 10 seconds at about 1 meter (3.3 feet) above ground during a recent test flight. (Reuters/Stringer) #

http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2011/10/21st-century-china/100174/

The "In Focus" section at The Atlantic has some pretty cool photography if you have time to kill browsing, from light hearted to deadly serious and profound, including monthly photo collections from Afghanistan.
peelout
Profile picture for user peelout
Posts
17872
Joined
1/6/2011
Location
Ogden, UT US
peelout 11/3/2011 9:17am
11/3/2011 9:17am
SteveS wrote:
OK......what exactly are we looking at here? A loud flying sign? What does a pool table have to do with it? Is the man stuck aloft...
OK......what exactly are we looking at here? A loud flying sign? What does a pool table have to do with it? Is the man stuck aloft until it runs out of fuel?
wtf are you talking about, bro?

a pool table has EVERYTHING to do with it! get with the times, bro!
kyle450rider
Profile picture for user kyle450rider
Posts
149
Joined
11/26/2006
Location
Jenks, America, OK US
kyle450rider 11/3/2011 9:35am
11/3/2011 9:35am
I've seen that video. Its insane. I'd like to be within hearing distance when he cranks that beast up.
gotwings
Profile picture for user gotwings
Posts
850
Joined
7/11/2010
Location
Nor Cal, CA US
gotwings 11/3/2011 9:54am
11/3/2011 9:54am
OK, but how does he start the outer ring of motors??? Would be cool if he tied them all together with some belts, or something. Also, he needs to turn the cyl. heads 90 deg. so they are facing the direction of prop wash, or it'll most likely seize...
FreshTopEnd
Profile picture for user FreshTopEnd
Posts
12476
Joined
8/16/2006
Location
Sacramento, CA US
Fantasy
4254th
FreshTopEnd 11/3/2011 10:36am
11/3/2011 10:36am
Hope he doesn't ever have to bale out; maybe there's a trap door for the . . . err . . . pilot.
peelout
Profile picture for user peelout
Posts
17872
Joined
1/6/2011
Location
Ogden, UT US
peelout 11/3/2011 11:34am
11/3/2011 11:34am Edited Date/Time 11/3/2011 11:44am
FreshTopEnd wrote:
Hope he doesn't ever have to bale out; maybe there's a trap door for the . . . err . . . pilot.
that silk barrier around him should be sufficient when one of those props get airborne...
crowe176
Profile picture for user crowe176
Posts
6614
Joined
9/8/2006
Location
Spring Lake, MI US
crowe176 11/3/2011 11:39am
11/3/2011 11:39am
So, are them engines Chinese or Japanese?
SteveS
Profile picture for user SteveS
Posts
5600
Joined
8/16/2006
Location
WV US
SteveS 11/3/2011 12:41pm
11/3/2011 12:41pm
gotwings wrote:
OK, but how does he start the outer ring of motors??? Would be cool if he tied them all together with some belts, or something. Also...
OK, but how does he start the outer ring of motors??? Would be cool if he tied them all together with some belts, or something. Also, he needs to turn the cyl. heads 90 deg. so they are facing the direction of prop wash, or it'll most likely seize...
Looks like the trusty lab assistant starts the outer motors.
FreshTopEnd
Profile picture for user FreshTopEnd
Posts
12476
Joined
8/16/2006
Location
Sacramento, CA US
Fantasy
4254th
FreshTopEnd 11/3/2011 1:28pm
11/3/2011 1:28pm
Next up: the Chinese rocket-powered Segway . . .

Pit Row

See All »
TeamGreen
Profile picture for user TeamGreen
Posts
29071
Joined
11/25/2008
Location
Thru-out, CA US
TeamGreen 11/3/2011 1:29pm
11/3/2011 1:29pm
See!

I told'ya China has a Space Program!
ocscottie
Profile picture for user ocscottie
Posts
69108
Joined
8/16/2006
Location
Redding, CA US
ocscottie 11/3/2011 3:05pm
11/3/2011 3:05pm
FTE, remember when Bob Hannah almost cut his finger off starting one of his model planes? Might of even cost him to miss an outdoor?
Outsider
Profile picture for user Outsider
Posts
10634
Joined
1/29/2009
Location
Huntington Beach, CA US
Outsider 11/3/2011 5:09pm
11/3/2011 5:09pm
SteveS wrote:
OK. Here is, apparently, an earlier model (before the BNG). Still uses the pool table (visible briefly about 3/4 way through).

https://youtu.be/B5P68ExcgD0
That was like watching a monkey fuck a football.
bwh998
Profile picture for user bwh998
Posts
271
Joined
5/18/2011
Location
AZ US
bwh998 11/3/2011 5:33pm
11/3/2011 5:33pm
man that guy is going to feel dumb when he finds out that we have had functional helis over here for 65 years.
Antipodean 11/4/2011 3:24am
11/4/2011 3:24am Edited Date/Time 11/4/2011 6:16am
From one extreme to the another - a couple of days ago China successfully launched a second unmanned rocket into orbit as part of its space station program. Seriously, these guys are poised to become the 'Americans' of the 21st Century - educated, rich, and optimistic.

Pdub
Profile picture for user Pdub
Posts
1478
Joined
8/2/2006
Location
Wheaton, MD US
Pdub 11/4/2011 9:52am
11/4/2011 9:52am
Even Chinese farmers "get" YouTube...
Crossup
Profile picture for user Crossup
Posts
1557
Joined
12/13/2007
Location
Freetown, MA US
Crossup 11/4/2011 12:20pm
11/4/2011 12:20pm
Outsider wrote:
That was like watching a monkey fuck a football.
LMAO!!!
Big
Profile picture for user Big
Posts
1008
Joined
10/18/2010
Location
SE
Big 11/4/2011 2:39pm
11/4/2011 2:39pm
Finally can they spy on American soil with their own satellite. Maybe steal some flying saucer ideas and copy like they always have done with all western technology. Always.
Zildjian
Profile picture for user Zildjian
Posts
267
Joined
6/28/2009
Location
Coeur d'Alene, ID US
Zildjian 11/4/2011 2:51pm
11/4/2011 2:51pm
Antipodean wrote:
From one extreme to the another - a couple of days ago China successfully launched a second unmanned rocket into orbit as part of its space...
From one extreme to the another - a couple of days ago China successfully launched a second unmanned rocket into orbit as part of its space station program. Seriously, these guys are poised to become the 'Americans' of the 21st Century - educated, rich, and optimistic.

"From one extreme to the another - a couple of days ago China successfully launched a second unmanned rocket into orbit as part of its space station program. Seriously, these guys are poised to become the 'Americans' of the 21st Century - educated, rich, and optimistic."

Congratulations to China for doing something the Russians and Americans did via calculations on slide rules in the 50's and 60's.

BFD.
Pdub
Profile picture for user Pdub
Posts
1478
Joined
8/2/2006
Location
Wheaton, MD US
Pdub 11/4/2011 3:13pm
11/4/2011 3:13pm
Big wrote:
Finally can they spy on American soil with their own satellite. Maybe steal some flying saucer ideas and copy like they always have done with all...
Finally can they spy on American soil with their own satellite. Maybe steal some flying saucer ideas and copy like they always have done with all western technology. Always.
Careful, Big, or people will start to think you're unaware of the many things the West copied from the East...

Post a reply to: Smokers!!