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- From: Roger.Wilfong@umich.edu (Roger Wilfong)
- Subject: Re: Greek jet engine (Was: Terminal Velocity of DCX?)
- Message-ID: <19921217144750.Roger.Wilfong@umich.edu>
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- References: <1992Dec17.154644.23836@mksol.dseg.ti.com> <1992Dec13.174759.9626@ke4zv.uucp> <ewright.724444108@convex.convex.com> <1992Dec16.192257.3321@ucsu.Colorado.EDU> <1992Dec16.225049.6900@nsisrv.gsfc.nasa.gov>
- Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 18:47:00 GMT
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- In Article <1992Dec17.154644.23836@mksol.dseg.ti.com> "pyron@skndiv.dseg.ti.com (Dillon Pyron)" says:
- >
- > Imagine a sphere, mounted on an axle. Place a nozzle perpendicular to the
- > axle, fill the sphere with water and light a fire underneath. If the nozzle is
- > L shaped, you can make the sphere spin. The porblem is, if the water is not
- > hot enough when it starts to spin, the rig will stall at the bottom, water will
- > gush out and kill the fire.
- >
-
- You can get rid of this problem by extending the tube(s) into the sphere
- about 1/3 of the diameter of the sphere. That way it stays above the water
- level and the liquid water doesn't spray out.
-