extreme weather conditions...all should read

DVD Burner · Post by **DVD Burner** » Tue Jun 29, 2004 2:16 pm

shitmouse wrote:the only problem with large boots -(or any shoe) on the wet playa is the snowball effect.
--- your feet will be 50-pound mud platforms before you get 10 feet from your tent. wondering if there's something to spray on that acts like teflon for boots? wd40? vasaline?
-b

I was thinking something along the same lines but I think it would be bad for the playa environment. yes?

shitmouse · Post by **shitmouse** » Tue Jun 29, 2004 2:34 pm

most likely.

DVD Burner · Post by **DVD Burner** » Tue Jun 29, 2004 2:38 pm

I guess the only solution is enjoy the excersise.

iamtonynyc · Post by **iamtonynyc** » Thu Jul 01, 2004 9:10 pm

there's no need to worry, i talked to the karama gods and they say it gonna be a sweet year for us!!!!!

Captain Goddammit · Post by **Captain Goddammit** » Fri Jul 02, 2004 6:14 am

I say start working on the first art-hovercraft!

RingO'Fire · Post by **RingO'Fire** » Fri Jul 02, 2004 7:51 am

Captain Goddammit wrote:I say start working on the first art-hovercraft!

Now that's the best idea I've heard all morning!

Guess I'm going to have to renew my subscription to "Popular Mechanics"

robotland · Post by **robotland** » Fri Jul 02, 2004 8:07 am

I wonder how many times a hovercraft has been on the cover of PM....that, or an autogyro.......A favorite Junkyard Wars episode, to be sure.

Tancorix · Post by **Tancorix** » Fri Jul 02, 2004 8:08 am

Hovercraft? On the playa? You would set off EPA monitors for fine particulate emissions halfway across the continent from all the dust you would kick up.

Here's some examples (very large examples but they illustrate the point) of the dust and spray depending on what surface is under you. Can you imagine what one would be like on the playa?
http://emetsoc.ecmwf.int/pics/hovercraft.jpg
http://www.heistad.com/fleetweek/hoverc ... 20boat.jpg

Badger · Post by **Badger** » Fri Jul 02, 2004 8:40 am

I say start working on the first art-hovercraft!

Why would you wanna? It'd be cheaper to put together a group of folks and call yourselves the BRC Synchronized Leaf Blower Brigade.

Same effect, less $, probably more 'interaction' with your neighbors - especially if you gifted them the luxury of having all that pesky dust blown away from their camp. Not to mention from inside their tents.

Desi Arnaz · Post by **Desi Arnaz** » Fri Jul 02, 2004 9:17 am

I've seen small hovercraft at bman before. Lots of dust and little forward motion. Most got parked after a few attempts.

robotland · Post by **robotland** » Fri Jul 02, 2004 9:30 am

Okay, I'll stick to my hoverbike.

Whirrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

(buzzing noise made by toilet paper over comb)

Lydia Love · Post by **Lydia Love** » Fri Jul 02, 2004 10:02 am

BRC Synchronized Leaf Blower Brigade.

Theme Camp!

dragonfly Jafe · Post by **dragonfly Jafe** » Fri Jul 02, 2004 11:00 am

A hovercraft wouldn't make any dust if the Playa was wet. So the solution is obvious: mount a water sprayer in the front of the hovercraft to wet the Playa just before you travel over it! Voila! No dust. This can also be adopted to bicycles and other mutant vehicles. And for those people who just cannot wait for (frog poo) water trucks, they can mount a similar device on their head and run "behind it" to get that fresh showered feeling anytime!

Bob · Post by **Bob** » Fri Jul 02, 2004 11:11 am

Desi Arnaz wrote:I've seen small hovercraft at bman before. Lots of dust and little forward motion. Most got parked after a few attempts.

Ditto, '99, squirrel-cage fan, small gen, sheet of ply on an inverted inflatable pool or raft.

How dusty is it?

All I know is it comes in quartz.

Captain Goddammit · Post by **Captain Goddammit** » Fri Jul 02, 2004 3:09 pm

I know it'd be WAY too dusty on a dry day, but I wonder if a hovercraft would work on the playa if it rained? Or would the ultra-slimy and sticky playa mud muck it up too much, and/or be thrown everywhere? Wheeled vehicles sure don't fare too well.

extreme weather conditions...all should read

dont worry