Burning the Man - the American Dream

phil · Post by **phil** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 9:49 pm

for next year.

Valkyrie · Post by **Valkyrie** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 10:07 pm

Yeeeah. How much fuel do you think that'll need?

(And for the record, I don't think they were drunk, just rednecks.)

LeChatNoir · Post by **LeChatNoir** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 11:05 pm

Contraption 3.0?

Dustdevil · Post by **Dustdevil** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 11:23 pm

Actually they probably used 20-30 gallons of fuel. El Diablo burns upwards of 50 gallons per minute if I run all seven stages of the afterburner wide open. This youtube clip is approx 4 minutes. That is exactly fifty gallons of methyl borate run through the AB. The engine itself consumes approx 2 gallons per minute. When I use the hydrocarbon fuel I can get about 75' of flame. The sparks you see are from our particle injector. That night we were using titanium sponge. I was not able to bring El Diablo this year due to my committment with Crude Awakening, but it will be back in 08' with some "enhancements"! Besides orange and green, we can also do red and blue flames. We can also change color on the fly. In 06' we ran it every night around 10:00 pm. It is almost as loud as the Victory Siren.

Valkyrie · Post by **Valkyrie** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 11:47 pm

Oooh! I look forward to seeing that!

phil · Post by **phil** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 9:09 am

Then of course there's _this_ American dream:

Tiahaar · Post by **Tiahaar** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 10:35 pm

Hahahah oh ouch! heheh
but then that's what can happen to ya with a 'low bidder' fixation. go USA.
lots of turbine stuff for 2008!

BAS · Post by **BAS** » Wed Oct 10, 2007 7:41 am

The only real problem I have with one of those little cars is: If I manage to get myself into one, could I get myself back out (or would I just have to wait until I starved off enough fat?)?

B.

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Wed Oct 10, 2007 12:27 pm

WD-40.

BAS · Post by **BAS** » Wed Oct 10, 2007 7:10 pm

You ever try to get WD40 out of upholstery?!?

B.

Lassen Forge · Post by **Lassen Forge** » Wed Oct 10, 2007 7:54 pm

Vaseline. And no, don't bother trying...

EspressoDude · Post by **EspressoDude** » Wed Oct 10, 2007 8:14 pm

BAS wrote:The only real problem I have with one of those little cars is: If I manage to get myself into one, could I get myself back out (or would I just have to wait until I starved off enough fat?)?

B.

Just keep the windows rolled up in the sun. The fat will be rendered into lard, a natural lubricant...and you can get out if the tiny door handles don't break off.

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Wed Oct 10, 2007 9:39 pm

EspressoDude wrote:
BAS wrote:The only real problem I have with one of those little cars is: If I manage to get myself into one, could I get myself back out (or would I just have to wait until I starved off enough fat?)? :?

B.
Just keep the windows rolled up in the sun. The fat will be rendered into lard, a natural lubricant...and you can get out if the tiny door handles don't break off.

Remember, you can always ask the herd of clowns for help.

phil · Post by **phil** » Wed Oct 10, 2007 9:44 pm

> Remember, you can always ask the herd of clowns for help.

Our good friend Ouchy: http://www.ouchytheclown.com/

Ouchy will get you out.

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Wed Oct 10, 2007 10:19 pm

*fishy wonders if she knows Ouchy's secret identity, but can't be sure under all that makeup.*

Valkyrie · Post by **Valkyrie** » Thu Oct 11, 2007 12:11 am

I remember coming across him before somewhere. My favorite quote: " Sure, it's weird to have a clown facilitator, but you've seen stranger things, I'm sure."

Remark · Post by **Remark** » Thu Oct 11, 2007 9:41 am

I remember coming across him before

In my best baseball announcer voice "It's a slow pitch right over the middle of the plate, lets see if anyone will take a swing at that one.."

Valkyrie · Post by **Valkyrie** » Thu Oct 11, 2007 2:27 pm

hehehehe

I even thought of taking a swing at it myself in my own post, but I thought I'd leave the pleasure to y'all.

Ugly Dougly · Post by **Ugly Dougly** » Thu Oct 11, 2007 4:11 pm

Forgot about Ouchy. That's going to give me a strange little smile the rest of the day.