[ML-General] Invitation to work on a tank

[Ethan Chew]

*in deep Russian accent* It costs $10,000 to fire this gun for 12 seconds.
On Nov 10, 2014 5:31 PM, "david" <ainut at knology.net> wrote:

>  * pays $2,800 fuel bill for 30 second burn.
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> On 11/10/2014 07:29 PM, Ethan Chew wrote:
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> *turns on jet engine in shop driveway*
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> *looks around awkwardly at angry gawkers*
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> *turns it off and puts it away* ;D
>
> - Ethan/spacefelix
> On Nov 10, 2014 4:56 PM, "Stephan Henning" <shenning at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>  Jet engine??!!??!!  Are they building a Tumbler or an M1?
>>
>>  Pretty sure it should be a turbo-shaft power plant :)
>>
>> -stephan
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>> Sent from a mobile device, please excuse the spelling and brevity.
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>> On Nov 10, 2014, at 3:43 PM, david <ainut at knology.net> wrote:
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>>   Cool!  That's only about a mile from my house.  Can't do any heavy
>> lifting anymore, but count me in.  I'll help when I can!  In Feb., will it
>> be inside a heated building (I hope?)
>>
>> David Merchant
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>> On 11/10/2014 03:32 PM, Jeff Cotten wrote:
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>>  No, it will be done at the Huntsville Veterans Memorial Museum:
>> http://www.memorialmuseum.org/map
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>> On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 3:31 PM, david <ainut at knology.net> wrote:
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>>>  Sounds like fun but will the actual tank time, driving or repair, be on
>>> the Arsenal?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 11/10/2014 03:28 PM, Jeff Cotten wrote:
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>>>
>>>  If anyone has an interest in war machines and\or engines, in February
>>> the Huntsville Veterans Memorial Museum will be assembling and installing a
>>> jet engine to put into an Abrams tank.
>>>
>>>  One of the volunteers is opening this up to any makers that are
>>> interested in being part of this hands-on effort.
>>>
>>>  Part of testing the engine will of course involve the volunteer
>>> mechanics driving the tank.
>>>
>>>  If you are interested send me a reply and I will get your contact info
>>> into the POC's hands.
>>>
>>>  Happy Making,
>>> Jeff
>>>
>>>  PS:  One of their Abrams tanks will be part of the Veterans Day Parade
>>> tomorrow:
>>>
>>> http://www.waff.com/story/27343709/veterans-day-parade-held-in-downtown-huntsville
>>>
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