[NewCandle] Proposed: One Al/H20 UFO engine

[Nick Reiter]

I will consider requesting this as part of my
suborbital Viking Funeral!


--- Keith Nagel <NewCandleAdmin at ipdiscover.com> wrote:

> Gentleman: 
> 
> Consider the following engine design.
> 
> A tank is filled partly with water.
> At the nozzle, an aluminum pipe a few feet long is
> affixed.
> Point the tank ad astra, and affix stablizing fins.
> Pressurize it to peak with air ( or perhaps O2 ).
> Use a thermite charge to light the tail end of the
> pipe.
> Being nowhere near the engine, turn the nozzle to
> start
> water spraying through the tube past the lighted
> end.
> 
> Caution! this is an explosive reaction! 
> It will probably kill you. But I think it worth
> trying.
> 
> For safety, one might harness a few helium balloons
> to
> get the engine aloft before test firing. A remote
> valve
> for the nozzle, and wet wintry conditions for least
> chance of starting a major forest fire with what
> amounts
> to a flying incendiary device. Could this be Nicks
> UFO?
> Prolly not, but it sure would look fine
> cruising into the stratosphere...
> 
> K.
> 
> 
> 
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