[ExI] dark confession time

[spike at rainier66.com]

From: spike at rainier66.com <spike at rainier66.com> 
Sent: Friday, 8 March, 2024 6:19 PM
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Cc: spike at rainier66.com
Subject: dark confession time

 

 

 

 

>…OK I know it is evil as all hell, but… I am among friends, all non-judgmental types I do sincerely hope.  My dark confession: I have aaaaalllllways wanted to see what would happen… if a wheel got loose somehow, a big one, like on a truck, kiting down a long straight hill for instance.

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Since no one was harmed, my regret is that there is no video of this marvelous event, the wheel hitting the ground on a murderous rampage:

 

https://twitter.com/FlightEmergency/status/1765859061369639230?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1765897499301064713%7Ctwgr%5E62edaccb780353d419a1d6c6b4b1546d067a94c0%7Ctwcon%5Es3_ <https://twitter.com/FlightEmergency/status/1765859061369639230?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1765897499301064713%7Ctwgr%5E62edaccb780353d419a1d6c6b4b1546d067a94c0%7Ctwcon%5Es3_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fmarkets%2Ftire-separates-boeing-777-crushes-cars-san-francisco-parking-lot> &ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fmarkets%2Ftire-separates-boeing-777-crushes-cars-san-francisco-parking-lot

 

Ja I know I am a total sicko for even wondering about it.  But I find this whole thing darkly amusing.  I can assure you, I had nossink to do with this failure, NOSSINK!

 

spike

 

 

 

 

 

Sheesh, as if that isn’t bad enough…  this now has me thinking about how we could intentionally release an airplane wheel.  Go out to Edwards AFB test field, big flat dry lake bed, rig up a slightly smaller diameter tire, still an aircraft wheel but not in contact with the ground, attached to the axle with exploding bolts.  Get the aircraft kiting down the runway, pull her off the surface but keep the nose down, the aircraft still in ground effect, accelerate to perhaps 300 knots just a very short distance above the ground.  BANG the wheel goes free, stabilized because it was spinning at 165 when it left the ground, it bounces a few times as it spins up to about 200 knots I would guess.  Then… have it collide with something fun, like a row of parked cars.  Oh that would be a fun stunt to pull off, delightfully destructive it would be.  A big ass tire like that going at that speed, whacking into a car, heh. 

 

Hehheheheee.  Heeeeeeheheheheheheheeeeeeeeeeeeeeheheheheheeeeheeeeeeehehehehehheheheeeee….

 

Such fun we could have.

 

spike

 

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