B2431 wrote:

From: steve gallacci
Date: 1/6/2004 6:08 PM Central Standard Time
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First of all, it's not a "thingy". It is positively a Pabst ramjet as
evidenced by its connection to one of the Fw Triebflugel's wings seen
in the photo. And it is being windtunnel tested.

That, except for the Triebflg. wing (more likely a simple streamlined
strut)was what I was suggesting. The guy was being a dunderhead. Of
course it wasn't moving, it was a test article in a wind tunnel! Jeez.


Teuton said it was a picture of a running ramjet. I simply said it wasn't
running in that picture and that apparatus could just as easily not been what
he said it was. It didn't prove his point. As the "dunderhead" in question I
felt the need to spell it out for you.

you're still acting dense. The photo was of a Pabst engine in a
windtunnel opening, which would have precluded the need for it to be
moving.(and as it spent a lot of time burning hydrogen, odds are that
even wide open, you might not be able to tell in a poor B&W that it was
working at all) That's what windtunnels are for. Moreover, there is
plenty of independent documentation of the engine being built and
tested. Just because you've got a hardon for this guy doesn't mean he's
always wrong. He still is a crackpot, since he was seeing a Triebflugel
wing instead of a test pylon.