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With today's fly by wire systems, you can make things fly that are minimally aerodynamic, unstable, and barely controllable. Build a nice flying saucer that works, jet powered, fast and large. All you need is enough money (the first principle of flight). Have a fleet of them stationed at airports throughout
tornado prone regions, ready to be dispatched when the weather conditions indicate likely trouble. Remotely piloted by an operator in a chase vehicle by both visual clues and onboard cameras. You see a nice tornado that threatens a nearby town, slip this sucker underneath it at it's base, and then whisk it away. It will take some deft stick work to keep the tornado centered, but with practice, a corps of competent tornado jocks could be assembled. Will work for small to medium size tornadoes, for those half-mile wide at the base ones, don't even bother, keep it in the hangar, unless even more more money could be secured, and build a really big.....
The Ketchup Centrifuge is something different, NB.
http://www.halfbake...etchup_20Centrifuge
Though FarmerJohn could equally have bagsed this name. [General Washington, Oct 04 2004, last modified Oct 05 2004]
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I think he intends to redirect the tornadoes away from inhabited areas. I'm not convinced that simply breaking the contact between the tornado and the ground would have any effect on its course. |
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I assume that this would be of most use when your Storm In A Teacup gets out of hand, and threatens to spill over into its surroundings? |
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. . . or even the much more dreaded Tempest In A Teacup. |
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El Pedanto told me tell you it's: Teapot |
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Well El Pedanto can have his/her version. I'm sticking to mine because it's the only one my mom ever uttered. |
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