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Turbobrella
There *must* be a Jane Fonda joke in here somewhere.... | |
In order to abate the complications of carrying your standard umbrella (being mistaken for being English for example) the TurboBrella has no furled canopy, it's a simpl(ish) looking metal walking stick; but flick the switch in the handle and interesting things start to happen...
At the tip a small
inwards-facing jet engine ignites, spools up to 40K rpm and through an adjustable tip shoots hot air outwards and downwards in a conical shape thus protecting the bearer from inclement weather. Providing more fuel to the engine can extend coverage up to a metre radius, while varying the tip geometry changes the angle of the protective air canopy.
Further adjustments can also allow the operator to use the Turbobrella as a leaf-blower or with the optional afterburner attachment, a rather impressive flamethrower.
Electronics in the handle and fuel in the shaft of course.
Vehicular version.
Rain_20Blaster
[2 fries shy of a happy meal, Apr 05 2009]
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Not really getting the Jane Fonda part... traitor, yes, bad actor, yes, but what's that got to do with this? |
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"Barbarella" you chronologically-challenged person, you. |
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//shoots hot air outwards and downwards// |
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Shouldn't that be outwards and upwards to avoid the 'mary poppins' effect ? Now to post the shaving / rain protection idea ... |
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The intake air is taken from underneath the air-canopy so Mary Poppins would have to walk. |
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With vector thrust, this would also make stick fighting much more powerful, and give laser-sword sound effects. Greatness. |
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I would imagine that overheating, size and weight are major issues. |
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Just don't sell any to the North Koreans please.
Sounds potentially dangerous. |
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Sounds like it would be very loud (have you ever heard a jet engine up close? I used to work on them), and for it to be powerful enough to repel rain would go through fuel very quickly, which makes it unsuitable for any prolonged outings in the rain. [-] |
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It's a neat concept, but not at all practical. Might make a neat weapon if slightly modified, though. Gonna have to agree with Bliss there. |
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If this thing is capable of vaporising a thunderstorm's worth of rain as fast as it's falling, I hate to think what it could do to an innocent bystander if you accidentally flail it. 'Sorry, I didn't mean to poke you in the eye' becomes 'Oops... ahh well, the decapitated look is all the rage these days'. |
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Also, - on the fuel usage front. The concept I do like though. |
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//If this thing is capable of vaporising//
what? nonono, it doesn't vapourize the rain it just deflects it. |
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