*OT* OK I've GOT it... Now what the FRAKK do I DO with it? *OT*

I picked this up from the thrift store a couple weeks ago for $3 (What kind of geek would I be if I could resist that?); turns out it had a cracked plastic pinion gear on the motor. A quick Google found me a suitable metal replacement from an online R/C toy shop for $2.50, and voila! I now have a nice newish 6" electric underwater thruster!!!

Online research shows it is intended to run on a 12V GelCel battery; preliminary testing indicates that it produces 20-30 lbs of thrust at 14V from my Roomba battery.

OK... I mean, it IS wey kewl. I wish I could find some way to USE it on my car... but I think I'd need more than ONE.

So... what can I USE it for? Ideas? Suggestions?

mnem
Thrust-y.

 

Cooling fan for your new Getac V200 I7 Quad Core?

 

Put in a water pipe and use it for a generator. M the hydro dwagon.

 

Who are you???

 

Which one of us are you asking?

Horton
I heard a who.

 

Naaahhh... It has a gear reduction system in it. Doesn't run that fast; designed for water, not air. I bet you wouldn't stop it with a handful of sand, though.

Now that is an idea that has a fair amount of merit; but I fear the plastic gears inside would not hold up for long.

Ahhh... that question which has plagued scholars, poets, philosophers and preachers alike since the dawn of sentient thought.


I am the empty pages at the end of the book.

I am the source of all the zero bits in your computer.

I am the color only blind people can see.

I am neither a particle nor a wave.

I am the terror that flaps in the night.


The simplest questions are the most profound.

Where were you born?
Where is your home?
Where are you going?
What are you doing?

Think about these once in awhile, and watch your answers change.

mnem <~~~ The blue line on the road that never gets painted~~~<<<

 

he's from the other side(willie's answer in the origional predator). wave particle duality of nature. he's everywhere, taught santa claus all he knows on home break-ins and reverse burglaring, he give more than he takes and leads no one astray. it's a between the lines thing, you know that thin blue line. he is law and disorder in the chaos theory. wikipedias answer to the unknowable, the last word in an infinite sentence, be it life or death or 90 days. only his shadow knows!......Driller

 

From the "Fringe" side???

 

What can you do with a 6" underwater electric thruster???

Looks around sheepishly........


Am I on the right forum??????

 

Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? THEIR WIVES!

WalterNate plays a fair game of Cheese Checkers... but he like to eat your pieces when you aren't looking.

It IS an OT thread... besides - I figured as big a collection of twisted individuals as we have here... it would be a hoot just to see what comes of the question.

mnem
Let's get dangerous.

 

Use it to make an aqua sled to pull you along through the water.

 

Stirring device for a barrel of Kool-Aid? Followed by the opening of your roadside Kool-Aid stand.

 

A couple old cd's (ME or vista cd's would be great!) + Plastic shopping bag + super glue = desktop HOVERCRAFT

I did it with a 40mm fan overpowered to 36v. Nice.

 

add a battery, old set of handlebars from a kids bike and attach it to one of them Walmart boats for kids and instant miniboat for the pool or lake?????

 

W2k is fine I still have the ME upgrade disk.

 

Plug it into the 6 inch re-circulator on your hot tub.

 

Yeah... that's what it came from; one of those inflatable JetSki toys from the TarJay store.

I'm trying to find something UNUSUAL to use it for... like sticking it up a squirrel's butt and supergluing water skis to his feet...

mnem
Of course, we'd have to strap a ToughBook battery to his back for power...

 

Yeah... like I said before. Not a fan; it has gear reduction. Not NEAR fast enough for that. But I might have to resurrect the old Electrolux HoverCraft project I made when I was a kid, now that you've reminded me of it...

mnem
WHAAAWHAAAAAAWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!

 

You see, now THAT suggestion is a use worthy of the 'Possum Lodge... ESPECIALLY if we took advantage of it's 12V DC design to mount it inside a disreputable looking old van.

WHICH suggestion? Take your pick... or, with enough duct tape, I suppose we could incorporate them BOTH into a Roadside JaKoozzi-Aid stand and charge hourly rates...

mnem
Daggannit!!! Who peed in the pool?!?

 

Here's a thought. You will need a piece of 6" pvc pipe, a drum, and an outhouse.
run the fan inside the pipe. It picks up rainwater and pumps it down through the top of the outhouse. Now you can shower in the outhouse. Mount it inside the van and you gots one o those fancy arvee's.
Please post pics of the finished project.

Happy to help

 

Get a swimming buoy:



drill a hole through it and slip in the propeller and battery and go to the local pool and youll look quick

 

Oh crikey... that looks like an accident just WAITING to happen. I can see a lot of pain, forcible removal of hair, followed by random bits of electrocution. All in all, still not bad for a first date...

mnem
*Twitch...twitchtwitch...*

 

Now THAT's what I'm talking about! *Does some quick calculations* Should flow about 40 GPM... so I better lather up REAL FAST!!!

If I paint the drum black, I can have hot water to boot.... but this is TX, so maybe too hot. I'll try grey so I don't get parboiled.

mnem
Ummm... I live in TX... what is this "rainwater" you speak of?