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This is a jet car that raced an airplane that
day.
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The driver sits right in front of the intake of the jet engine. I've heard
jet car drives say they can't feel any suction coming from the back
of them but it sure looks like it would.
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The car accelerates pretty quick but they don't stay in
the gas very long. This is one car that I'd pass on driving.
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This Police helicopter, model 500 is made by M.D. Helicopter
Company which my work happens to make parts for. The parts that we make
are in the main rotor and tail rotor area. The Police put on a mock car
chase, K9 demo along with some fancy flying that afternoon.
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This is the main rotor which has five blades (500 series)
and they also make a six bladed model (600 series). My work makes the
strap assemblies that go between the blade and main rotor hub which
joins them together. The straps are called tension torsion straps and
are flexible so the rotors can pitch up and down. The straps are hidden inside
of a titanium cover assembly that keeps them out of the elements while
flying.
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The same kind of strap assembly is located inside that red
housing called a torque tube. If you look close you can see a nut and
bolt on each end of the tube that runs through the strap assembly and blades.
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If either the main or tail rotor strap assemblies were to break, the
aircraft would crash. These parts are considered critical flight safety
parts because a life is at stake here.
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