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dwasson
09-02-2004, 06:42 AM
From the BBC? (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/lincolnshire/3611660.stm)

My hero!
merc406
09-02-2004, 06:53 AM
Dan that's a hell of an idea, but this guy's gonna need a w/c for real without a roll cage or seat belt!!
Now where did he get that engine?!
Mike Poore
09-02-2004, 09:20 AM
Wasn't there a story circulating a while ago (<?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com<st1:City><st1:place>Darwin</st1:place></st1:City> awards?) about a couple of mental giants who stuffed a JATO bottle, or two in the trunk of a Chevy? I recall the story goes, they were found imbedded in the side of a nearby mountain.
jgc61sr2002
09-02-2004, 04:08 PM
Dan that's a hell of an idea, but this guy's gonna need a w/c for real without a roll cage or seat belt!!
Now where did he get that engine?!

How about some brakes.
dwasson
09-02-2004, 04:14 PM
How about some brakes.

As short as that wheelbase is I'd be more concerned about the steering. I bet that it would swap ends at the slightest provocation.
Donny Carlson
09-02-2004, 04:16 PM
Wasn't there a story circulating a while ago (Darwin</FONT> awards?) about a couple of mental giants who stuffed a JATO bottle, or two in the trunk of a Chevy? I recall the story goes, they were found imbedded in the side of a nearby mountain.Urban legend.

http://www.snopes.com/autos/dream/jato.asp

Did it occur to the guy that, just perhaps, driving a jet powered wheel chair could wind up with him needing a wheel chair... for real?
djmcnary
09-02-2004, 04:19 PM
I saw a jet powered outhouse at an airplane show this summer! Wouldn't want to be in it if it overturned ! :puke:
Silver_04
09-02-2004, 04:26 PM
Blue Cross/Blue Shield surely didn't cover that mod :) Now if he was using an ignited oxygen bottle for thrust, he could have done the whole kit for free probably.
Marauderjack
09-03-2004, 05:31 AM
In addition to real quick steering......I wonder how he stops the thing??? :dunno:

Marauderjack ;)
SHERIFF
09-03-2004, 05:50 AM
Sounds like he is trying to kill his mother-in-law and collect some type of inheritance sooner. :)
Joe Walsh
09-03-2004, 09:48 AM
I'm glad to see him wearing a HELMET!!!
Giuseppe is going to be a quadraplegic, or worse... DEAD very soon.

Maybe he should eat a huge meal of sausage, beans, and beer...and then he could delete the jet engine option and run on methane power!!!
Mike Poore
09-06-2004, 05:18 PM
Urban legend.

http://www.snopes.com/autos/dream/jato.asp

Did it occur to the guy that, just perhaps, driving a jet powered wheel chair could wind up with him needing a wheel chair... for real?
Hey, thanks, Donny. Great story, huh?