wr250f95

those are the moments when this job sucks

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"LIFE'S JOURNEY IS NOT TO ARRIVE AT THE GRAVE SAFELY IN A WELL PRESERVED BODY, BUT RATHER TO SKID IN SIDEWAYS, TOTALLY WORN OUT, SHOUTING'...HOLY S**T... WHAT A RIDE!"

this, is why I ride.

JThompson

This is some pretty nasty sounding stuff... Dont think i would be able to stomach it.

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Wopstar

It can be difficult but it can be fun too. Like when it would rain for weeks at a time and I got to pull people from huge mudholes. Actuallu had a guy drive into a ditch once because the whole road was flooded and you could not see the ditch.

tigmaster

so i have a good occupation switchup. i used to work at subway sandwiches and now i am a mechanic. yes true story, i am a mechanic and i thought you should all know.

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CR500rider

An Aerospace Propulsion Specialist. Fancy words meaning I work on Jet Engine's for the Air Force. I am have been in 16 years and have worked many aircraft, mostly fighters. I work on the C-17 now.

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wr250f95

ever gotten close to a f-22 raptor?

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"LIFE'S JOURNEY IS NOT TO ARRIVE AT THE GRAVE SAFELY IN A WELL PRESERVED BODY, BUT RATHER TO SKID IN SIDEWAYS, TOTALLY WORN OUT, SHOUTING'...HOLY S**T... WHAT A RIDE!"

this, is why I ride.

tigmaster

man that is an amazing job.

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CR500rider

Yes, I was at Edwards AFB in SoCal for 6 years. I worked the F119-PW-100 (Raptor Motor) for a shy of a year. The motor is a beast! I was standing next to one while it was running on the test stand, it was at Military Power (shy of Afterburner). All's I could do was get the heck out of there. It hurt my insides.....really rattles you.

Some trivia for all you gearheads. In the jet engine would we ddont get caught up in Horse Power. We deal in pounds of thrust. I was shooting the bul with a Pratt and Whitney engineer. He told me that one blade off the High Pressure Turbine Rotor extracts 1,000 HP from the combustion process. The kicker, the rotor has 52 blades. That's 52,000 horse power from that one rotor.

To break it down. You have an annular combustor (looks like a hollowed out doughnut). You have spray nozzles atomizing the fuel in spray and that mixes with the air from the dilution holes in the combustor. The you have your combustion...the air then travels through one stage of statonary vanes (stators) to get straightened out and directed onto the blades of the High Pressure Turbine. The air forces the turbine to turn, much like water over a water wheel. The air temps around that area is about 2000-2400 degree's. That is it in a nutshell. There are several more turbines andd rotors...compressor, fan..LPT...etc. I just wanted to throw out the 52,000 HP....wild!

I have worked mainly F-16 engines most of my career (F110-GE-129 and F110-GE-100). I have also worked B-2 Stealth Bomber motor (F118), B-1 Bomber (F101) and A-10 (TF-34). The A-10 was a favorite. I love that plane. I worked it and its enngines ont he flightline for 3 years. Its a flying tank. I'd be more scared of that than anything else we have. When that 30mm gatling gun spoons up....something is dying.
A-10 Thunderbolt - Yahoo! Video
YouTube - A-10 Warthog Strafing Run

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My CR500:
Flexx Bars, Scotts Damper, Fastway Pegs, Excel Rims, Talon Hubs, PWK 39.5, ESP Susp, Ironman Sprockets/DID 520 VM, Boyeson Pro-Series Reeds, Cycra Pro-Bends, Braking Rear Rotor, Bulldog Spline Drive Spokes, Devol Rad Guards, WR Coolant Over Flow, PMB Kickstand, Hinson Clutch Basket/Barnett Carbon Fiber Clutch, Stock Pipe, FMF Q, Translucent Red Powder Coat, Scotts Shark Fin, fresh motor & much more
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wr250f95

Im not sure much of anything could survive that kind of punishment, didnt they retire the A-10?

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"LIFE'S JOURNEY IS NOT TO ARRIVE AT THE GRAVE SAFELY IN A WELL PRESERVED BODY, BUT RATHER TO SKID IN SIDEWAYS, TOTALLY WORN OUT, SHOUTING'...HOLY S**T... WHAT A RIDE!"

this, is why I ride.

CR500rider

No, they almost did before the Gulf War. It played a murderous role there.

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My CR500:
Flexx Bars, Scotts Damper, Fastway Pegs, Excel Rims, Talon Hubs, PWK 39.5, ESP Susp, Ironman Sprockets/DID 520 VM, Boyeson Pro-Series Reeds, Cycra Pro-Bends, Braking Rear Rotor, Bulldog Spline Drive Spokes, Devol Rad Guards, WR Coolant Over Flow, PMB Kickstand, Hinson Clutch Basket/Barnett Carbon Fiber Clutch, Stock Pipe, FMF Q, Translucent Red Powder Coat, Scotts Shark Fin, fresh motor & much more
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