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Interview here: https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/When-bugs-fly-Auto-geek-hits-highway-for-2498201.php https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/When-bugs-fly

Interview here: https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/When-bugs-fly-Auto-geek-hits-highway-for-2498201.php https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/When-bugs-fly-Auto-ge... Of particular note "you drive the car up to about 90 miles an hour and you spool up the jet"--it will just slide at lower speeds, and you will have no control. So the 0-60 and 1/4 mile times are just whatever you get in a stock beetle carrying an extra 300 lbs.

jsmthrowaway 9y ago
Not only were the guys at the air base trying to sell Patrick an SA-2, "they were saying, 'you want a MiG 21 (fighter jet)? I'll sell you two tanks and a MiG.' " . "So they wanted $2,000 for the missile," Patrick said, "and I had a bottle of ouzo and after a while I got them down to a grand." He still hasn't got the 35-foot-long missile, but he does know what he'll do with it once it clears U.S. customs. (Good luck.) "I want to build a missile silo on my front lawn," he said. "It'll have those electric-opening silo doors and I'll have a set of lights for it. Then, at night, I open the silo doors and raise the missile up, with those lights on it." This guy is a dream come true. He's like a version of Woz with a flair for surplus weaponry. It's fantastic. Also, imagine having the connections to buy a Mach 3 missile that shot down Gary Powers for less than a Macbook. I wonder if a launcher is included.
tyingq 9y ago
Ahh, so this bit of an add on only helps after 90mph? Guessing he is single, close to it, or coupled with someone just as adrenaline powered :)
- stephencanon 9y ago
  The end of the article we're commenting on is literally: "here's my wife's Honda Metropolitan scooter. She wants it to go faster than 40 mph. So I have these two little JFS 100 jet engines and I am thinking how to put them on the scooter."
  - tyingq 9y ago
    Good point. Guess he chose someone matched to his risk tolerance.
mjgoeke 9y ago
If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits 88 miles per hour... you're gonna see some serious shit.

jsmthrowaway 9y ago

Not only were the guys at the air base trying to sell Patrick an SA-2, "they were saying, 'you want a MiG 21 (fighter jet)? I'll sell you two tanks and a MiG.' " . "So they wanted $2,000 for the missile," Patrick said, "and I had a bottle of ouzo and after a while I got them down to a grand." He still hasn't got the 35-foot-long missile, but he does know what he'll do with it once it clears U.S. customs. (Good luck.) "I want to build a missile silo on my front lawn," he said. "It'll have those electric-opening silo doors and I'll have a set of lights for it. Then, at night, I open the silo doors and raise the missile up, with those lights on it." This guy is a dream come true. He's like a version of Woz with a flair for surplus weaponry. It's fantastic. Also, imagine having the connections to buy a Mach 3 missile that shot down Gary Powers for less than a Macbook. I wonder if a launcher is included.

tyingq 9y ago

Ahh, so this bit of an add on only helps after 90mph? Guessing he is single, close to it, or coupled with someone just as adrenaline powered :)

stephencanon 9y ago
The end of the article we're commenting on is literally: "here's my wife's Honda Metropolitan scooter. She wants it to go faster than 40 mph. So I have these two little JFS 100 jet engines and I am thinking how to put them on the scooter."
- tyingq 9y ago
  Good point. Guess he chose someone matched to his risk tolerance.

mjgoeke 9y ago

If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits 88 miles per hour... you're gonna see some serious shit.