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Turbobrella
There *must* be a Jane Fonda joke in here somewhere.... | |
In order to abate the complications of carrying your standard umbrella (being mistaken for being English for example) the TurboBrella has no furled canopy, it's a simpl(ish) looking metal walking stick; but flick the switch in the handle and interesting things start to happen...
At the tip a small
upwards-facing jet engine ignites, spools up to 40K rpm and through an adjustable tip shoots hot air outwards and downwards in a conical shape thus protecting the bearer from inclement weather. Providing more fuel to the engine can extend coverage up to a metre radius, while varying the tip geometry changes the angle of the protective air canopy.
Further adjustments can also allow the operator to use the Turbobrella as a leaf-blower or with the optional afterburner attachment, a rather impressive flamethrower.
Electronics in the handle and fuel in the shaft of course.
Vehicular version.
Rain_20Blaster
[2 fries shy of a happy meal, Apr 05 2009]
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"Barbarella" you chronologically-challenged person, you. |
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The intake air is taken from underneath the air-canopy so Mary Poppins would have to walk. |
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With vector thrust, this would also make stick fighting much more powerful, and give laser-sword sound effects. Greatness. |
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I would imagine that overheating, size and weight are major issues. |
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Just don't sell any to the North Koreans please.
Sounds potentially dangerous. |
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If this thing is capable of vaporising a thunderstorm's worth of rain as fast as it's falling, I hate to think what it could do to an innocent bystander if you accidentally flail it. 'Sorry, I didn't mean to poke you in the eye' becomes 'Oops... ahh well, the decapitated look is all the rage these days'. |
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Also, - on the fuel usage front. The concept I do like though. |
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//If this thing is capable of vaporising//
what? nonono, it doesn't vapourize the rain it just deflects it. |
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