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·It is just a matter of time...
Big problem with helium escape
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·The dark lord Thierry Nataf already have his own religion and a cult following him. Before finding out the pentagram riddle I just did not know he had his evil eye pointing at Omega. For a long time I have suspected it though as the modern Speedmasters have gotten uglier and uglier - thus bearing his unmistakable mark of antimateria and evil.
If so...the agent was effectively thwarted by the clever Pratt Brigade!
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Kwijibo
·these helium valves are so stupid... and useless
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·...One could put forward that no one has seen Camaro taillights since 1969.
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·Is the Yenko or COPO/helium package still available?
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·I hope that everyone realize the difficulties with helium when seeing how that ZL1 427 all aluminium big block almost get airborn already at stage in? It sort of jumps a little. When he lets the beast loose the helium filled front runners cannot longer stay on the ground. I know of a guy who had filled up with helium at the rear also... no one has seen him since.
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··The black sheep in the Spee-ee-eee-eedmaster flockMy Subaru's turbo actually compresses the engine's helium, making it heavier and thus the already low center of balance is made even more effective. It's a good thing I run at stock height.
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·I can't tell if this thread was real or not. No idea the helium was actually filled in the watch?? I guess I never realized how the function worked on my PO....
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·My Subaru's turbo actually compresses the engine's helium, making it heavier and thus the already low center of balance is made even more effective. It's a good thing I run at stock height.
lowered his Challenger and put silly wheels on it. Been talking about a He-turbo. I'M not gonna tell him....he's already scraping. ;-)
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·... put silly wheels on it...
If you mean 19 inch, or more, rims with one layer of black tape instead of tires and if it is you in your avatar - I suspect that we share at least one parent.
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ulackfocus
·COPO Camaro? Wasn't that a Barry Manilow song?
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·"Cop(o)cabana (At The Copo)"
Her name was Lola, she was a showcar
With yellow fenders in her rear and a spoiler cut down to there
She would dragrace and do the can am
And while she tried to be a star...
[Chorus]
At the copa... don't fall in love
Don't fall in love
Her name was Lola, she was a showcar
With yellow fenders in her rear and a spoiler cut down to there
She would dragrace and do the can am
And while she tried to be a star...
[Chorus]
At the copa... don't fall in love
Don't fall in love
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RegF
·I'm amazed at the wealth of information I've gleam by pooring through this thread.
One thing that I havene't seen mentioned is the possibility of substituting Xenon for Helium.
I know it wouldn't address the weight issue, but it does make my car headlights brighter so I assume it would improve the loom of the watch?
Or would there just be an increase in leather-clad warrior princesses?
I'm fine with either outcome, really, I just was hoping more experinced folks here could advise the most likely out come so I can prpare accordingly.
One thing that I havene't seen mentioned is the possibility of substituting Xenon for Helium.
I know it wouldn't address the weight issue, but it does make my car headlights brighter so I assume it would improve the loom of the watch?
Or would there just be an increase in leather-clad warrior princesses?
I'm fine with either outcome, really, I just was hoping more experinced folks here could advise the most likely out come so I can prpare accordingly.
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GBTRIUMPH
·I'm amazed at the wealth of information I've gleam by pooring through this thread.
One thing that I havene't seen mentioned is the possibility of substituting Xenon for Helium.
I know it wouldn't address the weight issue, but it does make my car headlights brighter so I assume it would improve the loom of the watch?
Or would there just be an increase in leather-clad warrior princesses?
I'm fine with either outcome, really, I just was hoping more experinced folks here could advise the most likely out come so I can prpare accordingly.
I know it is confusing sometimes.😕
Unfortunately, testing in controlled environments has uncovered the need for Xenon to be decidedly warm in order to produce the brightening effect you've noted. This is what probably precludes its use in watches.
If, however, you could add a battery...
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RegF
·Xenon the gas just sounds a bit like Xena, the princess. No relation, really.
I know it is confusing sometimes.😕
Unfortunately, testing in controlled environments has uncovered the need for Xenon to be decidedly warm in order to produce the brightening effect you've noted. This is what probably precludes its use in watches.
If, however, you could add a battery...
As to the need for a battery to substitute and achive glow from heating - so your saying that it would only be suitable for use in Breitling's Emergency models? I can see how staying warm while wearing one might be an advantage and surely the brighter lume would also help rescuers find you while lost in the wilderness or when you get left in the rental car park at the wrong row.
I would have thought the added warmth would have added an extra degree of safety to diving at depth, avoiding the need for dry suits in colder waters and adding to bouyancy as the warmer wrist it was attached to floated higher?
Couldn't the spinning rotor somehow be connected to a little coil between some magnets to generate some electricity to power this?
Why has no watch manufacturer seized upon this idea to power our luminosity?
There may even be other uses for this power in what is still, essentially a mechanical watch, since there is no battery, after all.
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·however, you could add a battery...
Never EVER add a battery. Proper watches don't have batteries.
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RegF
·Never EVER add a battery. Proper watches don't have batteries.
Hence my suggestion about the little genrator thingy
Someone out there must be able to do this.
Perhaps you could hook up some sort of spring to drive it?
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