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To: Old Professer

Sort of thought that, but we haven’t made a cast iron boiler since around or before WWII... Compressors and engines are still made of cast iron and could have gotten that hot before coming apart at speed and/or pressure. A good size Detroit Diesel two stroke tacked out would throw pieces a pretty good distance...


20 posted on 02/18/2009 2:14:35 PM PST by El Laton Caliente (NRA Life Member & www.Gunsnet.net Moderator)
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To: El Laton Caliente

Only if the overspeed intake door was blocked open.


27 posted on 02/18/2009 7:22:09 PM PST by Old Professer (The critic writes with rapier pen, dips it twice, then writes again.)
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