Sudden flashback of a 60s TV series about the Florida Everglades in which the guys buzzed around in a boat with a huge fan on the back. What purpose it served and why it was better than an outboard motor (which existed at the time) I cannot tell you.
There’s a video where a guy strapped a very strong leaf blower to his kid’s wagon and jetted his son down the sidewalk while blowing off the leaves. I don’t think he had hearing protection, though.
At least he’s not doing the ridiculous thing that was shown in Barbarella, with a FORWARD facing fan blowing against a sail. That’s the equivalent of trying to pull yourself up by your own bootstraps.
I worked on a Free-Electron Laser project. It needed an “extension cord” over 100 feet long to get power to the top of it. Our engineer ordered a big reel of wire. I pre-tested it in the lab and our equipment did not work. On a hunch, I put my hand on the wire in the huge reel. The wire was warm. I measured the voltage coming out. It was below 90 volts.
He had ordered wire that had too small a diameter for the job and the voltage was no longer high enough to turn on our digital equipment. The resistance of the narrow wire was too high and dissipating the power as heat.
This is why you cannot just string together extension cords indefinitely.
BE THIS GUY 6 months ago
You’re also going to need a bigger fan.
codycab 6 months ago
No you don’t.
cmxx 6 months ago
Just invent elastic ones.
suv2000 6 months ago
Or start closer to the outlet
sirbadger 6 months ago
It’s a shame that you don’t have a Tesla that you can plug it into.
DaveG1960 6 months ago
I’m guessing this before petrol leaf blowers. Or as Calvin would see it. A jet engine…….
proclusstudent 6 months ago
One day Calvin will meat Danae and the world will be annihilated.
snsurone76 6 months ago
Or a gas-powered sled.
Zykoic 6 months ago
The Tesla sled!
orinoco womble 6 months ago
Sudden flashback of a 60s TV series about the Florida Everglades in which the guys buzzed around in a boat with a huge fan on the back. What purpose it served and why it was better than an outboard motor (which existed at the time) I cannot tell you.
cracker65 6 months ago
I commented about extension cords on the snowman suicide comic, and here’s Calvin trying to commit suicide himself.
Count Olaf Premium Member 6 months ago
Early Tesla prototype.
Huckleberry Hiroshima 6 months ago
A LOT more.
SquidGamerGal 6 months ago
Try a battery-operated fan!
jagedlo 6 months ago
When an idea meets reality…
MS72 6 months ago
Rocket sled about to be invented.
uniquename 6 months ago
Or Uncle Fester.
Just-me 6 months ago
Fertile imagination, that or he’s been watching Swamp People or reruns of Gentle Ben.
sandpiper 6 months ago
From small beginnings springs great hope
PlatudimusAtom Premium Member 6 months ago
There’ll be no putting the peddle to the metal on this one.
rshive 6 months ago
The propulsion system clearly needs work.
ladykat 6 months ago
This is doomed to failure.
g04922 6 months ago
EV power didn’t work then, and it is not much better today….
Spaceman Tom 6 months ago
Calvin needs a rocket from the Acme Corporation.
old_geek 6 months ago
Hobbes holding the extension cord while standing in the snow?
Schocking!
Watchdog 6 months ago
Yes, I could really see this as real
Brilliant_Birdie 6 months ago
You may want to opt for solar power.
French Persons Premium Member 6 months ago
Y’all need a bigger fan too..
hagarthehorrible 6 months ago
I think you just need a steeper slope. Never mind that fan and the sarcastic tiger.
Richard S Russell Premium Member 6 months ago
I get a bang out of the fact that Hobbes needs a scarf but nothing else. Is his neck (only) particularly subject to the cold?
Bill The Nuke 6 months ago
There’s a video where a guy strapped a very strong leaf blower to his kid’s wagon and jetted his son down the sidewalk while blowing off the leaves. I don’t think he had hearing protection, though.
Robert4170 6 months ago
At least he’s not doing the ridiculous thing that was shown in Barbarella, with a FORWARD facing fan blowing against a sail. That’s the equivalent of trying to pull yourself up by your own bootstraps.
Otis Rufus Driftwood 6 months ago
Or be closer to the house.
mistercatworks 6 months ago
I worked on a Free-Electron Laser project. It needed an “extension cord” over 100 feet long to get power to the top of it. Our engineer ordered a big reel of wire. I pre-tested it in the lab and our equipment did not work. On a hunch, I put my hand on the wire in the huge reel. The wire was warm. I measured the voltage coming out. It was below 90 volts.
He had ordered wire that had too small a diameter for the job and the voltage was no longer high enough to turn on our digital equipment. The resistance of the narrow wire was too high and dissipating the power as heat.
This is why you cannot just string together extension cords indefinitely.