Skyhawk pneumatic system profiled in trade magazine

73,000 lbs. That's pretty impressive. It's pretty cool to see the actual specs on something like this. It's a pretty simple system, but I wonder what makes them say "hey, this seems like a good idea", and then start working on it.

*** This post was edited by Raven-Phile 7/24/2006 12:21:14 PM ***

^Good Brain-Storming and a lot of beer. :)I think it's more like: Hey, let's try this and see if we can make it work.
*** This post was edited by FLYINGSCOOTER 7/24/2006 1:23:33 PM ***

That's pretty much the way Stan Checketts does things.

Call me a nerd, but in the photo caption it says 73K lbs of torque. Isn't torque in ft*lbs??

Yeah, I was thinking that too. The article says thrust, but the caption says torque. Does 73K ft*lbs seem excessive to you? ;)