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Old 04-06-2006 | 10:25 PM
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pdmarsh
 
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I'm still waiting for MIT to announce that they got this one to run. The whole package is about the size of a dime. The spool runs at 1.4 million rpm. Thrust to weight ratio is supposed to be around 100:1. As far as I know, they're still working on it.

Paul
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