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To: 2ndDivisionVet

There are those who think people are conspiracy theorists on Benghazi, even when FACTS AND TESTIMONY backs them up.

And what purpose does it serve to have an ejecting engine? Not sure what the design in that is for. Maybe some Freepers can help me?


4 posted on 06/21/2013 12:42:42 PM PDT by autumnraine (America how long will you be so deaf and dumb to thoe tumbril wheels carrying you to the guillotine?)
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To: autumnraine

Energy dispersion. The mass of the engine is great. Remove it form the car and you reduce the force of the impact significantly. Good thing unless you are a passerby and the engine hits you. F-ma


7 posted on 06/21/2013 12:54:13 PM PDT by mad_as_he$$
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To: autumnraine

I would guess that the heavy engine block thrusting into the passenger cabin is one of the most lethal aspects of a head-on collision. Ejecting it might make crumple zones more effective.


17 posted on 06/21/2013 1:24:50 PM PDT by wideawake
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To: autumnraine

That caught my eye too. “Ejected” in which direction? To the left or the right sounds like a huge liability lawsuit waiting to happen. Up sounds like something from Wile E. Coyote’s blueprints that sounds like it will rarely turn out well. Forward sounds like you’re making a bad situation worse — what kind of force is being used, and where does the reactive force go?


26 posted on 06/21/2013 1:59:30 PM PDT by jiggyboy (Ten percent of poll respondents are either lying or insane)
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