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FLU farm, you have a clearly promising future in politics. Impressive!

Simple solution to that problem, FLU farm, is to sit on the bike backwards. Did you ever give that a try?

I think the expression commonly used in situations like this is: - OMG

I get it, the old "soap-on -a-rope" idea, hanging right off the air-intake: - Something real simple and elegant about that solution (painted O.D., of course). AND it would make a real conversation-starter, like "Hey, Bud; What's THAT all about!?" :-)

That's great way to describe the resulting total destruction. Great overall summary and explanation, Matt. Thanks for the education!

The impression from other stories is that any runaway transitions almost immediately to self-destruct RPM's, but your story is the first I heard that suggests there is some time to catch it all before it gets critical. That's good to know.

I was not making myself clear, and that's my error. The patent would not be on the blast-gate (which is only one element of the idea), but on the concept of all the elements combined that make up the runaway "choke". The only issue is, how many people in the world are going to rush to buy this...

Simple does not automatically mean an idea cannot be patented: - Patent it. - Market it to the big manufacturers. - Sell them the patent. And spend the rest of your life buying Green Iron! "To Sleep/ Perchance to Dream" - Willy S.

It's simple and brilliant. Hanksdeuce should consider taking out a patent on that idea. And I'm not kidding about that.

Considering the threat to life-and-limb of a runaway, you'd think manufacturers would automatically include some kind of feature like these for the problem; neither one seems complicated or even costly. But...this isn't anything like a perfect world though, is it!?

If you want to get your blood pressure up, I bet a runaway engine is a great way to start. :naner: