Comments on: Must Fly Page 01-02

By: The Gneech

The Gneech — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 06:07:52 +0000

Thanks! I hope so too.

By: The Gneech

The Gneech — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 06:07:27 +0000

Well, there’s no small amount of “rule of cool” keeping the thing rolling, too.

By: sfreader

sfreader — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 10:20:01 +0000

Night-riding “uni”;
Deer frozen in lamplight! Dodge -
and fender – fail. Ouch!

By: sfreader

sfreader — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 10:18:08 +0000

Night-riding “uni”-
Deer frozen in lamplight! Dodge-
and fender – fail. Ouch!

By: sfreader

sfreader — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 01:49:17 +0000

The “uni” IS a steamcycle. That makes the two hoses fuel & feedwater; must use a flash-tube boiler directly connected to the cylinder (tough & heat-efficient, but a fuel hog). Braking – and reverse! – by flipping steam to the “other” side of the piston (I’m presuming double action, steam pressure pushing the piston both ways alternately; it”s very small, after all) …which would mean top speed the same forward or reverse! I doubt a turbine could withstand the bumps & jolts without turning to shrapnel. Water must circulate around the (stationary) perimeter first, to keep the tire bead from melting… because that hub must be HOTTER than HELL! And HEAVY (a low center of gravity might make it easier to ride, though)…two-point kickstand on the other side. Flashtube systems are very quick to provide usable start-up pressure – particularly if a pilot light keeps boiler and piston both warm. Still, even more “crazy dangerous” than it looks!

By: sfreader

sfreader — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 23:42:03 +0000

Seconded; glad to have you back, followed both previous comics. Hope 2012 goes better!
And snerk: Considering how dogs enjoy cars, it makes sense that an intelligent …well vulpines ARE members of Canidae … would invent something to go fast — and put a windscreen on it that was a bit on the low side!

By: Dragontech

Dragontech — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 23:32:35 +0000

Then here is hoping that this year is so much better for you.

By: The Gneech

The Gneech — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 01:08:01 +0000

It… was a rough year. ^.^’

By: Dragontech

Dragontech — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 01:03:08 +0000

Would it be bad form to say “About time”? I’ve been re-reading Suburban Jungle and NeverNever and seeing that they both ended some time ago, jonesing for new tales.

By: sfreader

sfreader — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 10:54:48 +0000

Maybe he built them himself, for a game of fox & hounds. Tallyho! As for the unicycle, that “cowcatcher” up front is useless (except as a revenge weapon, posthumous variety). Would’ve made more sense to hang a cooling system up there instead (and where IS the cooling system…? If that’s open-cycle steam, he doesn’t have much water tankage…) No gearshift. One wrist must be throttle, the other for countertorque to prevent the rider from simply being thrown radially forward… God help you if you get wheelspin…