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Patented or Homemade? *LINK*

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Patented or Homemade? *LINK*

David Miller from Iowa

>Check this one out. I admire the maker's diligence, but what a brute.


Rube Goldberg Plow Plane

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#2

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Todd O. Cronkhite Native of Maine

>I think it's homemade. Very nicely done actually. Overbuilt/engineered? Yup. Nuclear-blast proof? Yup. Work good? Yup, bet it does. I like it. Looks like something I'd do if I was making one. Ug! ug! ug!

Todd O.

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Dale Stansbery

>Looks like the rarest of the 45's, an infill type.

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William R. Duffield on the Cohansey

>The mindset of someone who thinks they "need" one of those is similar to those who "need" a Hummer to run down to the 7-11 to get a couple of cans of cat food.

It sure looks like it would be brutal on the hands.

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Chad Boehlke

>Its a rare "Star Trek" tool used by Scotty to get the ship out of harms way. In an odd way I like it. The SUV of planes. Chad in Nebraska

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It the rare prototype plane by...

Scott Burr in Ben Lomond CA

>Sherman tamk company. They we're investigating new opportunity areas after the war.

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Ernie Miller Topeka

>Still about half the weight of a #8 I think. That's one ugly plane. None of that fancy fillagree stuff like on a 43.

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