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On Wed, 09 Nov 2011 10:29:07 -0500, PeterN
<> wrote:

>On 11/8/2011 11:36 PM, John A. wrote:
>> On Tue, 08 Nov 2011 22:13:45 -0500, PeterN
>> <> wrote:
>>
>
><snip>>>>>
>
>>>
>>> Powered by what?
>>
>> Whataver's handy and appropriate to the job at hand, I suppose. Hand
>> crank, electric motor, water wheel, whatever.
>>
>> How are Gatlings powered these days? I seem to recall their being
>> mounted in some jet fighters, and I doubt they have a crewman tucked
>> in there turning a crank.
>
>
>IIRC Gatling guns are turned by a crank that sets the chamber and a
>spring releases the firing pin. The power of a bayonet on such a gun,
>would have to come from a thrusting motion, powered by humans.
>
>Now can you imagine a bayonet on an aircraft mounted Gatling?

"Switch on the afterburners. Ramming speed!!!"

Hmmm... maybe for a kamikaze.

Heh... now I'm picturing landing gear with blades on the wheel hubs
like in various movie chariot races and in Grease.

On 11/9/2011 11:12 AM, John A. wrote:
> On Wed, 09 Nov 2011 10:29:07 -0500, PeterN
> <> wrote:
>
>> On 11/8/2011 11:36 PM, John A. wrote:
>>> On Tue, 08 Nov 2011 22:13:45 -0500, PeterN
>>> <> wrote:
>>>
>>
>> <snip>>>>>
>>
>>>>
>>>> Powered by what?
>>>
>>> Whataver's handy and appropriate to the job at hand, I suppose. Hand
>>> crank, electric motor, water wheel, whatever.
>>>
>>> How are Gatlings powered these days? I seem to recall their being
>>> mounted in some jet fighters, and I doubt they have a crewman tucked
>>> in there turning a crank.
>>
>>
>> IIRC Gatling guns are turned by a crank that sets the chamber and a
>> spring releases the firing pin. The power of a bayonet on such a gun,
>> would have to come from a thrusting motion, powered by humans.
>>
>> Now can you imagine a bayonet on an aircraft mounted Gatling?
>
> "Switch on the afterburners. Ramming speed!!!"
>
> Hmmm... maybe for a kamikaze.
>
> Heh... now I'm picturing landing gear with blades on the wheel hubs
> like in various movie chariot races and in Grease.


That was an exciting scene. I only saw it in Ber-Hur.

--
Peter

On Wed, 09 Nov 2011 15:01:09 -0500, PeterN
<> wrote:

>On 11/9/2011 11:12 AM, John A. wrote:
>> On Wed, 09 Nov 2011 10:29:07 -0500, PeterN
>> <> wrote:
>>
>>> On 11/8/2011 11:36 PM, John A. wrote:
>>>> On Tue, 08 Nov 2011 22:13:45 -0500, PeterN
>>>> <> wrote:
>>>>
>>>
>>> <snip>>>>>
>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Powered by what?
>>>>
>>>> Whataver's handy and appropriate to the job at hand, I suppose. Hand
>>>> crank, electric motor, water wheel, whatever.
>>>>
>>>> How are Gatlings powered these days? I seem to recall their being
>>>> mounted in some jet fighters, and I doubt they have a crewman tucked
>>>> in there turning a crank.
>>>
>>>
>>> IIRC Gatling guns are turned by a crank that sets the chamber and a
>>> spring releases the firing pin. The power of a bayonet on such a gun,
>>> would have to come from a thrusting motion, powered by humans.
>>>
>>> Now can you imagine a bayonet on an aircraft mounted Gatling?
>>
>> "Switch on the afterburners. Ramming speed!!!"
>>
>> Hmmm... maybe for a kamikaze.
>>
>> Heh... now I'm picturing landing gear with blades on the wheel hubs
>> like in various movie chariot races and in Grease.
>
>
>That was an exciting scene. I only saw it in Ber-Hur.

I'm pretty sure the use of it in Grease was in reference to Ben-Hur.

There was a variation of it in Gladiator. Those weren't races in that
movie, admittedly.

I'd be surprised if there wasn't something on the TV Tropes site about
them. Ah, here we are:
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SpikedWheels