This is a coincidence, I too saw such a thing about a week ago on the I-65
freeway on my way to the Birmingham airport.  Thing is, though, it didn't spin
at a constant high rate like you might expect it would.  Apparently the air
turbulence kept it from attaining the usual 80 mile an hour wind speed of
freeway traffic.  I too also thought of it being potentially amphibious, until I
realized the prop size to vehicle size ratio.

  ;-)

Bob

"Ken" <tyl### [at] pacbellnet> wrote in message
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| Alan Kong wrote:
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| > On Sun, 13 Feb 2000 09:10:14 -0800 Ken <tyl### [at] pacbellnet> wrote:
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| > >AMazing idea, Alan.
| >
| >   Gosh, thanks, Ken. By the way, I saw a Chevy Blazer last week that was
| > sporting a little propeller where a trailer hitch might be. The
| > propeller was spinning when the Blazer got up to highway speed. I was
| > mighty impressed at this amayonnaising amphibibious vehicle <s>.
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| Amphibibious ? :)
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| Maybe the owner thinks that the prop will help achieve Blazing speed on
| land as well...
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