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Originally Posted by Laneco

Okay, I understand how and why this works, but something concerns me here...

Don't turbos spin at a horrendous speed? Doesn't that require a pretty balanced assembly? Obviously this is small, so maybe it's not so crucial, but I would still be pretty concerned about high speed disintegration.

Is that the case or am I off-track (wouldn't be the first time...).
angela

Yeah, my post was very sarcastic. It's a bad thing and even a tiny out of balance is a huge deal at 50k rpm.

I'm not 100% sure if this is a joke or not, but I'd love to see the aftermath. I suspect this thing will either just sieze or grenade in a spectacular fashion sooner or later (probably much, much sooner.