# Puffer being stolen caught on security camera **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [October 26, 2020, 5:47pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/puffer-being-stolen-caught-on-security-camera/171601 "2020-10-26T17:47:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Barkydog](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/barkydog/32/2470_2.png) [@Barkydog](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Barkydog)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2020, 7:00am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/puffer-being-stolen-caught-on-security-camera/171601/41 "2020-10-29T07:00:17Z")
I had a friend with a 72 6 cyl duster, he came back bragging he blew off a 340 duster, us chevy guys were like only plymouth could make a 340 that could get blown off by a 6 cyl ---
**Author:** ![MikeInNH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@MikeInNH](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MikeInNH)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2020, 1:46pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/puffer-being-stolen-caught-on-security-camera/171601/42 "2020-10-29T13:46:05Z")
> [@Robert-Gift](#): > > Tires are rated at 50 psi Max. Tire company inflated to 48 psi. (Theyvill not inflate over maximum on the tire sidewall.) AND THAT IS DANGEROUS…Do yourself (and everyone on the road with you) and learn. The MAX pressure is just that MAX. It’ll also give a weight per tire. You haven’t a clue what you’re talking about. > [@Robert-Gift](#): > > Said Letsuck recommends 35 psi for greater comfort, not greater footprint. 35 may be a little low for optimal footprint. But at 48psi the footprint will be almost non-existent. Th is can actually be calculated with a little 7th grade math. ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2020, 2:24pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/puffer-being-stolen-caught-on-security-camera/171601/43 "2020-10-29T14:24:53Z")
> [@Barkydog](#): > > I had a friend with a 72 6 cyl duster, he came back bragging he blew off a 340 duster, Simple - either he lied, or the 340 was running on 4 cylinders. I had a '72 Duster 6, sloooooow. ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2020, 2:26pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/puffer-being-stolen-caught-on-security-camera/171601/44 "2020-10-29T14:26:58Z")
> [@Barkydog](#): > > But will it fly? Actually, yes, it will (much of the lift comes from the body): ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/b/1/b16945791186e285dc8f6abe4daec055643c74c7.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2020, 3:04pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/puffer-being-stolen-caught-on-security-camera/171601/45 "2020-10-29T15:04:26Z")
> [@texases](#): > > either he lied… Yup! More then likely, the person with the allegedly “fast” 6-cylinder Duster became either a used car salesman or a politician. ---
**Author:** ![B.L.E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/848f3c/32.png) [@B.L.E](https://community.cartalk.com/u/B.L.E)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2020, 10:23pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/puffer-being-stolen-caught-on-security-camera/171601/46 "2020-10-29T22:23:43Z")
Don’t discount the possibility that the guy driving the 340 Duster wasn’t racing him. ---
**Author:** ![B.L.E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/848f3c/32.png) [@B.L.E](https://community.cartalk.com/u/B.L.E)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2020, 10:36pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/puffer-being-stolen-caught-on-security-camera/171601/47 "2020-10-29T22:36:20Z")
> [@bing](#): > > OK, kinda matter of semantics but the air foil on a wing is longer on the upper part and lower on the bottom. The air going over the top has to increase in speed compared to the air under the wing which goes slower to meet the air on the back of the wing, creating a vacuum. It’s been 50 years since ground school though so that will have to do. Incidentally, it isn’t the weight from ice that causes the problem but the change in the air foil with ice on the wing, at least as I was taught. I don’t like flying though or tornados. I was flying my radio control model of a Piper J3 Cub and a spectator walked up to me and asked about that airplane. I carefully explained that because the airfoil on this plane was flat on the bottom and rounded on the top, it was impossible to fly it upside down, even as the plane I was flying was contradicting everything I just said by making an upside down pass over the runway. He got the joke and laughed out loud. ---
**Author:** ![TwinTurbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8baadc/32.png) [@TwinTurbo](https://community.cartalk.com/u/TwinTurbo)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2020, 1:24pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/puffer-being-stolen-caught-on-security-camera/171601/48 "2020-10-30T13:24:54Z")
Used to be in the RC scene pretty heavily and so was one of my brothers. After painstakingly building a P51 replica and on its maiden flight crashing it into a lone rock in the middle of a large open field, my other brother said dryly- I can see why you like this hobby. Your post reminded me of a funny old saying we had- with enough power, even a two by four can fly… ---
**Author:** ![B.L.E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/848f3c/32.png) [@B.L.E](https://community.cartalk.com/u/B.L.E)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2020, 8:52pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/puffer-being-stolen-caught-on-security-camera/171601/49 "2020-10-31T20:52:03Z")
> [@TwinTurbo](#): > > Your post reminded me of a funny old saying we had- with enough power, even a two by four can fly… That plane flew surprisingly well inverted and surprisingly to me, required very little trim change while inverted. Cambered wings have what’s called a “pitching moment” and a wing with a positive pitching moment while upright has a negative pitching moment when inverted and that may have offset the normal trim change needed when flying inverted. Moving the center of gravity rearwards also minimizes the trim change during inverted flying. Go past a critical point and suddenly there’s no such thing as trim or stability. Nose heavy planes fly badly but tail heavy planes only fly once and it’s one wild rodeo from takeoff to the crash. ---
**Author:** ![ptesterman\_156278](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9de0a6/32.png) [@ptesterman\_156278](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ptesterman_156278)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2020, 9:38pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/puffer-being-stolen-caught-on-security-camera/171601/50 "2020-10-31T21:38:13Z")
> [@oldtimer-11](#): > > The car warms up before you lose the body heat You must not live in MN. If you don’t have a garage it can easily take 10-15 min for a car to warm up. In addition to freezing your buns off, your breath condenses and frosts up the windshield creating a potentially dangerous situation. ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2020, 9:42pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/puffer-being-stolen-caught-on-security-camera/171601/51 "2020-10-31T21:42:21Z")
> [@ptesterman\_156278](#): > > In addition to freezing your buns off… Have you considered buying a car with heated seats? I think that they are a great solution to winter temperature conditions. ---
**Author:** ![sheridanpaul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@sheridanpaul](https://community.cartalk.com/u/sheridanpaul)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2020, 11:20pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/puffer-being-stolen-caught-on-security-camera/171601/52 "2020-10-31T23:20:41Z")
Had a grandfather-in-law (who I never met), that was so cheap… How cheap did you ask? So cheap that he would run an oil heater under the car in the barn rather than pay the price of that new-fangled stuff, antifreeze. Of course that also burned down the barn, the house, and all his and wife’s art works. Priorities? He left the family a good inheritance decades later, but I wonder what quality of life people have for themselves worrying about every last penny. Cannot take it with you! ---
**Author:** ![Robert-Gift](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/robert-gift/32/356_2.png) [@Robert-Gift](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Robert-Gift)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2020, 12:24am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/puffer-being-stolen-caught-on-security-camera/171601/53 "2020-11-01T00:24:19Z")
Did he not realize the water could freeze in the radiator while driving? _I’m so cheap that I tailgate someone using their windshield washer so the washer fluid spray will get on my windshield._ ---
**Author:** ![oldtimer-11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e79b87/32.png) [@oldtimer-11](https://community.cartalk.com/u/oldtimer-11)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2020, 3:09am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/puffer-being-stolen-caught-on-security-camera/171601/54 "2020-11-01T03:09:12Z")
Your car warms up faster if you are driving it and you leave a window open some and exhale through your nose to keep the windshield from fogging. I do realize that some people are less tolerant of cold than others. I can’t tolerate heat much myself. When it gets up to 80, I’m like an old dog, I just want to lie under the porch. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_K1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/steve_k1/32/39535_2.png) [@Steve\_K1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Steve_K1)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2020, 11:38am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/puffer-being-stolen-caught-on-security-camera/171601/55 "2020-11-01T11:38:59Z")
> [@oldtimer-11](#): > > The only was to keep the windshield clear was to turn off the heat 'let the windshield freeze on the inside, scrape it clear and crack a window on the side opposite the wind. Winter nighttime temps were usually -25F or below. The coldest I was in was -43F. Thanks for reminding me to stop whining when it’s 100+ in our San Antonio summers, as our winters are usually frost-free. ---
**Author:** ![B.L.E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/848f3c/32.png) [@B.L.E](https://community.cartalk.com/u/B.L.E)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2020, 11:57am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/puffer-being-stolen-caught-on-security-camera/171601/56 "2020-11-01T11:57:50Z")
Dang, it’s 49 degrees right now at Lake Travis. **FORTY NINE DEGREES!!**. I’m going to have to put on my long johns and find my parka. I did experience -25 temperatures once in Red River NM. The snow squeaks when you step on it and if you have to pee, it smokes like liquid nitrogen on its way to the ground. ---
**Author:** ![Marnet](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/marnet/32/41_2.png) [@Marnet](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Marnet)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2020, 7:17pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/puffer-being-stolen-caught-on-security-camera/171601/57 "2020-11-01T19:17:50Z")
My grandfather claimed that one winter it got so cold the kersosene lamp flame froze and the only way to blow out the light was to break off the flame and toss it outside in the snow. 😁 He also claimed the only way to see driving up a steep hill in a Model T at night was to strike a match to find the magneto powered headlamps. 🤣 ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2020, 8:12pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/puffer-being-stolen-caught-on-security-camera/171601/58 "2020-11-01T20:12:31Z")
> [@B.L.E](#): > > I did experience -25 temperatures once in Red River NM. I remember one morning on my 50 mile commute with my diesel. It was about 5:00 and no one else on the road and wondering if my dang diesel would gel up at -25. [Previous page](https://community.cartalk.com/t/puffer-being-stolen-caught-on-security-camera/171601.md?page=2)