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I just got a new battery-powered air duster that says "TURBO FAN" on the side. It's about 100,000 horsepower short of an actual turbo fan, but it's a good duster and I enjoy the enthusiasm.

There are some RC aircraft turbofans available, very loud and fuel hungry but not quite 100,000 HP over your air duster.

Oh interesting. I've only seen turbojet and turboprop variants (with a single stage centrifugal compressor) for sale.

https://www.chiefaircraft.com/radio-control/turbine-gas-glow...

wild

If this is a joke about GE's appliances -- that version of GE is long in the past. GE has pretty much been dismantled and is just an aerospace company at this point.

What was once GE Appliances was sold to Haier 8 years ago.

I thought it was a joke about how noisy hotel HVAC is (at least in cheaper hotels)

Sounds like I’m on an aircraft carrier.

I heard a rumour that you can find repurposed project Orion technology in 2-star motel ACs