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As in " The full centrifical governed speed on a watts style steam engine " No I dont, just nitpicking :blink:

I've always known it as a pilot's term for full throttle, since both throttle handles had balls at the top. Moving them forward all the way to increase speed meant the "balls" were closest to the firewall. ;)

Anyway too bad these are shopped, it would have been neat to do the Roswell kit. There's probably something like that out already but I've never looked lol.

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I've always known it as a pilot's term for full throttle, since both throttle handles had balls at the top. Moving them forward all the way to increase speed meant the "balls" were closest to the firewall. ;)

Wouldnt that be " balls to the wall' :o ? Anyway, its another term for "full steam" anyway you put it....just nitpicking again :huh:

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Anyway too bad these are shopped, it would have been neat to do the Roswell kit. There's probably something like that out already but I've never looked lol.

Copyright issues might take a while... ;)

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There's more than one term for the same or similar definitions......... "Balls to the wall" and "Balls out" are pretty much the same thing. Same goes for "straight out" or "full brass" , both different sayings for the same thing (basically full throttle or to accelerate).

Anyway...... 30 seconds on ebay and I find these lol:

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Wouldnt that be " balls to the wall' :o ? Anyway, its another term for "full steam" anyway you put it....just nitpicking again :huh:

..I just thought it was a term for turning a corner really fast :lol:

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Wouldnt that be " balls to the wall' :o ? Anyway, its another term for "full steam" anyway you put it....just nitpicking again :huh:

Balls to the wall man....sorry, just reminded me of the german metal band...Accept!! LOL!!!

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