St. Phatty
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i have a handy dandy $90 fujitsu.
there's probably some waaay more powerful ones.
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If you have enough Leaf-Blowers, can you make a Ghetto Jet Engine ?
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i have a handy dandy $90 fujitsu.
there's probably some waaay more powerful ones.
Watching those test rigs shudder and jump up rings the bell for me.
I look at how easily this sort of thing is done today, and am left
amazed.
1944 V-1 Flying Bomb Technical film
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffjdgVU_RMQ
1944 V-1 Flying Bomb Technical film p2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXWSQ4clh7k
1944 V-1 Flying Bomb Technical film p3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQccOvNG_ZY\
1944 V-1 Flying Bomb Technical film p4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XiRkk4zYtU
1944 V-1 Flying Bomb Technical film p5
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfN50qB6h8Q
1944 V-1 Flying Bomb Technical film p6
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kcup3W6uy_E
1944 V-1 Flying Bomb Technical film p7
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVwBMxItjdg
V1 Pulsejet AS 014 Test
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rdwbp6R2qM8
I look at how easily this sort of thing is done today, and am left
amazed.
1944 V-1 Flying Bomb Technical film
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffjdgVU_RMQ
1944 V-1 Flying Bomb Technical film p2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXWSQ4clh7k
1944 V-1 Flying Bomb Technical film p3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQccOvNG_ZY\
1944 V-1 Flying Bomb Technical film p4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XiRkk4zYtU
1944 V-1 Flying Bomb Technical film p5
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfN50qB6h8Q
1944 V-1 Flying Bomb Technical film p6
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kcup3W6uy_E
1944 V-1 Flying Bomb Technical film p7
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVwBMxItjdg
V1 Pulsejet AS 014 Test
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rdwbp6R2qM8
'Boogieman'
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Don't forget to bring an umbrella so you can "parachute" down incase something goes bad...
Build a JET ENGINE using only a DRILL, GRINDER and duck tape (NO WELDING)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InvF9e5kyjo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InvF9e5kyjo
Will a JET ENGINE made from a LOO roll holder WORK?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EorMrpM6q9Qhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EorMrpM6q9Q
Would would work out well with Cindy Laupher's Girl's just want to have fun.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EorMrpM6q9Qhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EorMrpM6q9Q
Would would work out well with Cindy Laupher's Girl's just want to have fun.
Most interesting flying device I ever encountered, was a device developed by the German navy pre WWII. Was a small non powered auto gyro on floats. Designed for one person to sit on, was about the size of a kids sled, and was towed with a line by Uboats. Would ascend to about 300 feet.
Designed as an observation platform.
One is on display in the Air and Space Museum in DC
.
The Focke-Achgelis Fa 330 Bachstelze
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Focke-Achgelis_Fa_330
Designed as an observation platform.
One is on display in the Air and Space Museum in DC
.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Focke-Achgelis_Fa_330
St. Phatty
Active member
the gold standard for do it yourself home flight
"The plane also carried twin counter-rotating pusher propellers connected by bicycle chains to the 12 horsepower motor. The pilot would lie beside the motor on the lower wing. With the pilot and the motor, the new aircraft weighed about 750 pounds."
so how many hp is a leaf blower motor ? 1/4 to 1/3 hp ?
"The plane also carried twin counter-rotating pusher propellers connected by bicycle chains to the 12 horsepower motor. The pilot would lie beside the motor on the lower wing. With the pilot and the motor, the new aircraft weighed about 750 pounds."
so how many hp is a leaf blower motor ? 1/4 to 1/3 hp ?
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Douglas.Curtis
Autistic Diplomat in Training
how long a cord ya gots?
Generally tend do things by and with intent, as opposed to happenstance.
There are exceptions...
St. Phatty
Active member
So, in other words, what would come in really handy
is a downhill grade that runs for about 150 yards
with a 45 degree incline.
With Roller Skates for mini-airplane wheels.
Got to use GRAVITY to generate the initial speed - not leaf-blowers.
Like this guy - but slower -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QR9jZjsvGN4
This is what I got.
It would need a smooth concrete or blacktop surface for that 150 yards, like times when I have done downhill roller skating.
Of course my top speed is only about 35 miles per hour.
I would want about 1000 bales of hay underneath the take-off spot.
It would be more of a Glider.
is a downhill grade that runs for about 150 yards
with a 45 degree incline.
With Roller Skates for mini-airplane wheels.
Got to use GRAVITY to generate the initial speed - not leaf-blowers.
Like this guy - but slower -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QR9jZjsvGN4
This is what I got.
It would need a smooth concrete or blacktop surface for that 150 yards, like times when I have done downhill roller skating.
Of course my top speed is only about 35 miles per hour.
I would want about 1000 bales of hay underneath the take-off spot.
It would be more of a Glider.
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I was wondering what they did if the spotter saw a destroyer, who had spotted the spotter.
Dive dive dive! Dude is sitting there in a floating gyro, while his buddies have high-tailed it.
"If the U-boat captain were forced to abandon it on the surface, the tether would be released and the Fa 330 descend slowly to the water.?"
I can just hear the interrigation now...
"What are you doing in the middle of the ocean floating on this contraption?"
"Uh, it ran out of gas?"
Igor Sikorski was still working on the helicopter then.
Hang glider with a leaf blower for power? Might have a chance. Rogollo wing like a toy I got for Christmas as a kid. I think I wrecked it the first or second time I flew it.
https://www.eliwhitney.org/7/we-test-wing-thing
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It definately was. X-15, space rockets, century jet fighters, and I lived through it.
Too bad for kids these days.
Too bad for kids these days.
St. Phatty
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Pictures of wings etc.
https://warp.povusers.org/grrr/airfoilmyth.html
A flat surface can actually function as a wing that provides lift.
And it can chop your head up if you miscalculate.
Then your headstone might read
Tried to Fly
Quick Way to Die
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https://blackhawkparamotor.com/
http://poweredparaglidingfreetraining.com/
Yes, a flat or nearly flat surface can be used as a wing. They don't work very well at low airspeeds. The F-104 and T-38 are examples.
Flat. Sharp.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_F-104_Starfighter#/media/File:View_of_F-104_Wing.jpg
These two planes are flying at the same speed, but the flat wing on the little F-104 needs a lot of angle to stay at constant altitude, to make enough lift, compared to the big wing on the F-15.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_F-104_Starfighter#/media/File:306705main_EC80-14126_full.jpg
http://poweredparaglidingfreetraining.com/
Yes, a flat or nearly flat surface can be used as a wing. They don't work very well at low airspeeds. The F-104 and T-38 are examples.
Flat. Sharp.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_F-104_Starfighter#/media/File:View_of_F-104_Wing.jpg
These two planes are flying at the same speed, but the flat wing on the little F-104 needs a lot of angle to stay at constant altitude, to make enough lift, compared to the big wing on the F-15.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_F-104_Starfighter#/media/File:306705main_EC80-14126_full.jpg
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St. Phatty
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Those blackhawk paragliders are good models because they are lightweight wings.
I want the wings to be attached to the arms, so the body hangs from the arms, which are holding onto handles in the wing.
I want the wings to be attached to the arms, so the body hangs from the arms, which are holding onto handles in the wing.
Meh, that's already been done, by Hoss Cartright. Just eat enough beans for propulsion, and forget the leaf blowers.
https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0529789/
https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0529789/
