tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post7205192083452478876..comments2024-03-28T09:43:20.058-05:00Comments on Bayou Renaissance Man: Mad dogs and Englishmen - with pulse jets!Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-28534341444054376002013-06-19T23:04:42.065-05:002013-06-19T23:04:42.065-05:00Hi ya'll!!,
Google search "Dynajet pulse ...Hi ya'll!!,<br />Google search "Dynajet pulse jet" and "Hootiehoo!!" Back when ya' could get a Dynajet "red head" mail order out of any model airplane magazine for $35 + postage!! The engine was advertized as being able to generate 4.5 lb. of thrust!! They're still around!!<br />Lets go Flyin'!!<br /><br />BSBD,<br />III%,<br />skybill-outskybillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11801792487942711361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-48579192497402293592013-06-18T09:48:04.816-05:002013-06-18T09:48:04.816-05:00I really don't know what to say, çept for the ...I really don't know what to say, çept for the following.<br /> This bloke, and his team are NUTS, insane, ridiculous, out of the box, and so-on.<br />NASA should sign them up IMMEDIATELY!.<br />They have a 'what is, but..., what if...ïn their psyche.<br />NASA, IS ANYBODY LISTENING?.Stu Garath, Sydney Australianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-86709559300164804052013-06-18T09:14:22.215-05:002013-06-18T09:14:22.215-05:00My Dad was a Balsa flying model enthusiast -free f...My Dad was a Balsa flying model enthusiast -free flight,and U-Control line-[..."the Original Fly-By-Wire"...] Growing up in the 1960s&'70s i'd look through his collections of post WW2 [he was a Vet of same] and 1950s Model Aviation & such magazines-and all advertised small pulse jet engines you could mail order to make your balsa plane 'jet powered'.He too commented on the heat vs Balsa build issues. I'd guess it would be interesting to an R/C Buzz-drone- from- home idea.Or not.Ed-Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16727359733185669482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-6288938195876137072013-06-18T08:39:29.334-05:002013-06-18T08:39:29.334-05:00When running stationary, the u-bend portion of the...When running stationary, the u-bend portion of the engine quickly becomes red-orange hot. Placing the propane fuel tank in the u-bend strikes me as a possible design flaw. Also running the engine tubes on either side of a rubber tire that probably won't work well much above 200 F.<br /><br />Have the cameraman use a long lens and keep well back from the test.Billllhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13913354887560267235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-73202412096492976792013-06-18T01:37:38.277-05:002013-06-18T01:37:38.277-05:00I read a good (fiction) book about the V-1 buzz bo...I read a good (fiction) book about the V-1 buzz bombs back in the 1980's<br /><br />It's titled: "The 81st Site" and was written by Tony Kenrick.<br /><br />It's available at amazon and other used book sites an is a fun read.<br /><br />Briefly it's about:<br /><br />By the end of World War II, the Nazies had built eighty one brilliantly concealed missle sites from which to launch V1-bombs against London.<br /><br />Eighty sites were discovered and destroyed.<br /><br />Now, more than thirty years after the Fuehrer's defeat, the one surviving site is being triggered for action by a team of Hitlers most fervent supporters -- men who refuse to admit defeat.<br /><br />This time they need just one V1-bomb -- for this time they have an atomic warhead. And this time they will win.<br /><br />(Of course there's an American hero who saves the Brit's bacon once again).Toejamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10848591976270307402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-35024088790830724372013-06-17T19:10:37.817-05:002013-06-17T19:10:37.817-05:00I've seen pictures of a pulse jet powered shop...I've seen pictures of a pulse jet powered shopping cart with a guy riding in it. Definitely a Darwin Award wannabe.The Great and Powerful Ozhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01379953300283048280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-391608426279131852013-06-17T19:03:31.339-05:002013-06-17T19:03:31.339-05:00Yep, NUTS! :-)Yep, NUTS! :-)Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-12015850629197329832013-06-17T15:19:23.083-05:002013-06-17T15:19:23.083-05:00And he wears a tie while doing it. How English.And he wears a tie while doing it. How English.Murphy's Lawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17164780742334950772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-75478016458309059362013-06-17T14:59:04.099-05:002013-06-17T14:59:04.099-05:00Meanwhile, in other news, several local elderly pe...Meanwhile, in other news, several local elderly pensioners were admitted to area hospitals after suffering flash-back related heart issues...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com