dave windymiller
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I turned up at the field with my MFA golden eagle, a biplane, my first model after a 10 year gap. Realising I had left the metal upper wing supports at home, I eyed up the half assembled monoplane on the floor and decided it looked like it should fly. The ailerons were only on the bottom wings so no probs there. It was a bit nose heavy and took the entire runway to land but it flew a treat!! Those wings did look a bit flimsy without support from the other wing but it survived.
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Turned up at the field with a warlord control line combat model but I was the only one there. Desperate to fly but having no one to launch for me I hit upon the idea of using a pole pushed into the ground at the mid point of the lines. Wrapping the lines around the pole I would then launch with my right hand and hold the handle in the left. The plane flew away from me and 1/2 a lap later, its flying normally. Rule 1...all I had to do was remember to keep the lines higher than the top of the pole once flying normally. When you forget Rule 1, the lines hit the pole and .....guess where its heading!!! It takes a good 1/4 of a lap to realise whats happening and 1/4 of a lap to dive for your life!! For subsequent efforts I moved over to the pole after take off. Cheers Windy
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Rebuilding it for a friend. It was his dads
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105,000 rpm 20lb thrust. Took 9 years to build. Ok so im a slow builder
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My brauner pulsejet could be started using a blowlamp at the exhaust (not on it, that took too long). During a start a few puffs of air resulted in fuel at the exhaust which burnt like a lazy candle. As the fuel runs out, the flame would suddenly run back into the pipe with a wwwwump. If you timed it right, the next puff of air set it off. I also used a spark plug from an old petrol model engine. I drove it with an electronic ignition kit from a car shop (less popular these days) and it was driven by a 555timer set to 350hz. I used to push the button to set the sparks going but got lazy and put the 12v battery on the button. This was fine until you reached for the plug clip (forgetting to remove the battery off the button!!!). Its polished up as an ornament now that ive built a turbine
