Simon Chambers Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 I've always thought playing around with something similar like this on the bench - but never had the time. I reckoned that you could do a small proof of concept with a refillable cigarette lighter and then do a bigger one with a combustible fuel, mini-fuel pump and a brass pipe with very small holes to atomise the fuel. No idea if its actually legal to fly such a model in the UK though...! It can't be that much more dangerous to do than a real jet turbine. I personally think they could have chosen a better model though - i.e. one without a tail boom! Si. Edited By Simon Chambers on 21/03/2013 17:33:14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Concorde Speedbird Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 Says on their website it added 15% thrust. 4 of those on a Concorde please! CS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tangental Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 I hope this young mans efforts are recognised and developed. I'm sure if turbines can be allowed in unmanned models it won't be long before we see a system like this being commercially available. Simons V1 would be an excellent candidate. Edited By Tangental on 21/03/2013 18:25:07 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NigelH Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 He's the same guy who recently dropped a Funjet from a baloon on the edge of space. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NigelH Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 BTW, great episode. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lima Hotel Foxtrot Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 Looks great, sounds amazing. This is utterly brilliant. Although, I don't think stun guns are legal in this country... But maybe a glow plug or similar? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Chambers Posted March 21, 2013 Author Share Posted March 21, 2013 Stun guns are illegal, but the electronic circuit (flyback transformer) that produces the high voltage isn't! You'll find a bigger version of the stun gun electronics in CRT tvs. It wouldn't be overly hard to design and build a equivalent circuit to get around it here. I guess he used a stun gun as it was off the shelf and worked. Si. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill_B Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 Waiting for the fun police to turn up......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Mackey Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 Surely all thats needed is a spark to ignite the fuel - in which case a piezo type igniter should surely work? Did look and sound cool, but Im sure the novelty would soon wear off...and the paint and skin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Concorde Speedbird Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 Posted by Tim Mackey on 21/03/2013 20:17:11: Did look and sound cool, but Im sure the novelty would soon wear off...and the paint and skin Adds some thrust too (15% for his one) which could be useful. And it is just brilliant! CS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Channon Posted March 30, 2013 Share Posted March 30, 2013 Brilliant !! and they seem like nice all round guys, good luck to them. Regards Chris. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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