Re: The Venerable 741

On 2024-11-06, Bill Sloman <bill.sloman@ieee.org> wrote:

Back when I was interested in model aircraft as a kid there were model
jet engines, but they were pulse jets, of the sort used to power the V1
missiles at the end of WW2.

Real model jet turbines are available for some time now - some in quite
small form factor.  I talked to one guy at a flight show who had one of
these in a small EPP foam model converted as a jet trainer:

https://lambert-modellturbinen-onlineshop.de/

Going a bit larger, it is quite amazing what a good pilot can do:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EakeG2h-Hws

And then theres the "insane" class of RC models:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ee-QvEeKuck
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQctVuPWcMc

cu
Michael
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