It´s all about weight. It´s now about 5,6 kg (without fuel). After further weight reduction I hope to reach a total of 6 but not more than 6,3 kg. The engine provides 14,4kg of thrust at approx. 130.000rpm but is loosing about 45% of it passing the tubes.
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@ Neil,
+1 . " Curved" is what my Noob brain says too?
@ Julius,
Nice piece of machine there
noob Question,
Do the tubes turn/ change the direction of exhaust using some hidden servo there or they are fixed like that?
Are those wing like aluminum support on both sides hollow with hot air directed/ducted at tips? I see the alu hot air Box/reservoir in the center with 4 nozzles attached to these but can't see if the wings too are boxed? If No then why those wings? Are these just skeleton supports for wings?
The engine provides 14kg thrust, The tubing cost around 45-55% of power :(. I hope to reduce the loss by bypassing cold air with injectors and come below 40% loss. Unfortunately, no CAD modelling available as the general disign had to be changed many times to reach current rates. The ground runs shows true power at around 6-7kg so there is still a lot to do for me:)
Wonder how much thrust you would gain with mandril bent tubing.
Do you have a CAD model or some basic sizes,?
Is this meant to be Harrier jump jet like stuff?! Very interesting to see it work.
Wow heat, that is neat any idea of the flight time?
I'm sure if you get them a full fire suit and hand them a fire extinguisher they will be much more comfortable with filming for you.
Speaking of Binford, episode of Tool Time with jet auxillary power unit powered lawn tractor comes to mind.
As nobody accepts to assist my previous starts (don´t ask me why) I was too busy to avoid the rig from blowing so unfortunately no usable video clips available. it´s now a question of weeks to provide one!
AHAHA so freaking cool! video plz!
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