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Ok Turbine mounted!
http://i893.photobucket.com/albums/a...720_221958.jpg
good luck trying to hear any kind of instrument playing when this bad boy is running!
http://i893.photobucket.com/albums/a...720_221946.jpg
here it is running on Diesel !
that number you see that says 158 thats thousand RPM hehehe
http://youtu.be/uOiXoT7erbc?list=UU4...Mgg5zGis5FPVTw
and the shutdown with diesel
http://youtu.be/zYlGAM2jQ6A
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Wicked! Where can you fly something like this around here dude? I assume launching it off the road outside your house would be frowned upon somewhat.
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very impressive Haydn, blown away that turbine spins at 158,000 RPM ! I was waiting for the workbench it was mounted on to start moving !
I'll look after the pizza and beers for Haydn in the naughty room Jarrod/DB
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Seriously cool toy 8-)
I take it that the turbine carries it aloft at a huge rate of knots, then you power down/run out of fuel and the rest is silent controlled gliding?
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Yea thats what some blokes do with theirs ..but this one is for doing this with...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-OLnjLUNhs
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Fly, it certainly does.
Spectacular thanks for posting it up
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Thanx..decided to fit a bigger turbine to it a 29hp or 20kw output 360ml/min fuel guzzle 3l on board and 13.5kgs dry weight,
had it pass its jet inspection 1st go so very happy with the build ...now to fly..here is the onboard footage of same flight...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2g_y...Mgg5zGis5FPVTw
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Almost makes me want to get back into the jets..