Quite impressive:
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11 years ago
Quite impressive:
Reminded me of the little steam engine in the book "Trustee from the Toolroom".
Odd. No ignition.
And the camshafts were 1:1 takeoff so its a 2 stroke?
My guess is it runs off compressed air or something.
That was a petrol engine and dynamo
It does - says as much in the comments...
So it was...memory failing!
one of my all time favourite Neville Shutes...
I think it was the first one I ever read. I enjoyed his autobiography too.
He scores,
and suddenly it's Euro 2012 or whatever its called
All that work and it runs off compressed air? IMHO that is not really that much of a an achievement compared to the small scale Rolls Royce Merlins and Bentley BR2's that were built in the 1980's that actually ran under their own power and in the case of the Bentley even 'fly'
In article , The Other Mike writes
A few too many anoraks around the actual flight but impressive nonetheless, a very smooth flight.
1220 hours. Every afternoon for a year?
Andy
Not really the same thing is it, Mongo
maybe this reciprocating device is more your style
[snip]
Gosh you mean all those Airfix models that I built had functional jet engines and avionics? The wind tunnel models that I used to use were also fully functional? Or perhaps you talk ignorant crap? The latter, clearly.
So not "fake" as you alleged.
harry wrote: [snip]
[Model aircraft]
Astonishing. Whenever you get a chance you can't wait to demonstrate your absolute pig-ignorance. A flying scale model cannot be a true model of an aircraft. The Reynolds number is not the same for the full sized aircraft and the scale model, hence model control surfaces and wing dimensions cannot be an accurate scale representation if they are the model cannot fly.
Perhaps you should try to talk about something that you understand. Is there any subject that you do understand?
Yes, and haven't you ever been to a planetarium and seen a model of the solar system, complete with a tiny - but fully functional - Earth? If you look really closely, it's just possible to make out a miniature harry, talking out of his arse again.
Kill harry and we could cure the hole in the ozone layer and global warming in one; given the volume of toxic emissions that spew from his arse when he speaks.
We all know that you live on a different planet harry, but thats just not true
So does a model aircraft have to have a fully working armament system - a spitfire having operational browning machine guns for example or a model passenger plane have miniature stewardesses serving miniature meals and alcoholic beverages to the miniature passengers ... and ... would the alcoholic content of the drinks be scaled down as well?
first dictionary definition I cam across on google
"1. a standard or example for imitation or comparison.
nowhere does it make any claim of functionality
Rather rules you out then, doesn't it
Actually I expect their orbits to look like Spirograph. Lots of scribbling around in a confused mess of going nowhere, slipping a cog from time to time.
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