Gas turbine you mean?
Brian
The Jet Engine
Jul 11, 2016
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I don't think he knows
At first I thought you meant :-
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I built an Airfix model of that once.
Keep meaning to go to Cosford...
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I had a Corgi toy version,
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Remember being annoyed it did not actually fire off the launcher or do anything other than sit there, at least the various Britains guns actually fired something and could be used to annoy the cat. I had two versions of the heavy howitzer, the inherited one fired a spring launched lead shell, the later model had a light weight plastic one which wasn't as much fun.
G.Harman
And another (using the truck exhaust and turbo charger you were talking about [seems to require very little skill but lots of BALLS])
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Ah. TV. Where every Rolls Royce wartime V12 is a Spitfire engine. ;-)
The thing with F1 is the engines are designed for the formula as it exists at that time. Doesn't mean they are the best or easiest way to get the required power output for any given job.
Jaguar V8.
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I though it was a Jag V8?
I don't think the bloodhound lasted very long after being used.
We had a large array of them (212 Squadron) "defending" us at Marham.
Sorry, that should read 242 Squadron. Well, it was 55+ years ago!
Heehee.
I loved putting Airfix together. Never any good at it. Air rifle practice not long after modelling :-)
And for missiles, I loved my fort, plastic soldiers and, a little metal cannons that fired matchsticks.
When he was younger I gave my son a radio controlled tank. Whilst at university studying cybernetics he modified it adding a WiFi camera and the ability to remotely fire plastic BB pellets. It gained him a good report.
Mike
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