Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder2.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Bill Sloman Newsgroups: sci.electronics.design Subject: Re: The Venerable 741 Date: Fri, 8 Nov 2024 12:52:22 +1100 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 22 Message-ID: References: <3refijt75rq65i54haujbpvgin9n4o0n0v@4ax.com> <1r2hvdy.1kbrtmktimep8N%liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid> <59okijl1mbiq4caq41lvhuioog4l83pt3e@4ax.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Fri, 08 Nov 2024 02:52:34 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="eb7308adc84fb2bd0609f070993ae069"; logging-data="3055501"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19Doj69uOQ7huBaj+KaX22BlRe75BPbed0=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:wd+6WN/KZQ4F2BI3zRep5JJCTeI= X-Antivirus-Status: Clean Content-Language: en-US X-Antivirus: Norton (VPS 241107-8, 8/11/2024), Outbound message In-Reply-To: Bytes: 2146 On 8/11/2024 4:07 am, Michael Schwingen wrote: > On 2024-11-06, Bill Sloman 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/ Hideously expensive, as you'd expect. I'm amazed that there's a hobby market for them, though it could be a spin-off from the drone business. -- Bill Sloman, Sydney