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- Sun Apr 10, 2005 8:04 pm
- Forum: Off topic forum
- Topic: American West Coast Pulsejet Meet, April 30
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re: American West Coast Pulsejet Meet, April 30
Chris is Bringing: 2 to 4 medium size lockwoods 1 triangle lockwood 1 smaller lockwood (possibly a baby lockwood...) 2 BBQ size propane cans spark circuits, auto coils, and gel cells various air hoses and starting tips copper tubing, fittings, and other propane delivery gear lots of hose clamps Ear...
- Sun Apr 10, 2005 7:26 pm
- Forum: Off topic forum
- Topic: American West Coast Pulsejet Meet, April 30
- Replies: 271
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Re: re: American West Coast Pulsejet Meet, April 30
I am an earnest believer in equal rights and, while respecting the reds deeply, think that whites should also be given a chance. The problem is cooling them. Ditto for the beer. Has anyone turned his attention to the problem of cooling? After all, pulsejets are hot work. Rest assured that we'll hav...
- Fri Apr 08, 2005 10:32 pm
- Forum: Valveless pulsejet forum
- Topic: Fo Mi Chin Re-work [Version II]
- Replies: 48
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re: Fo Mi Chin Re-work [Version II]
I wonder if it would run on WD-40. Many an hour of my youth was spent igniting things with WD-40. I learned a lot about flame fronts, pressure, etc from those experiments.
And yes, I still have all my fingers and both eyes...
And yes, I still have all my fingers and both eyes...
- Fri Apr 08, 2005 5:37 pm
- Forum: Off topic forum
- Topic: American West Coast Pulsejet Meet, April 30
- Replies: 271
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Re: re: American West Coast Pulsejet Meet, April 30
Bill, please turn up the heat (pun intended) on Avinal for a yes or no as soon as possible. Never fear, I will have an alternate site for sure by early next week! Yes! I'd love to throw the site or area name on the shirt. It'll add character to it, or something... Chris makes a good point to me off...
- Wed Apr 06, 2005 1:01 am
- Forum: Off topic forum
- Topic: American West Coast Pulsejet Meet, April 30
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re: American West Coast Pulsejet Meet, April 30
Google Maps just introduced a satellite image option.
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=avenal+ca ... &t=k&hl=en
Pretty cool stuff, if this is the site we'll be using.
Chris
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=avenal+ca ... &t=k&hl=en
Pretty cool stuff, if this is the site we'll be using.
Chris
- Tue Apr 05, 2005 8:56 pm
- Forum: Off topic forum
- Topic: American West Coast Pulsejet Meet, April 30
- Replies: 271
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Re: re: American West Coast Pulsejet Meet, April 30
I'm going to have a "rail" that is pre-drilled to mount to my new thrust stand. We'll be able to clamp engines to the rail, with vise-grips or c-clamps or hose clamps (I'll bring lot of those too). Slight changes in calibration will be accounted for, with the force gauge I'll be bringing. Great! I ...
- Mon Apr 04, 2005 10:05 pm
- Forum: Off topic forum
- Topic: American West Coast Pulsejet Meet, April 30
- Replies: 271
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Re: re: American West Coast Pulsejet Meet, April 30
Jesus, guys, calm down; I'm just a fat middle-aged, slightly buffoonish spin doctor. In Shakesperean terms, think Falstaff. Each of you has done so much more than I did. I just talk a great deal. My greatest known skill (apart from the ability to sell hot air) is sharpening pencils with a knife and...
- Mon Apr 04, 2005 8:45 pm
- Forum: Off topic forum
- Topic: American West Coast Pulsejet Meet, April 30
- Replies: 271
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re: American West Coast Pulsejet Meet, April 30
Ok, then there is no way I can miss this. After all, Bruno, it was some of your writings that got me addicted to this damn mess. Engines I plan to bring: Two slightly different medium sized lockwoods Triangle straight lockwood Small lockwood that hates to start but then auto starts once hot Any othe...
- Sun Apr 03, 2005 5:33 am
- Forum: Valveless pulsejet forum
- Topic: pocket lockwood?
- Replies: 130
- Views: 117886
Re: re: pocket lockwood?
I'm seriously considering it. someone's got to show up with one! I've seen chris's ickle baby locky, guess all he needs is acetylene. ;-) I took it out of the box today and worked on forming the tailcone some more. I'm certainly hoping to complete it, pre-meet. I've got acetylene at the shop, but w...
- Thu Mar 31, 2005 6:44 am
- Forum: Valveless pulsejet forum
- Topic: pocket lockwood?
- Replies: 130
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re: pocket lockwood?
Damn you. I still haven't got my baby lockwood welded up and it was WAY bigger than that thing.
Specs, we need specs....
Good work.
Chris
Specs, we need specs....
Good work.
Chris
- Wed Mar 30, 2005 10:10 pm
- Forum: Off topic forum
- Topic: American West Coast Pulsejet Meet, April 30
- Replies: 271
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re: American West Coast Pulsejet Meet, April 30
Just a note to count me in if I can manage that weekend free (so far so good!). I'll bring a pile of engines, and some other fun stuff. What limitations do we have at the site? Any fire restrictions? Have access to 50amp at 220V or so? Are we camping there, hotelling it, or...? Thanks! Can't wait. C...
- Tue Mar 29, 2005 10:36 pm
- Forum: Valveless pulsejet forum
- Topic: Blast Compression Intake proposed design
- Replies: 78
- Views: 90578
re: Blast Compression Intake proposed design
Beautiful work!
I'd love to see some video when you get to firing it.
Please discuss as much as you are comfortable with on the forum as it helps all of us in some way. Start a thread!
Beautiful.
Chris
I'd love to see some video when you get to firing it.
Please discuss as much as you are comfortable with on the forum as it helps all of us in some way. Start a thread!
Beautiful.
Chris
- Sun Mar 27, 2005 10:23 am
- Forum: Off topic forum
- Topic: Bruce's new project
- Replies: 52
- Views: 43182
Re: re: Bruces new project
Mark, I agree completely with what you have written, but our 'Resosys' was precisely making a point that Bruce's pulsejet work is bunk. Read the posting immediately above mine. I was responding to that. Ok, I may have been a bit harsh on old Bruce in my post, but his recent activity is pure con in ...
- Sat Mar 26, 2005 6:35 pm
- Forum: Valveless pulsejet forum
- Topic: New throw together linear lockwood start within 3 seconds !
- Replies: 7
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Re: re: New throw together linear lockwood start within 3 se
Yours are big suckers compared to mine, Chris, ones I look forward to seeing again. As you know, I've focused almost exclusively on 2" CC engines to date, which so far have hated "front loading" like that. Yeah, I shouldn't have posted in this thread. It was more of a note to me to get it done. The...
- Sat Mar 26, 2005 10:49 am
- Forum: Valveless pulsejet forum
- Topic: New throw together linear lockwood start within 3 seconds !
- Replies: 7
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re: New throw together linear lockwood start within 3 second
I've got to publish my lockwood specs. The intake is larger than the exhaust, and they start every time, first pop. Turn on the fuel, turn on the spark and air, and boom, they're running. Full range throttle and what seems to be a fair amount of thrust. No thrust numbers yet. I'm hoping to make it d...