Re: Platform Support vs. Business Support

From: Dave Froble (davef_at_tsoft-inc.com)
Date: 07/24/05 

Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2005 22:48:43 -0400

Doc. wrote:
> %NEWS-I-NEWMSG, Dave Froble wrote in news:11e4u6h55jm7604
> @corp.supernews.com
>
> <snip>
>
>>So fine, let the world continue on it's mad quest for stupidity.
>>There's money in helping them. I'm all for being stupid. I can prove
>>it. There's 2 jet engines on my back porch, and I'm putting them on a
>>50 MPH Ultralight aircraft this afternoon. Not only have I joined
>>'them', but now I'm leading them. But at least I'll have some fun.
>
>
> Two jet engines?
>
> "They" will have some trouble keeping up. :-)
>
> Will there be photographs of this creation in action?

I think something can be arranged.

The engines are manufactured by a company in West Virginia. They have
multiple uses, models, target drones, and such. Each produces 45 lbs of
thrust. Not really much, with the standard reciprocating engine set-up
on the Ascenders we get over 200 lbs of static thrust, so it's more for
the idea and the sound than it is for performance. The only thing is
that a jet continues to produce constant thrust, regardless of speed,
while a prop, once it reaches a certain speed, cannot produce more
speed. Has to do with the speed of the screw (basically what a prop is)
through the air.

Neat things. About 12 inches in length, 6-7 inches in diameter. Very
light. Expensive, $5,000 per engine, with a TBO of 50 hours.

My friend Jack McCornack produced the thingies that were in the last
James Bond movie. Basically a set of wings that a sky diver can strap
on. Once free of the aircraft, the wings are used to extend the glide,
and can reach speeds near 200 MPH. Jack thinks that with the 2 jet
engines the device can maintain level flight at 200 MPH, and fly
formation with a slow flying F-15. Note, he likes the notoriety of the
credits in a movie. He thinks that the next Bond movie might use his idea.

Stupid, still have to deploy a parachute to land. Not for me.

Anyway, he just left for the Oshkosh flyin with the engines and my
2-place training aircraft, which flew with them last year. When he
returns in a week, I'll be flying the 'jet (under) powered ultralight',
I'll take some pictures, and try to get them on the web.

Are we off topic yet? 

-- 
David Froble                       Tel: 724-529-0450
Dave Froble Enterprises, Inc.      Fax: 724-529-0596
DFE Ultralights, Inc.              E-Mail: davef@tsoft-inc.com
170 Grimplin Road
Vanderbilt, PA  15486

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