Hi Paul, this is a video of a small twin jet Cri Cri (f
Cricket) that
lives at Serpentine. It originally had two Hirth two strokes
but the
little jets are way cooler.

     Enjoy,

     Dave Mcandless inet.net.au <http://inet.net.au>
<http://inet.net.au

Those model airplane jets are cool. They are like electric
airplanes.
Limited range :-)

Dan built a BD5 with two of them. Something happened and it
burnt to
the ground :-) The TTC now shares the a hanger with a BD5
jet using a
Czech cruise missile engine.

Paul Lamar

     Also, after reading some of the
comments on the video of that
CriCri, the builder/pilot says
     its able maintain altitude @ 60kts
with one engine shut down and
the other @ only 50% power!
     Pretty sweet, amazing with such
tiny engines.

     -Dan G.


I am wondering if to many experimental builders are reaching
for Look At
Me, with two model aircraft jet engines? A century ago,
early aviators
just looked for a reliable engine, and airframe. Today we
look for the
odd build and engine, are we reaching to far from sensible
goals? I was
attracted to this website because it was use of a "rotary
engine" to
apply to safer design, longer time before rebuilds, and cost
effective
results.

So are we reaching with to many Look At Me designs,
distracted from
practical outcomes?

George F. Curtis Jr.

Not me George. I am with you.

Paul Lamar


I'm on your side too, George

Too much energy into "look at me" with some folks when we could be spending all of that time improving aviation technology..
Lots of home builders with lotsa dollars and very little sense...

I'm all for getting attention to prove a good cause like rotary engines.. like with the TTC. The cricri jet is fun but it's nonsense!
I'd like to see more rotary engines on cross-country air races.. it's a good show of reliability and performance in one event.
That and in air shows -maybe- too. :-)

Jenn Kimball


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