Love your humour Bruce. I'm only a pretend Aussie but been in Perth more than half my 73 years. Just found your site, and keen on making a pulse jet. Wish me luck...
Got my HK Pulse Jet and the welds are very good. I'll try to take some pictures. As a machinist the price of $99.00 USD is a no brainer to buy this. And with your post on how to make reeds, Well I have just put a order in for .006" spring steel and a SS at .050" thick. I then ordered another one jet. My 13 year old son is all jazzed up about this. We are checking out control line PJ flying. Now we just need to find a club and field in South eastern Washington State to fly at. Man dose this bring back fun memories when I was 13 years old. Sounds like HK listen to your comments on the welds.
Like your observations on the grinding, Bruce. 'course, the main problem with that is when you 'smooth' the material, you can't help but thin out the parent metal. I can guarantee it's thinner in places around that seam. How thin is anyone's guess. Top review, mate.
I got a bit excited when I first saw this product, but was skeptical of the quality. Thanks for reviewing it so quickly. Like you said, for $99, what the hell? Looking forward to seeing this thing run on your channel!
As noted just a few videos ago, it was a prototype, not a production model. HK sent it to Bruce to evaluate, not review. I never miss one of Bruce's videos, because I've subscribed to his channels, and set up Chrome/Gmail to notify me every time my subscribed channels put out a new video. It's that easy.
Your knowledge of electronics and and planes in general is amazing. Your bench is set up a lot like mine. Yes I am a retired electronic engineer. I have just entered the RC plane hobby and love it. I do create my own Tx and Rx long range equipment Keep the info coming. Again thank you. PS don't tell the FCC hahaha
We used to glue babies to the reactor housing on all of our nuclear reactors to detect hotspots. It took 256 babies to get a decent reading. Cost a fortune in hot glue though... (Note for overly literal idiots. This was a joke.)
The main reason clubs in the UK ban pulse jets isn't because they're dangerous. It's because they're so noisy they're a really effective way of losing a flying site. They're used for control line models at the UK Nationals at RAF Barkston Heath. We camp about 400n away from the speed circle and there's no doubt when a pulse jet starts, Great fun, I admit, but very, very neighbour hostile.
Hi Bruce :), If Google's changed your RU-vid and merged it with Google+ then you can revert back to having your RU-vid page without all of the confusing stuff. All you need to do is click the icon in the top right corner, then click "RU-vid settings" and you should see a blue link on the page you are directed to saying, "Temporarily disconnect RU-vid from Google+" or something like that, so just click it and well the rest is safe explanatory :) :) Hope this helps :)
Gonna need that part 2, proper setup. I suck fuel but I just don't have the air going right. Managed to get a couple pops but nothing solid, I think I'm flooding it. I am using an air compressor but I don't have a good hookup for it. do you still sell your ebook on pulsejetts?
okay. I guess ill have to go get myself a trainer and start practicing. I don't have a flying field club or a personal trainer but I think I have watched enough youtube videos now. I have experience with 3d helicopters but no airplane experience. what would be a good trainer that I could do fpv with with and is fun to fly? back to pulse jets.... what sort of flight time do you get? is it very fuel efficient? is there an electronic inflight re starter in case of emergency? Thanks, Matthew
These pulse jets are nothing but rubbish. The welded seam along the exhaust tube will open up. It's like ripping up $99. It's really weird, so many people showing this toy yet very few people actually starting them.
If the grumpy old men ever found out how much damage my trusty Raleigh 20 did to me then they would have banned it as being a weapon of mass destruction. Crushed me nuts everytime the chain came of, crushed fingers getting it back on. Broke a wrist, cracked a knee and skinned me back arsing off down the gorge at 75 clicks. Knocked off it by a car and run over. On the other hand, I only ever got a few prop scars from model planes that didn't require hospitalisation or surgery....
Last time I saw/heard a pulse jet was at the LMA Cosford a few years ago. The noise was heard several miles away so I don't think they are going to help with public relations unless you fly a looooooong way away from the neighbours.
Ok I'm up for it. Gonna try to mount o e on my sig wonder.... How much flight time can I expect. Of course I know that depends on tank size... But what tank do you run and how long us it good for. Also you mentioned.. Tank level compared to engine level... Doesn't that change in flight? Would it be better if you used a small fuel pump to keep the supply constant? Thanks anjs
Bet there was some fool watching trying to unscrew a hex with a Philips screwdriver going 'oh yeah maybe this wont work, im a grumpy old man and im stupid' hahah, cheers for the unboxing
Gosh Bruce you make me laugh. Safety vest. Now you can leave that to me. I spent my 30% of my life doing film work and now I find myself in a sand pit/ limestone quarry to make a living. If it weren't for RC and incidentally, your tutalage I would have lost my sense of humour by now. How exciting. I always wanted to do the build along with you to make a pulse jet and this will do nicely friend. BTW are you shooting against a spare wall?
Maybe the workers are getting paid .69 US cents per hour to make these things, like on 20/20 here in the USA when they showed Chinese factories making ladies nylons. The gal was getting 69 cents an hour and had to make something like 4,000 pairs in a 8hr shift. Don't think quality control goes with a $100 price tag.
that is cool! I want something a bit better than a trainer but not a 3d plane. now I really dont want a pulse jet given the 4 minutes of flight! I am also very interested in fpv and automatic flight control. I was thinking of a high wing airplane but not sure if that is very capable or not......
@mick7sp Done the mod - followed by "dscacheutil -flushcache" to save a reboot. No obvious difference to Facebook irritation levels yet.Good idea though. Alan
I love your channel. Too bad about NZ rules,regulations, they need to allow fly-at-your own risk, on other insurance options for the individual flyer. I just fly alone ....
@RCModelReviews G'day Bruce... Yay Team ! Ecking Fuxellent Video, mate. I thoroughly enjoyificated every bit...; & I agree with your advice to Googoyle, regards YT... Ciao !
So true, Just think If there had been a Cave Owners Association. COA: Knock off that racket, what heck are you making anyways? Caveman: I going to call it a wheel. COA: Looks stupid and will never work. Knock off the noise.
Pity they did not copy a Bailey or Jet Bill Pulse Jet.Much better.The flowjector in this one is a bit basic.If you use a Bailey or Jet Bill sport jet flowjector with Methanol fuel your reeds will last much longer.Spark plug is to big also.Small is best
I'd love to get that engine myself. But if I fly at my club, they'll kick me out because OOOOOH THINK OF THE NOISE. They complain about an electric Maule being too loud, so guess what would happen with this baby...
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One thing I cant stand is how awkawrd it is to find how to use the dang G+ thing. I can't even find where I can delete people who keep adding me to there Google Plus Circles and I have no bloody idea who they are.
The problem with the V1 is that the pulsejet is behind the CG, so unless you're planning on mounting a warhead in the nose, its going to be hard to get the CG far forward enough.
Only one high visibility jacket? For shame Bruce, for shame! You obviously know these things are dangerous, can kill all the world's babies and melt their dreams into corporate profit, but I don't think you're taking it seriously Bruce. Next time, make sure you have at least two forms of cranial protection, two forms of eyewear, eleven spotters, and a sheep dog. Safety first, kids.
Yes good video,I share your irreverance for over enthusiastic elf and safety warnings,what happened to common sense. Soon we will buy a carving knife it will caution,"Sharp edges can cause cuts". And my all time favourite,the bag of nuts on an airline,with the the caution "Warning may contain nuts". I should bloody well hope so.
Perhaps the reason they are 'banned' is not because they are 'dangerous'....but because they make so much noise that they bring aero-modeling into disrepute.......?? unless you fly in a VERY remote location
Wait so you don't want your RU-vid comments and videos to be linked to their G+ platform which currently outranks all +1 and share activity higher than a high domain authority backlink which will in turn provide your videos with a higher search ranking thus providing far more organic traffic to your videos? You should be all over Google+ at every opportunity and even more so moving forward. You sound like an grumpy old cocoa drinker! PS love the video mate!
Just curious- since these pulsejets are nuclear weapons-grade dangerous to life and limb even to those several continents away, could your use of one on a model Long EZ be the excuse for calling you "dangerous" by the NZ modelers association (can't remember it's real name at the moment)? Maybe one of the old guys saw your video and became frightened...
great video bruce. i was thinking, it would be nice if scaled composites made their own line of scale or otherwise model planes, so that the public could learn what real airplanes are supposed to fly like. love that long ez, although i would prob go with electric, but love to watch the pulsejet action. glad you point out the legitimate safety concerns. so much of safety this days is about hype, and paranoia. it's so illogical. thaks for a continuous reality check. cheers!
