I read an article some years back of a simular engine.. sort of. This was the Varible Displacement Engine from Professor McDonald. The PhD MCD VDE (for short) could, once mounted in a model, change the size or displacement, making it a bigger or smaller engine. PhD MCD had his demo version mounted in a telescoping wing and fuse platform (remember those? I think his was the Sterling version of the Incedible Hulk model, that everyone copied, well it was a nice trainer, as long as you didn't let it get away from you), it also used a bladder tank to adjust for the needed change in cc volume.

I'm sure its not that much news to you guys, I'm well aware that I'm not the only one who saw that article. Just wanted to update the professors work. PhD MCD is now working on a standard airplane (wings and fuse stay the same size both on the ground and while in flight) but this one is an electric. The motor isn't a brushless, instead its a modified version of an early 1980s design, The Compound Wong by Mr Wong. PhD MCD has vet to release the mods he has done on the Compound Wong, but he did claim in last years (to the day) news article that his plans are to circumnavigate his plane around the globe on one flight. To do this he has installed a charging unit in the plane that uses the old tried and trued technology of cold fusion. Test flights and adjustments are planned for this year and is tight because the voyage flight is scheduled in exactly one year.

I cant wait to see this on Fox news next year. I think PhD MCD executed this very well, using the old technology instead of trying to re-invent the wheel. As they say, Keep it Simple Stupid!!


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