AFTERBURNERS

Anyone who has seen the Traplet DVD on the Arlhorn meeting in Germany, will know that model afterburners are already here! Ok the model demonstrating them was hand built by an enthusiast and is not publicly available. But what a demonstration to show! It is worth buying the DVD just to watch that one item.


When you think the Wren Supersport is already delivering an 800mph exhaust, the possibility of an afterburner on top that suggests the need for a mobile telephone type control feedback loop will become overwhelming. My guess is that model jet technology is developing very rapidly and there are a lot more excitements in front of us.

However as far as I am concerned, there are few parametres which will not change.

It has still got to fit in my car and workshop.

I have still got to carry it - as two (or more) man operation means more organisation and less frequent flying.

My eyes and my mind have/has still got to keep up with it. I suspect this is where the real crunch will come and that "anno domini" will force a lot of us back to "basic slow moving jets".