ORIGINAL: larrysogla
Here in Southern California, the dryness of the humidity and the lack of rainfall makes a very dry tinderbrush in the spring, summer and fall months. The flame coming out of the exhaust and the danger of a fire on a crash makes it very risky. The videos of turbine jets catching fire after a crash creates the danger of a brushfire. Hopefully, it will be quickly contained. If not and the conflagration becomes a full blown brush fire and with expensive fire fighting equipment, the culprit pilot can be sent a million dollar bill for the firefighting efforts. If there are structures burned down and injuries and fatalities.......it could end up in a criminal case and/or lawsuits. I would imagine in some dry lake bed in Southern California would be OK.........but then the distance and the hassle of driving that roundtrip.........Oh well!!!
larry
Yes... I wouldn't want to have a Pulse Jet in CA unless I was flying around the sand dunes. Here in Upstate NY we get a lot of rain. I live less than a mile off the shores of Lake Ontario.
Dsegal Date 3/25/2009 4:17 AM
How many miles is it from your flying field to the nearest house? The noise of a pulse jet is incredible. Oh, and they can't be throttled, either.
Quite a ways... about 3-4,000 feet away est. Also I wouldn't play with a Pulse Jet unless I had a fire extinguisher on hand. I was thinking of making a scale 1/2 Scale FI-103 if and when I can hunt down the plans. I believe it would be a great eye catcher at shows, and there wouldn't be many things like it.
So far what I see on the Web, there is no one who sells them... they all seem to be experimental or homemade.
Yes that link doesn't tell me how much thrust it has, and if it has been tested on a plane yet. I should Email him for more info then go from there.