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I am a home builder of jet engines, i run a website dedicated to helping modellers build home built jet engines, it's free advise and open to anyone, i'm based in England

my website is called 'paul's microjets' , i sell only the plans for the Phoenix 30.3 (get about 2 sales a month) and if anyone wishes to use my website for sellig their own jet engines all they need do is email me, i place links to my site for free and all i ask is they do they same.

it's FREE ADVISE FOR ANYONE THAT WANTS IT! simple as that.
hope that answers your question.

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Tam is a young man in California who has almost completely taken over the turbine pipe business in the USA.

His product offering is impeccable, and he is very honest and hard working.

BTW Tam I am going to be needing a Super Bandit pipe soon so don't screw me or I am editing this post!! (just kidding)

The thing that would be cool would be a thrust reverser for the Hotspot/Roo/BobCat/Kingcats etc.........Tam?

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Tam, just checked out your site, nice pipes, but sorry to critize your site, theres a few too many photos on the main page and it took a while before the site was finished loading, maybe you could try making the images a little smaller.

i'm surprised you've never heard of my site, if you were to search for 'KJ66' on google.com you'll find my site imediatlely and i've check most of the other popular ones and it's the same there too.


nice pipes, i made one for my yellow aircraft F18 with my home build spot welder, hard work but it's not too bad.

the rookie looks good too.

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Matt,
With new products coming out almost every month. It just not enough time for me to finishing the thrust reverser. You know me.
I only made good product. Good product take time to engineer.
See you this weeken. I'll be at Jetcat place tomorrow. Let get Bob treat us to lunch.
Tam

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Paul,
I just went to your site. I like the photos of the engine throwing flame.
I could do that to all my plane with smoke system. It awesome for airshow. Other than that . It have no benifit to thrust increase.
Since we are in the U.S. We got to protect ourself from loosing AMA coverage. So I never built the pipe for afterburner use.

Tam

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All of this because someone is trying new things in his garage/shop???

Come to my shop, and you will want to burn me at the stake for sure.

Yeah
 

Aren't these guys a bunch of killjoys, huh...

I gotta a great idea myself....

I'm gonna use a table saw blade as a frisbee, and I don't care what these egomaniacs have to say about it!!

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lol matt, ur so right about these guys. excuse me while i go play with matches :eek: :rolleyes:

I wanted to thank you
 

for all the good irea's and support of " the idea " . I got ahold of a single wall peice of 80 thousandths SS pipe from a welder friend of mine, and installed my little " flame ring " . It took about 15 seconds of gas, being pumped at 45 psi, out of 22 holes. It got hot as hell, discolored the pipe, and made me feel like heading for the hills. Tams bifurcated I only let go for 5 seconds max and it began to stink. I have a long way to go.


Terry

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Anybody read Jetpower 2-2003 page14, [Starfighter F-104 G]
You just might learn something. You guys who ***** the most will probably be the first to install a afterburner, it should be old news by now.
bye

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MigDriver! im with ya brother! go for it and let me know when you get it right! I got a mig 29 that would love it :)






.....You AMA jerkys need to get a LIFE! it guys like Mig Driver that take this hobby to the next step and into tomorrows ideas! I've to have also learned that if you dont own/fly or talk sh*t about your 10,000 + turbine jet you aint no one :rolleyes: So guess i'll go back to playing with my POS Warbirds.




John
WFO Ultimates

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"theres a few too many photos on the main page and it took a while before the site was finished loading"

Tam,

Keep all the kool pics. For all of us with DSL a it only takes a few seconds to load the pictures.

Mike

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Tam, next time you goto someones website please read exactly what it says about any photos.
i'll quote what description i put regarding these photos of my homebuilt KJ66 throwing flames out the back

the quotation is taken from this page http://www.microjets.co.uk/kjphotos.html which shows photos of my KJ66 after being lit with gas .


'some video stills taken at the very moment that the gas has lit, these may look bad but the flame is only there for a millisecond.'


your go!
LOL

Re: I wanted to thank you
 

If that pipe was 3.5 inch OD and about 24 inches long it would weigh a bit over 6 pounds. Is my math close?

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yes, within .1 pound

(stainless weighs approx .29 pounds/cubic inch)

AJC

Yup
 

it was a heavy peice of metal, too heavy for a plane, but overkill is cool in my book at this point in time. Played around a little more tonight, increase pressure from 45 to 60 PSI, got a finer mist, and it seemed to work better without all the stink. Now I work my way back down in pipe thickness.


Terry

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Terry,
You need to make friends with someone that can get you some inconel sheet stock...

AJC

Is that
 

the stuff thy use on Real jet AB's. ???

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Dont know, but many turbine burners and sticks (and some tail nozzles) are made from inconel alloy. Its a very tough heat resistant alloy (also very pricey) much more so than stainless.

its the alloy they cast the turbine wheels from also.

AJC

Matt and Table saw Blade
 

Matt ,

Why would you do such a thing ?
Black and decker frowns on this sort of activity.
Why would you risk a OSHA safety rating and ruin the homebuilders sport with such a irresponsible action?

(Disclaimer: This may be acceptable in home garages and foreign countrys where Osha has no true authority. All names like Matt who we will now refer to as Jon Smith will be changed to protect the guilty.)

LOL !!!
Just kidding Guys :)

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Paul,
What wrong with my comment about liking the photos of the engine throwing flame?
What did you thinking of my comment at the time? My express of that photos is. I like the the engine throwing flame. That was it.

Tell you the true. Only look over your website less than 2 min. So I might missing something you wrote in there. Don't get me wrong. I just too busy to browse your webiste during my business hours.
So if miss somethings is that is not relative to my working hours. I'm sorry.
BTW,
Did I miss something that I didn't know or something that lastest news?

Brg,
Tam

Today fortune cookie said.
You will find yourself happier if you don't demand others to please you.

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Mike,
Will do.
Pictures worth a thousand words.

Specialy the guys don't read or write that much like me. :D
Brg,
Tam

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Tam, this part

I just went to your site. I like the photos of the engine throwing flame.
I could do that to all my plane with smoke system. It awesome for airshow. Other than that . It have no benifit to thrust increase.
Since we are in the U.S. We got to protect ourself from loosing AMA coverage. So I never built the pipe for afterburner use.


the part where you was theres no benifit to thrust, there will not be a benifit for thrust as those photos are video stills taken from the point of gas ignition

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Hear Hear !! :D :D

good work paul!
nice comments

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Hell lets push the envelope, I want to see jets glow red there going so fast in full reheat,

Mike

Yeah I'm just that crazy, Mach 1 (ish) Here I come ;)