Wyn
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Any aeronautical engineers in the house?
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Black Bug
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Spookily enough my first planned (not planed) career was aero eng so perhaps I can speak with some authority here. Although given that I dropped out of uni after the first term due to chronic boredom perhaps my thoughts would be best left rattling around in my head 
Regarding the basic design of the aircraft, I have every confidence in it's airworthiness and anyone who dares to disagree probably works for the C.A.A. and is clearly mad After all Jamie got a ruddy great peach up in the air using seagulls, this more modern design should clearlu succeed and will no doubt cause the likes of Boeing and Airbus some major headaches!!!
Cheers,
Rob
Regarding the basic design of the aircraft, I have every confidence in it's airworthiness and anyone who dares to disagree probably works for the C.A.A. and is clearly mad
After all Jamie got a ruddy great peach up in the air using seagulls, this more modern design should clearlu succeed and will no doubt cause the likes of Boeing and Airbus some major headaches!!!Cheers,
Rob
I was initially concerned that should the flies die or tire in mid air, then it would inevitably result in a crash (you probably wouldn’t even get your air worthiness certificate). May I suggest an emergency can of spray starch. In the event that things are going pear shaped all you have to do is spray the starch on the flagging or dead flies and hey presto there you have it -- a glider.
Regarding the equal power issue, James watt actually created a method for measuring "Horsefly-power" and called it the "flyno"
So what you need is to is take your vehicle along your local flyno and make sure they are balanced correctly (beware though some flynos are notoriously inaccurate), may I suggest that rather than permanently gluing them on, for the flyno visit you should use blue tack, if there is an unbalanced fly you would have to pull the flys legs off meaning you would need to find another fly of the right power, A good flyno usually has spare flies in stock though.
Regarding the equal power issue, James watt actually created a method for measuring "Horsefly-power" and called it the "flyno"
So what you need is to is take your vehicle along your local flyno and make sure they are balanced correctly (beware though some flynos are notoriously inaccurate), may I suggest that rather than permanently gluing them on, for the flyno visit you should use blue tack, if there is an unbalanced fly you would have to pull the flys legs off meaning you would need to find another fly of the right power, A good flyno usually has spare flies in stock though.
Russ
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LMAO.
Another point worth noting is make sure you flyno operator is familiar with your particular breed of fly, I know of a good bluebottle tuner in this area if anyone is interested.
I did have a huge flat spot in the power curve around 85fpm (flaps per minute), but luckily the guy spotted I'd blue tacked the fly upside down and he was struggling a bit.
There actually is a helicopter powered by a greenfly (see Guiness book of records) so I see no reason why this beast shouldn't be good to go.
Another point worth noting is make sure you flyno operator is familiar with your particular breed of fly, I know of a good bluebottle tuner in this area if anyone is interested.
I did have a huge flat spot in the power curve around 85fpm (flaps per minute), but luckily the guy spotted I'd blue tacked the fly upside down and he was struggling a bit.
There actually is a helicopter powered by a greenfly (see Guiness book of records) so I see no reason why this beast shouldn't be good to go.