This is WAAAY COOL!

F-14 Model takes flight video

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Current:
2014 VW Tiguan SEL 4Motion 43,000 miles.

2016 Hyundai Santa Fe Sport (wife's).

Past:
2006 Jetta TDI 135,970 miles. Sold Nov. '13.
1995 E-320 Special Edition. 220,200 miles. Sold Sept. '07.
1987 190-E 16 valve. 153,000 miles. Sold Feb. '06.
1980 300-D 225,000 miles. Donated to the National Kidney Foundation.
1980 240-D manual, 297,500 miles. Totaled by inattentive driver.

Definately the most fun you can have without actually being in the real thing...

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1971 280SE W108
1979 300SD W116
1983 300D W123
1975 Ironhead Sportster chopper
1987 GMC 3/4 ton 4X4 Diesel
1989 Honda Civic (Heavily modified)
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Section 609 MVAC Certified
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"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche

They sound like real jets too. Can they make jets that small?

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Current:
2014 VW Tiguan SEL 4Motion 43,000 miles.

2016 Hyundai Santa Fe Sport (wife's).

Past:
2006 Jetta TDI 135,970 miles. Sold Nov. '13.
1995 E-320 Special Edition. 220,200 miles. Sold Sept. '07.
1987 190-E 16 valve. 153,000 miles. Sold Feb. '06.
1980 300-D 225,000 miles. Donated to the National Kidney Foundation.
1980 240-D manual, 297,500 miles. Totaled by inattentive driver.

Yes they do in fact....they run on kerosene

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Proud owner of ....
1971 280SE W108
1979 300SD W116
1983 300D W123
1975 Ironhead Sportster chopper
1987 GMC 3/4 ton 4X4 Diesel
1989 Honda Civic (Heavily modified)
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Section 609 MVAC Certified
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"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche

Yup, I once tried a ducted fan R/C jet years ago, but now there are real scale jet engines available to build around.

I can't imagine what a miniature turbofan or compressor jet engine with an afterburner would cost.

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1974 240D 3.0L 4(M) - 250K -OM617.910 + 300D FW + Rajay turbo power!
1977 6.9 3(A) - 84k

I saw them on a cable show called Radio control hobbies or something like that....plenty amazing stuff.

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Proud owner of ....
1971 280SE W108
1979 300SD W116
1983 300D W123
1975 Ironhead Sportster chopper
1987 GMC 3/4 ton 4X4 Diesel
1989 Honda Civic (Heavily modified)
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Section 609 MVAC Certified
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"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche

Anyone brave enough to drive one of these other jet engine applications?

http://www.unitednuclear.com/jetplans.htm

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1974 240D 3.0L 4(M) - 250K -OM617.910 + 300D FW + Rajay turbo power!
1977 6.9 3(A) - 84k

i used to be real big into model planes, at the peak of my hobby i even had a 1/4 scale laser 200. Those little turbine planes certainly are cool, and incredibly fast. Make no mistake, they are incredibly difficult to fly. For a typical .60-.80 sized aircraft with a turbine in it your looking at at least a few thousand dollars. The only crappy thign with having that much money in a plane like that is at some point almost all planes turn into lawn darts, there is simply too much to go wrong. Thats why i got rid of my 1/4 scale laser, everytime i took it up i was scared that i would loose the 6-7 hundred dollars i had in the aircraft. That plane sure could do some cool stuff though, such as hang on the prop and do a torque roll, as well as some pretty sick spins. The most fun plane i ever had was a little profile plane(profile means the the fuselage is basically just a sheet of wood, and the aircraft is designed with one purpose-stunt flying. I could put that plane into an inverted flat spin at any point in time, and everyone watching jaw's would just drop, then you pull out of the spin and do an inverted pass over the runway at 1ft Fun stuff back in the day, dont have time/money for it anymore.
Ryan

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83 300SD.......sold
96 integra SE....sold
99 a4 quattro....sold
2001 IS300.......sold
2002 330i.........current.
2004 highlander limited....current.

That video clip and other cool/funny/interesting/some stupid video's can also be found on www.big-boys.com under the movie section.

I've got only one thing to say about that little jet.....Weapons....I want weapons on it! and of course, front and rear facing video cameras. No, this is a bad thing for my evil mind.

The plane was way cool, but for a real practicle use for a jet engine I saw this link to a jet powered beer cooler here on MercedesShop about 4 years ago! "We don't need no stinken wings to fly"
http://www.asciimation.co.nz/beer/

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John

2003 Firemist Red/grey leather SL 500
2015 Palladium Silver/black mbtex GLK 350
1987 Smoke Silver/burgundy mbtex 300E Sportline (SOLD)

Click to see 87 300E

you can actually build a gas turbine engine out of a old turbocharger... just like the one linked above.

I have an old turbo in the workshop that someday I will build one out of ...

I have done many hours of research on this.. and could probably answer any questions.

That was great, plus I got a hot date with a Russian girl!

A few yrs ago my (then) 12-yr old was tinkering with RC stuff. We saw a nearby gathering of an RC jet club/meet and went. I'm thinkin this is just for him, cuz I can fly a "real" plane so wut do I care about toys?

OMYGAHD. I was amazed at the stuff the little jets could do. Had a dogfight -- all kinds of aerobatic displays -- large scale -- small scale -- absolutely unbelievable. I did not want to leave, but after about five hours of staring straight up in the sky, my neck and eyes were shot. They also had a guy come over the runway in a J-3 (low and slow of course, no other way) tossing candy to the kids lined up on the strip.

If you ever get the chance go see, and hear, it -- do so.