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On Mon, 1 May 2006 14:15:40 -0400, "Bob Chilcoat"
<viewptmd@optonlineREMOVE.net> wrote:
>You airplane geeks will love this. My son bought his three-year-old an Air
>Hogs "Twin Fury" plane at Toys-R-Us on sale for $12.95 Saturday. This is a
>twin-engined pneumatically powered toy airplane that is very, very clever.
>Here's a link to a picture of it.
>
>http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0001A8EHK/103-5293414-1923819?v=glance&s=toys&n=1162224&vi=pictures&img=14#more-pictures
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>What is really clever is the design of the motors. These are tiny little
>pneumatic motors with only three moving parts each, designed for them by a
>consulting firm: http://www.rehkemper.com/airmotor.html The original Air
>Hogs pneumatic motor apparently cost 50 cents to make. These new motors are
>more efficient and cost 8 cents (!) to make.
>
>When pumped up to the recommended pressure (50 strokes on the supplied pump)
>the motors run for roughly 10-15 seconds, initially giving enough thrust to
>almost lift the plane on its props. Amazing amount of thrust. Gareth set
>his off the first time and claims that it climbed to nearly 300 feet and
>flew around for a couple of minutes. The second time it ended up in a high
>tree and could not be recovered. No problem; at @ $12.95 he bought another
>one. Now that he knows how far it can fly, he's going to be more careful
>about where he launches it.
>
>Yesterday I bought one too, only for me.
Neighbor kid and I strapped one of the originals to a 2 liter Dr
Pepper ( what can I say, it's Texas) bottle and plumbed it in.
Pressurized it to 90psi from a compressor. Lost it in some tall weeds
a half mile away.
--Andy Asberry recommends NewsGuy--
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Re: Really Cool Toy (aviation, and a tiny bit of metal, content)
