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In article <9fs5g.23$Hg7.19@fe12.lga>,
"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
>
> 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.
So you're the marketing director for Rehkemper, Bob? Could your firm
design a spam-powered motor?
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Re: Really Cool Toy (aviation, and a tiny bit of metal, content)
