I am guess that many of us here would love to be more able to build stuff in our sheds and this guy is a real inspiration.
Actually, that particular project is not his best, I only raise it because of the nebulous aviation link, but there are so, so many others.
I spend far too much time on his channel, but I am hooked by his enthusiasm, his engineering skill, his creativity, his willingness to take risks and, above all, his willingness to try new things and, when they fail, try again a little different.
I apologise if I have just cost anyone hundreds of hours of their lives
That is hilarious.
I’m looking forward to seeing some of the other videos. I’m already laughing in anticipation.
Beautiful, the gas generator finished, has he mated it with a turbine yet? PW better watch out :) The TBO might still need some work though.
Timothy wrote:
Actually, that particular project is not his best, I only raise it because of the nebulous aviation link, but there are so, so many others.
His “the ejector bed” (another video) may save your life flying with that jet engine
I knew that would be Colin Furze before even clicking on the link… :-)
I’ve met him and seen first hand some of his stuff, as he does things occasionally at Spanhoe airfield.
Please thank him from me for bringing joy to my life.
Thanks for posting Timothy,
I have also followed Colin Furze for years. As you know, he has quite a few jet powered projects. I particularly liked the Ramjet powered bicycle.
As you say, his welding and fabrication skills are amazing.
Well, it’s not technically an engine unless it converts some form of energy into mechanical (usable) work. A torch is not an engine
LeSving wrote:
Well, it’s not technically an engine unless it converts some form of energy into mechanical (usable) work. A torch is not an engine
I think that if you are going to judge Colin Furze on the basis of usability, you may be looking at the wrong channel.
Timothy wrote:
I think that if you are going to judge Colin Furze on the basis of usability, you may be looking at the wrong channel.
Doesn’t matter. I’m thinking of usability in thermodynamic terms. It’s simply isn’t an engine, it’s a torch. It’s like an airplane that doesn’t fly. It may look like an airplane, smell like an airplane, sound like an airplane, but if it’s incapable of flight, it simply isn’t an airplane.