"robert arndt" wrote in message
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"Keith Willshaw" wrote in message
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Get the picture now? The V-1 pulsejet wasn't running on its own on the
ramp.
I have lots more references should you require them.


Trouble is the video of the launch clearly shows it was

http://www.aardvark.co.nz/pjet/images/v101.mpg
http://www.aardvark.co.nz/pjet/images/v102.mpg

Keith

Trouble is (if YOU watched video 1 closely) the pulsejet is running
off the distributor unit which is barely seen off to the left of the
ramp and the spark plug flexible lead connection is spotted too.


But there is no air being forced into the intake and no fuel connection.

Nobody denies an external air source and spark were needed
to start the thing but once it was running it clearly COULD
keep going with no ram air, hell you can even see the
valves cycling as it works

Since it took at least 186 mph for the As 014 to run independently
there is NO WAY it is running on its own on the ramp. The distributor
unit is operating it by remote control forcing compressed air and 75
octane fuel into the stovepipe,

HOW ?

There is nothing connected to force air into the intake,
the only connection is the spark plug lead

Here we have 2 videos both showing the same thing,
an engine running without ram air BEFORE take off.

Ignition is remote controlled too.
Time warming up on the ramp- 7 seconds.


I dont doubt they ran it on the ramp before launch, but its clear
that the engines in both clips were running WITHOUT an external
air source at launch.

It could hardly work otherwise since as you say it needed
that spark lead for starting and it clearly wasnt 200 yards long.

Keith