James Macfarlane

Part-time flight instructor, full-time aerospace engineer. Founder & MD of @AirborneEngLtd. 🚀🔧 Warning: my tweets may contain traces of RF Engineering.

[James Macfarlane @RocketEngines]

@russss Those captions works surprisingly well. A few amusing misinterpretations (“all fogging onto” instead of “orthogonal to” amused me) but given it rather was echoey and I wasn’t consistently speaking into the mic, it works really well.

[Paul M Smith @PaulMSmithphoto]

Another mesmerizing capture from @Dustin_Farrell. @ztresearch

[Paul M Smith @PaulMSmithphoto]

1/ So I wasn't exaggerating when I said the storm in Kansas the other night was probably the pinnacle of my chasing so far. Experts confirm a very high likelihood that I did capture multiple gigantic jets - more precisely, very rarely captured positive gigantic jets.

[Airborne Engineering @AirborneEngLtd]

There's a limit to how "dynamic" you can get with a tethered test, but we're pushing the envelope as much as we can with the latest test of Gyroc, our VTVL rocket. Thanks to @esa and @spacegovuk. Video here: https://t.co/pxSc2V1GIs

[James Macfarlane @RocketEngines]

@emfhams thanks for letting me plug into power and data via your tent :-)

[James Macfarlane @RocketEngines]

@softminus F-ing Big Red Cloud (scary amount of MON or N2O4 in one place)

[James Macfarlane @RocketEngines]

Last night of @emfcamp. Missing you @arkorobotics

[James Macfarlane @RocketEngines]

@softminus Ah, the FBRC

[James Macfarlane @RocketEngines]

Genius way of encouraging bar tips at a hacker conference

[James Macfarlane @RocketEngines]

Frickin lasers!

[James Macfarlane @RocketEngines]

Hello to all the additional people who have followed me since I last said “hi” from @emfcamp

[James Macfarlane @RocketEngines]

@arkorobotics @emfcamp I think so. :-)

[James Macfarlane @RocketEngines]

Hi to all the people who followed me as a result of my talk at @emfcamp

[James Macfarlane @RocketEngines]

@Workshopshed Your appointment is at 2:30

[Tim Robinson @RAeSTimR]

This year will see a historic milestone as a space launch company launches a payload into orbit from UK soil. Update on Britain's return to the launcher business https://t.co/PUPRjGU6LB

[James Macfarlane @RocketEngines]

@BBCAmos Severn looking for trouble. I like it. Makes me think of “On Wenlock Edge”

[Chris Combs (iterative design enjoyer) @DrChrisCombs]

This one is a bit niche perhaps, but it was the perfect mix of educational, weird, and original that it made me laugh harder than perhaps all the rest

[James Macfarlane @RocketEngines]

Whenever I see a quantum computers, it always seems they are made almost entirely out of SMA connectors.

[James Macfarlane @RocketEngines]

@mightyohm @bjt2n3904 Mmm, butyricness! I have a set of Xcellite nut drivers - there is one plastic handle and and interchangeable inserts but even the metal bits smelled of vom for years.