xjet

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@SpaceSausage7 Yep.

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Another blast from the past (nearly 20 years ago) when I stuck Boba Fett in a twin pulsejet-powered dragster here at the Tokoroa Airfield.

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@eevblog Come on, a light sand with some 200-grit paper and a lick of paint... nobody will even notice!

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@eevblog Gemini says:

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When a channel run by YouTube itself only gets 1.6K views in 13 hours you *KNOW* the creator community doesn't love "shorts" as much as YouTube itself does.

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And some more pulsejet action from the past:

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@UAVHive Not like it's a 250g drone though eh? We all love risk-based regulation!

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@shotgunmoose Yes indeed -- I've built quite a few over the years. Even a pulsejet dragster which was driven by none other than Boba Fett himself:
https://t.co/r0AaDMIXqw

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It's not multirotor drones you have to be worried about :-) Just a little action from about 18 years ago (edited to fit in X's 60-second video allowances for us freeloaders)

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@RobLogic https://t.co/DEuE3foJgI

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@GhostOfFrederic Not yet :-) The scooter that was sent a week and a half ago for "next day" delivery just "disappeared' into the courier network and was never seen again. The replacement should be here on Thursday -- that's when the danger begins!

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Nope. Small recreational multirotor drones are the real danger!

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Who locked the door?

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@davepl1968 The exhaust gases are at a lower pressure than the output of the compressor but they generate thrust because there is a greater area/volume of those gases due to the expansion as a result of combustion. Little-hole/high-pressure goes in -- bigger-hole/lower-pressure goes out.

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@UAVHive Up next: thought crimes. You have a drone, therefore you were planning to use it to break the law. Turn around and face the wall...

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@UAVHive @BlakistonLaw Well CAA in New Zealand claim that they have an obligation to regulate indoor drone usage -- although they got laughed out of the room when they tried (perhaps thanks to my video on the subject) :-)

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@KiwiEV Even better... how about the ability to say "no" to AI vids so that they don't ever appear in search or suggested feeds. Can you work out why they refuse to do that -- or allow shorts to be filtered out? hint: *money*

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@rotovegas_taane @chrisluxonmp And perhaps Mr Luxon needs to be made aware that a lot of struggling Kiwis *have* to work 3 jobs just to pay their rates, electricity, fuel and other bills.

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@ABC Any landing you can swim away from is a good landing!

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@TomcatJunkie The arrival of the first time-traveler from the future.

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Imagine what will happen when these kids discover FPV drones!!! OMG!! The humanity!

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Firework wars in the hood