Re: Bell XF-109

On Jun 18, 10:58 pm, Pat Flannery <flan...@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Scott Lowther wrote:

So, you chose an acknowledfged Nazi sympathizer's sci-fi book as a basis?

Yikes.

Here's some numbers:http://aardvark.co.nz/pjet/argusv1.shtml
Argus pulse jet for Fi-103 (V-1)
Length: 12 feet
Weight: 344 pounds
Thrust: 800 lbs
Fuel consumption: 3.4 lbs fuel per pound thrust per hour
To get our flying stormtrooper airborne given his weight, his combat
gear and clothing weight, the weight of the engine (or front and back
engines, but that's just going to make it worse as far as weight goes),
and fuel for the engine, you are going to need around 400+ pounds of
thrust easy. So let's have everything, even though that's not how thrust
scaling works, and the actual number would be closer to 2/3rds the V-1
motor total.
So here stands the Stormtrooper, with his 6 foot long, 172 pound
pulsejet strapped to him.
Now, I can see two real obvious problems with this thing other than the
sound and vibration killing the soldier.
1.) How exactly do you get these things to where they are needed? They
are too heavy for the troops to carry with them, so either you take them
up by vehicle, or airdrop them where they are needed.
If you've got a vehicle, you can drive around the minefield or go to
some point where the river can be forded.
Sending the troops across via jet belts leaves them on the far side of
the obstacle with no way to resupply them once whatever ammo they can
carry runs out. If you can airdrop the pulsejet belts to the troops
near the obstacle, you can airdrop the troops themselves on the far
side of it with a lot more equipment, and avoid the use of the belts
entirely.
2.) Once the jet belts fire up, everyone inside of a mile is going to
know that the troops are going to be airborne momentarily, and are going
to shoot them out of the sky as they rise up - and they can't even shoot
back because they have to steer the jet belt.

Pat

Pat,

You are an idiot once again. The V-1 Argus pulsejetdesigned by Schmidt
is NOT the same as the two pulse TUBES that the Himmelsturmer operated
with. You can see that in the illustration. The model on my page is
what "someone" else believes it looked liked and is there for
comparison only along with the Sharkit "Rocketeer" types. Neither look
like the lightweight pulse tubes.

Don't bother posting my material if you fucking can't bother to read
it or the other online sites with this material.

Rob

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