It may bring a smile to some people.

[twentysix by twentyfive]

Ah Them were the days. Frost on the inside of the windows in winter. None of that namby pamby central heating malarky.

 

[Rezillo]

I have not tried going through airport security recently with Jetex products....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jetex_engine

...but they used to be available to scruffy schoolboys of any age at the local toy shop, as long as they had enough pocket money.

I could probably count on one hand the number of times I could get the damn things to light, and then the plane would probably dive straight into the ground.

You had to coil the fuse wire in a spiral on one face of the pellet behind some gauze and then lead it out of the end of the engine. The fuse coating was quite brittle and would end up with gaps along its length that put the fuse out.

John

 

[slowmotion]

You had to coil the fuse wire in a spiral on one face of the pellet behind some gauze and then lead it out of the end of the engine. The fuse coating was quite brittle and would end up with gaps along its length that put the fuse out.

John

Thanks for the reminder. I'd completetly forgotten about the dodgy fuse wire. We used to run the naked rocket bodies down zip wires and they went very fast. One of our experiments involved some Plasticine next to the motor. I shall never forget the feeling of its liquid phase, at probably 250 Centigrade, sticking to my fingers.

 

[TheDoctor]

Ah Them were the days. Frost on the inside of the windows in winter. None of that namby pamby central heating malarky.

I'm sure I remember Plax posting about frost on her windows a couple of months back!!
I never had a model plane with a Jetex engine. Mine had rubber bands...

 

[slowmotion]

I never had a model plane with a Jetex engine. Mine had rubber bands...

....you were lucky...

 

[TheDoctor]

Well, to me they were rubber bands...

 

[ianrauk]

We still get home delivery of milk in bottles

 

[mr_cellophane]

Saturday Morning pictures down the ABC with a Zoom in the interval

We are the boys and girls well known as
Minors of the ABC
And every Saturday we line up
To see the films we like
And shout aloud with glee
We love to laugh and have a singsong
Such a happy crowd are we
We’re all pals together
The minors of the ABC


View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9BBa0yok68

 

[slowmotion]

Well, to me they were rubber bands...

NICE!

 

[Rezillo]

I'm sure I remember Plax posting about frost on her windows a couple of months back!!
I never had a model plane with a Jetex engine. Mine had rubber bands...

Somewhere in the rubber band scenario is the bit where you're reduced to throwing sticks at your prized construction in the upper reaches of a tree until some tangled wreckage drops down.

John

 

[Aperitif]

Somewhere in the rubber band scenario is the bit where you're reduced to throwing sticks at your prized construction in the upper reaches of a tree until some tangled wreckage drops down.

John

Lucky to get that far!
My excursion with a reluctant to light Jetex fuse ended with my lovingly cut balsa and taut, dope-stretched tissue jetplane igniting in my hand. The fuse remained intact as the jet bit fell out onto the grass.
I probably cried all the way home and even a mass- production of 78rpm flowerpots wouldn't have been enough to placate me!

 

[tyred]

> Ignition switches on the dashboard.
Yes. Same car had separate ignition switch and starter switch, so you could attempt to start the car without turning on the ignition. Not clever!

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That's actually a good idea. You can build oil pressure on an engine that hasn't been started in a long time before you do start it.

Do that on your Ford Prefect and you might get 25,000 miles out of an engine before the big ends go instead of only 20,000