Tea? (Part 1)

[Night Train]

You ok Waffles?

 

[Chuffy]

OK, a carbon flying boat, with a Merlin engine, and optional helicopter add on.

We're going to need:

a lot of carbon fibre
a Merlin engine
some propellors
some rotor blades
some nuts and bolts and glue and gaffer tape
a big shed, preferably with a slipway to some water
a very big teapot and a super huge tin of biscuits.

Bring your own mug, overalls, stub of pencil etc..

As an ex-postie I can probably lay my hands on a near infinite quantity of those red elastic bands. If someone has enough balsa then I reckon we're good to go.

 

[Night Train]

Hot chocolate on the go if anyone wants some.

I'll be off to bed in a bit but I am captivated watching Extrodinary People on Channel 5.

 

[TheDoctor]

Right...I have visions of someone winding the propeller backwards for about 45 minutes. Unless we built a catapult-launched glider.

 

[Speicher]

I have carried out some very quick research at the Resource Exchange, here in Worcestershire.

Amongst the companies that supply their otherwise scrap materials are:

Kettler - who make aluminium bikes
and garden furniture, so that's the deck chairs sorted and the propulsion, or staff transport.

AirTube Conveyors - unfortunately not large flying air tubes like aeroplanes, but much smaller ones for security systems, handy if you wish to send a hamster on a flight, I suppose.

And ta dumpty daahh

Sealine, who, and I hazard a wild guess here, make boats!
(but there is also something called sealine recovery, involving Sellafield,
have we got much idea how to construct a nuclear carbon boat?)

There is a lot of old hangers at a disused MOD base somewhere near. In fact Mr Dick "It's not difficult being Green" Strawbridge did his "Gadgets from WW2" programme from there. And he also bought a lipstick from the chemist in town.

Why do I get the impression that peeps might not believe me, it is TRUE.

 

[TheDoctor]

A nuclear powered flying boat? This is all getting a bit Thunderbirds. I like this. What happens if we get it to 88 mph?
*builds flux capacitor*

 

[Night Train]

We could get Origamist to fold one out of paper.

 

[TheDoctor]

Now that's just silly

 

[Speicher]

 

[Night Train]

Like this one.

 

[TheDoctor]

That's a cool plane! I don't see where we'd all sit though.
*yawns*
'Moff to bed. Got to be in work early tomorrow. Nighty night.

 

[wafflycat]

You ok Waffles?

Nothing a large mug of tea with a nip of something medicinal in it won't take care of

 

[Night Train]

*passes Waffles a mug of tea and a bottle of something more medicinal*

 

[Speicher]

Night Train, I noticed your post in the fred about forum names. I think you have already mentioned how you got yours, so I did not put a reply on there. (the walls have ears)

 

[Night Train]

Yeah, I know. I was hoping that some newbies would rise to the bait.