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How do I get my lawnmower to perform as well as this one?

Gun Manufacturers
27-04-2006, 02:17
I'm looking to improve the performance of my lawnmower, as it's been dragging lately. I remember when my lawnmower used to fly around my yard. Here's what I've been thinking of doing: http://www.wimp.com/lawnmower/
Lunatic Goofballs
27-04-2006, 02:21
Okay, time to make a flying porta-potty. :)
Saige Dragon
27-04-2006, 02:22
Don't know how well it would cut the grass from that altitude.;)
Gun Manufacturers
27-04-2006, 02:23
Don't know how well it would cut the grass from that altitude.;)

I guess it depends on how tall the grass is.
Infinite Revolution
27-04-2006, 02:23
that's pretty mental. is it real? i mean like not faked. i was wondering where the control surfaces are for turning and doing all those tricks. i assume the lift would come from putting suitably feathered blades and a higher powered engine and the forward thrust from rockets it looked like. i don't know how easy it is to fake something like that with a computer but that was pretty incredible! :D
Saige Dragon
27-04-2006, 02:25
Okay, time to make a flying porta-potty. :)

Not full sized, but a a flying porta-potty (http://www.newtons3rdrocketry.com/) none the less.
Lunatic Goofballs
27-04-2006, 02:27
Not full sized, but a a flying porta-potty (http://www.newtons3rdrocketry.com/) none the less.
Scale model.

Maybe I should get started on a full-sized one. :D
Gun Manufacturers
27-04-2006, 02:28
that's pretty mental. is it real? i mean like not faked. i was wondering where the control surfaces are for turning and doing all those tricks. i assume the lift would come from putting suitably feathered blades and a higher powered engine and the forward thrust from rockets it looked like. i don't know how easy it is to fake something like that with a computer but that was pretty incredible! :D

It's not a real lawnmower (never was), it's the same construction as other R/C airplanes (balsa and lite ply). The deck is the wing, and there's a piston engine driven prop on the front. The control surfaces are behind the wing and rear "tires".
Saige Dragon
27-04-2006, 02:31
Scale model.

Maybe I should get started on a full-sized one. :D

Shouldn't be to hard, just drop a match down the hole and blast-off!
Lunatic Goofballs
27-04-2006, 02:33
Shouldn't be to hard, just drop a match down the hole and blast-off!

I'll set it up outside a Taco Bell for maximum fuel potency. :)
Infinite Revolution
27-04-2006, 02:37
It's not a real lawnmower (never was), it's the same construction as other R/C airplanes (balsa and lite ply). The deck is the wing, and there's a piston engine driven prop on the front. The control surfaces are behind the wing and rear "tires".

ah, that makes sense :) it did look very light in the air. a pretty cool achievement considering the general unwieldiness of the shape of the thing :D
Saige Dragon
27-04-2006, 02:41
I'll set it up outside a Taco Bell for maximum fuel potency. :)

We'd need some way to prevent the resulting explosion from re-entering the Crapsule however. Hmmmm......