Missle Man with Bruce Simson

Bruce Simpson from the Xjet Youtube channel joins Dave to discuss RC aircraft and creating an international incident by developing a DIY cruise missle! He runs the world’s longest running blog website! He’s on Twitter

• Pulsejet vs Xjet technology
• A visit from the New Zealand intelligence agency
• V1 vs V2 German missle technology
• Using electrostatic gradient and thermal grading for maintaining altitude
• Tricopters
• What keeps a quadcopter in the air?
• CAA in NZ trying to shut him down and regulation red tape
• DJI drones and Geofencing
• DJI firmware bricking
• Tradeoff of rotor numbers. Octocopters vs Hex vs Quad
• Shrouded blades and the Coanda effect
• Beating Betz's Law
• The futility of hydrogen powered cars
• The absurdity of magnetic fuel savers, 5G USB shields and other scams
• FPV vs Line of Sight flying
• Video transmission technology and bandwidth
• Model jet turbine engines vs full scale
• Parkinson's disease and management strategies