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		<title>Jet Runs Perfectly</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As you can see here, the jet engine runs perfectly over a wide range of throttles: (full video link here)




This week we&#8217;re (a) building a new steel frame and mounting everything in it and (b) setting up a dashboard with gauges and engine control computer so we get nice graphs of temperature and pressure at [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.crepinc.com/2010/03/03/jet-runs-perfectly/</link>
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		<title>New Lathe</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Picked up a new lathe on Craigslist yesterday to which I will strap stepper motors and CNC-ize. It&#8217;s small enough that I can carry it around the house when neccesary  (chuck pic below, tool holder pic here)

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		<link>http://www.crepinc.com/2010/02/22/new-lathe/</link>
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		<title>Combustion chamber works, bearings not so much</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Tested everything out today. The combustion chamber fired right up and self-sustained perfectly the first time without any tweaking. That was VERY encouraging, and more so that it worked great over a wide range of mixtures. Here it is running:

We set the the whole thing up on the frame and went to town, but unfortunately things didn&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.crepinc.com/2010/02/21/combustion-chamber-works-bearings-not-so-much/</link>
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		<title>More Jet Parts</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Combustion chamber is done:

My mill is getting some use, but need a bigger one!

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		<link>http://www.crepinc.com/2010/02/16/more-jet-parts/</link>
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		<title>Jet Hovercraft Coming Along Well</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Went to the junkyard and Home Depot today - got all the big parts we need other than sensors and whatever display/microcontroller we&#8217;re going to end up using. Below is a test of the cooling and lubrication system - originally a power steering pump and a transmission cooler. The pump makes 10psi with very little [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.crepinc.com/2010/02/10/jet-hovercraft-coming-along-well/</link>
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		<title>Visiting the Ice Runway</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last weekend we drove up to visit the ice runway at Alton Bay Seaport, B18. Lake Winnipesaukee is a seaplane base most of the year, but in the winter it freezes and the townspeople plow out a 3000&#8242; runway on it. It was wicked cold, but saw some cute planes and helos. Landing on ice is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.crepinc.com/2010/02/05/visiting-the-ice-runway/</link>
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		<title>When in doubt, use more power</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Thought one: Several years ago, Mike P and I built our hovercraft out of simple materials we had around. We powered it with a leaf blower at first, then tried to install my 22&#8243; propeller (you can see the hole cut for it in the pics) but it couldn&#8217;t hold the pressure required. The leaf [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.crepinc.com/2010/01/21/when-in-doubt-use-more-power/</link>
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		<title>More Flying and Projects</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve managed to summon some extra motivation and find time recently to do some things I&#8217;ve been meaning to do for a long time. For one, I got a new driver for the mill that will run the larger motors. I got it set up and everything works beautifully, I&#8217;m just waiting until I have parts that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.crepinc.com/2010/01/19/more-flying-and-projects/</link>
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		<title>Anything to get off the ground!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Let&#8217;s cut to the chase: I have two flying vehicles  
My plane is a Fisher 202 &#8220;Koala&#8221; single-person ultralight based on a Piper Cub. It has a single-cylinder single-ignition 277cc Rotax, and it very cute.

My other flying vehicle is my hang glider, a Gemini 134:

I&#8217;ve flown the hang glider a good few times at [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.crepinc.com/2009/09/15/anything-to-get-off-the-ground/</link>
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		<title>Wordpress / Blog Uploader</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I set up a Wordpress blog for my girlfriend and I last night to track the growth of our garden (you can check it out at http://plants.crepinc.com/). I was only 10 minutes into explaining that pictures had to be resized so as not to wreck the page, then uploaded via SCP and put in the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.crepinc.com/2009/03/30/wordpress-blog-uploader/</link>
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