I must build one…
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chassis doesn't look sturdy enough for all that weight. 
MClark
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Too much free time and cash.
Would fit in with us.
Would fit in with us.
So, where does one obtain a jet engine and windows from a 747 for one’s hobby project? You can’t just drive into the “boneyard” in he dead of the night, with several strong buddies, and put it the engine on a flatbed tow truck. Or can you?
There is no actual jet engine. It's just a nacelle with a mock-up intake and a smoke machine in the back.
So he bought the nacelle from the boneyard? Can any member of the public do that? Maybe as a pilot he got special permission from the airline when they retired the 747 from service?
I must email the fellow and ask.
I saw an internet video where a man had a working, running jet engine (a big one, from a commercial jet airplane) in his back yard. So I guess it IS posdible to obtain this stuff given enough money.
It is amazing what you can obtain given enough money. ;-)
GusGrissom
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The only problem is he can't fit the Estes 24 mm to 29 mm Engine Adapter for it.
"Holmes said he actually started the project about two years ago when he heard an old 747 was being sold for parts not far from his home in Daytona Beach."
Wow! I am imagining a Craigslist ad… 1981 Boeing 747… parting out…
GusGrissom
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Apogee just released the kit, but you have to supply your own parachute!
