Jet-X flying

[Anonymous]

I know there has to be alot of these somewhere. I live in a high fire area and don’t want to be any problem. There is a Rocket site in the area. I had some luck as a lad with the smaller 50 size, but good luck with the 150 engine. A few years back they remade newer style engines. A 35, 50, 100 size engine. I have several NOS 50’s and 150’s . Even have the fuel for them. Plus a newer kit with 100 engine nd fuel. I designed a model for the 100/150 engines. If it works I will refine it.
So if any you pellet burners have any input I would be glad to hear from you. Regards,Dan 😆 😆 😆 😆

[Anonymous]

I am helping out Tim Johnson’s wife in disposing of all of Tim’s modeling stuff.

There is a bag of several hundred Jetex 50 fuel. If anyone has any interest, I can bag it down to smaller lots and bring it to the NATS for sale at the swap meet.

I don’t know what the stuff is worth or if it has any shelf life problems?

Looking for advice.

I burnt enough fingers as a kid flying Jetex to know that I don’t want to mess with it in models. I can still remember the brown burn lines on my fingers as I tried to clear the wick.

You always hoped you would get a clean burn on the wick and it would clear itself.

[Anonymous]

Hi Dankar
Can’t help you with a flying site unless you migrate south and west a few thousand miles(!!!) but can offer a bit of advice on the new Jet-x 100.
1. get the competition fuel instead of the sport stuff, much better.
2. clip a safety tether on to the motor and fix it securely to the model; they have a habit of going “walk about” if planted (especially with the crappy clip they provide, I made a proper 5 prong clip for mine)
3. Make sure you thoroughly clean the nozzle part of the motor after each flight, they clog up quickly (dirty fuel).
4. Procure some of the expensive wire gauzes that is now available for the 100, it reduces some of the problems in 3.
5. Have fun
Pete

[Anonymous]

Thanks Pete, the crappy mount for the 100 fits my NOS 150 Paa loader. I have fuel for both. We are in our Monsoon rain time here in Arizona. Now or never to give it a try. Cheers,Dan

[Anonymous]

@dankar wrote:

Thanks Pete, the crappy mount for the 100 fits my NOS 150 Paa loader. I have fuel for both. We are in our Monsoon rain time here in Arizona. Now or never to give it a try. Cheers,Dan

Never flew any competition with the jetex 50 or 150 but I did cheat by drilling a 1/16 hole in the last pellet and sticking the fuse in the hole. This gave a reliable start with a tad bit more thrust at the beggining of the burn cycle. The fuse blew out cleanly and rarely clogged the nozzle. (Cleaned the nozzle very carefully after each run and made sure the gasket was in good condition)

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