Post by Admin on Aug 11, 2020 21:16:52 GMT
The very first virtual MKAS monthly meeting has just finished.
There were 32 participants and, after an exploratory exchange of various subjects and with some members finding their way around the differing representations on iPads, PCs and Android tablets plus the usual Zoom hiccups as people discovered the 'hidden features', the meeting got under way.
Rod Dean covered:
The gestation of the Meteor from the Prototypes and briefly including the He178, E.28/39, the P-59 Airacomet, Me262 and the contemporaries like the Vampire (Spider Crab).
Inevitably, the development of the gas turbines of the era is inevitable, and the Meteor's use of both Centrifugal and the early axial-flow engines for both development and evaluation purposes was covered.
The lecture encompassed all Marks up to the U21 drones, and included the research versions like prone-pilot, lift engines, ejector seats (Martin Baker) and the multitude of uses the Meteor was, and is still, used for, to test a range of research and development ideas.
The follow-up questions at the end were in the true spirit of the Kents Hill meetings, thus showing the progression we are seeing towards the 'New Normal' we are going to adapt to.
Please add any questions, comments, follow-ups from here - this is the place to do it!
Over to you.
There were 32 participants and, after an exploratory exchange of various subjects and with some members finding their way around the differing representations on iPads, PCs and Android tablets plus the usual Zoom hiccups as people discovered the 'hidden features', the meeting got under way.
Rod Dean covered:
The gestation of the Meteor from the Prototypes and briefly including the He178, E.28/39, the P-59 Airacomet, Me262 and the contemporaries like the Vampire (Spider Crab).
Inevitably, the development of the gas turbines of the era is inevitable, and the Meteor's use of both Centrifugal and the early axial-flow engines for both development and evaluation purposes was covered.
The lecture encompassed all Marks up to the U21 drones, and included the research versions like prone-pilot, lift engines, ejector seats (Martin Baker) and the multitude of uses the Meteor was, and is still, used for, to test a range of research and development ideas.
The follow-up questions at the end were in the true spirit of the Kents Hill meetings, thus showing the progression we are seeing towards the 'New Normal' we are going to adapt to.
Please add any questions, comments, follow-ups from here - this is the place to do it!
Over to you.
