The Bluebird Project

There som great on board cam shots i did of the ernie lazenby turbine k7 running its on you tube

ace_chris wrote: ↑Tue Sep 11, 2018 7:19 am There are quite a few other K7 models out there, many large scale turbine powered too, would definitely be cool to get a bunch of them together!!

Heres a short vid of my dads ernie lazenby k7 i ran at ullswater https://youtu.be/mJYAz7wHZjY

Just let the ruskin have it for 3 - 4 months of the year keeps everyone happy then. Ian lazenby

Thanks for reply ted, very interesting. Ian lazenby

Ted in donalds book ‘ into the water barrier’ he said k7 pulled to one side when putting on the power due to the gyroscopic forces of the engine spinning, can you tell me if you experianced this your self? Ian lazenby

I read in donalds book ‘into the water barrier’ that when he applied power bluebird pulled to one side due to the gyroscopic forces of the engine spinning. Does any one know of Ted or Stu experienced this ??. Ian lazenby

Power boat and pilot experiance a big advantage but personally i think the main attributes are intelligence, level headedness and courage! Those attributes with pilot and power boat experiance then thats the man or men for the job so ted and stu are the right ones. Ian lazenby

Intresting what you say bill about k7 taking ages to come down of the plane, the exact same thing happens with my dads,ernie lazenby, big gas turbine model, it takes 8-10 seconds to come off the plane when i shut the power down ,on the short you tube vid ive attached i shut the power down at 0.13 an...

I still carnt figure out what tony hopkins is saying on the first record run, speaking of which i wonder if he knows all about the BBP ?

They should rename the world water speed record the “brown trouser ride “