This Guy Took Apart a Heater Blower. What he Did With It Is Inspiring

Keith Long | March 3, 2024 | Technology

If most of us take a apart an old heater blower motor we would be left with a pile of bits. Sure as eggs are egss – that pile of bits would end up in the trash.

One Man’s Junk – Heater Blower

This guy is different – he took a look at the blower motor and thought, “Jet Engine”. (Maybe he didn’t but that is how it seems).

Samm Sheperd, the guy who made the video is obviously a very experienced RC airplane enthusiast. His video is part experiment, part how to and 100% fun. He uses an existing 350W brushless motor with a custom built housing to create a centrifugal impellor/blower.

Impeller Housing From Hardboard and Polystyrene

Certainly Seems Pretty Powerful

He redesigns an existing RC model to add the ‘jet engine’.

Model Airplane Design

In the end he constructs a completely viable model aircraft.

Impeller Driven, Jet Model, In Flight

You see it fly and hear Samm’s comments on its performance compared to a similar power propeller driven aircraft. Interestingly the model shows the same characteristics of many early jet planes.

This is an absolutely ‘must see’ video for all you RC tinkerers.

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