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Oger

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Flymow

Will wonders never cease, back in the late seventies I purchased a gas powered Flymow (flying lawn mower) new, used it for several years until the lifting fan broke, since the company went under from lawsuits regarding the lower extremities of it's customers being blenderized, I could not purchase any repair parts for it.
Low and behold, this morning I took my 1971 Chevy P/U down to the dump to get rid of a pile of brush, while exiting the facility what do I spot in the metal pile ?, a gas powered Flymow, it appeared to be in excellent condition so I picked it up and threw it in the bed, when I got home I threw it up on my work bench and inspected it, perfect condition except for a scratch on the lower housing and the air filter is missing.

Later on today I am going to see if I can get this baby running and surprise my neighbors :)
 
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Oger

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Eli, that's the only pic I could find on the net of a Flymow, That one is electric, mine is powered by a two stroke single cylinder engine.
 
Iron Woode

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Originally posted by: synchronizer
Flymow

Will wonders never cease, back in the late seventies I purchased a gas powered Flymow (flying lawn mower) new, used it for several years until the lifting fan broke, since the company went under from lawsuits regarding the lower extremities of it's customers being blenderized, I could not purchase any repair parts for it.
Low and behold, this morning I took my 1971 Chevy P/U down to the dump to get rid of a pile of brush, while exiting the facility what do I spot in the metal pile ?, a gas powered Flymow, it appeared to be in excellent condition so I picked it up and threw it in the bed, when I got home I threw it up on my work bench and inspected it, perfect condition except for a scratch on the lower housing and the air filter is missing.

Later on today I am going to see if I can get this baby running and surprise my neighbors :)
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Hi Roger!

Wassup?

I saw those in the 80's on TV, except they were red and gas powered.
 
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Eli

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Originally posted by: Iron Woode
Originally posted by: synchronizer
Flymow

Will wonders never cease, back in the late seventies I purchased a gas powered Flymow (flying lawn mower) new, used it for several years until the lifting fan broke, since the company went under from lawsuits regarding the lower extremities of it's customers being blenderized, I could not purchase any repair parts for it.
Low and behold, this morning I took my 1971 Chevy P/U down to the dump to get rid of a pile of brush, while exiting the facility what do I spot in the metal pile ?, a gas powered Flymow, it appeared to be in excellent condition so I picked it up and threw it in the bed, when I got home I threw it up on my work bench and inspected it, perfect condition except for a scratch on the lower housing and the air filter is missing.

Later on today I am going to see if I can get this baby running and surprise my neighbors :)
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Hi Roger!

Wassup?

I saw those in the 80's on TV, except they were red and gas powered.
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:Q
 
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Howard

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Originally posted by: Eli
Originally posted by: Iron Woode
Originally posted by: synchronizer
Flymow

Will wonders never cease, back in the late seventies I purchased a gas powered Flymow (flying lawn mower) new, used it for several years until the lifting fan broke, since the company went under from lawsuits regarding the lower extremities of it's customers being blenderized, I could not purchase any repair parts for it.
Low and behold, this morning I took my 1971 Chevy P/U down to the dump to get rid of a pile of brush, while exiting the facility what do I spot in the metal pile ?, a gas powered Flymow, it appeared to be in excellent condition so I picked it up and threw it in the bed, when I got home I threw it up on my work bench and inspected it, perfect condition except for a scratch on the lower housing and the air filter is missing.

Later on today I am going to see if I can get this baby running and surprise my neighbors :)
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Hi Roger!

Wassup?

I saw those in the 80's on TV, except they were red and gas powered.
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:Q
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Real slow on the draw, you are. :p
 
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Oger

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Hi guys.

Well it fired up after a bit of carb fiddling, adjustments and cleaning, smokes like a bastard though, obviously the previous owner mixed the oil at a 2 to 1 ratio instead of 50 to 1, thus the carb trouble, unfortunately this one does not have a throttle control like my original, therefor I cannot control the cutting height which makes it useless to me :(


Holy cripes Notfred, I do not think I want to have parts shipped from the UK, apparently the British hate their feet :p
 
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These are good, I think, for doing things like a very steep angle and you can tie the mower to a piece of rope or whatever and drop it down a slope, then pull it up again, and repeat :)
 
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I've seen these and can't for the life of me figure out how they'd work on anything but short, stiff grass (in which case, you might be better off with a reel-type mower). Seems like the down-draft from the fan would cause longer, flexible blades of grass to bend over and thus avoid the cutting blade?

 
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Oger

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They work on the principle of updraft when cutting and downdraft for lift, the machine cuts the blades of grass in the updraft of high velocity of air which occurs 1 to 2 inches within the circumference of the fan.
 
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Batti

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Seems like you could rig up a throttle control somehow. You seem quite handy.
 
kranky

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I had a Flymo for about three years. Worked pretty well, actually. I have a bank in front of my house and I could stand at the top and swing the Flymo back and forth which let me cut about five feet down the bank with no effort.

But on uneven ground, it wasn't good. It needs level ground to keep the mower airborne.
 
Squisher

Squisher

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I have never in my 47 years seen one before.

If it stalls would it leave a chunk out of the lawn too?

 
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Oger

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Seems like you could rig up a throttle control somehow. You seem quite handy.
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A throttle will require repair parts which are no longer available, not only is the throttle cable missing, but the governor as well.
 
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