Re: jet engine in your garage anyone?

From: Chris Spotts (ccs138@psu.edu)
Date: Mon Jul 30 2001 - 13:31:49 EDT


Bet that would leave the vehicle behind you feeling rather toasty :-)

-Chris

----- Original Message -----
From: <John_Neff@Dell.com>
To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Sent: Monday, July 30, 2001 11:23 AM
Subject: RE: DML: jet engine in your garage anyone?

> Looks like one of the older propane powered turbines the radio control
> airplanes guys were using a few years back. You can probably pick one up
for
> about $1000.00 these days. Everyone has moved on to kerosene now. The last
I
> heard, there are 66 people in the US registered with the Academy of Model
> Aeronautics to fly RC turbines.
>
> Before these small turbines were available commercially, a lot of people
> built their own with rotors out of car turbos.
>
> As far as adding one to your truck, you want something larger. These small
> propane units only put out about 15 lbs. of thrust. The newer larger ones
> are hitting about 70 lbs. Build one with about 500 lbs and you should get
a
> nice little boost on the butt dyno :)
>
> John
>
> >Anyone up to building a small jet engine? Here's an article by
> >someone that did:
>
> >http://www.asciimation.co.nz/beer/
>
>
> >I wonder if it would be possible to get any extra acceleration if
> >that were mounted in the bed of the dak...
>
>
>



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