View Single Post
emcon5 emcon5 is offline
Hilbilly Deluxe
 
emcon5's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Reno
Posts: 6,492
Garage
Quote:
Originally posted by Cory M
Building your own gas turbine engine is a novel idea but very, very impractical, unless you have degrees in combustion, aerodynamics, heat transfer, materials engineering, mechanical engineering, manufacturing, etc it could turn out to be a very frustrating hobby. You may be able to put something together that spins but turbine manufacturers employ hundreds of engineers for a reason, and all of their new designs are based on decades of past experience.
Or you could just cobble something together out of an old turbocharger and a propane tank.

http://www.nickhaddock.co.uk/jetgallery.htm

http://www.aardvark.co.nz/pjet/faq.htm

You can even use them to cool your beer.
http://www.asciimation.co.nz/beer/

Tom
__________________
82 911SC Coupe
GTI Cup #43
Old 08-09-2005, 06:28 PM
  Pelican Parts Catalog | Tech Articles | Promos & Specials    Reply With Quote #12 (permalink)