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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.
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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