Wednesday, July 26, 2006
Jet Turbine powered Go Kart
I thought I would add a few pictures of my DIY Jet Turbine powered Jet Kart.
I bought the basis of the kart and engine off of Ebay and have done substantial modifications to it to make it as it is today.
These modifications include splitting the rear axle so to make steering easier as a standard go kart has a solid back axle and unless this axle is driven, can cause difficulty in steering. Splitting the axle creates a sort of differential and it steers around corners much easier especially at low speed.
The jet turbine runs on liquid Propane gas (LPG) and the afterburner runs on a petrol and diesel mix (40 x 60%). Looking from the front, the left hand black tank holds the LPG and the right hand the Afterburner fuel.
Speeds of around 80mph (and maybe higher?) should be possible with the calculated thrust.
As you can possibly imagine, it is extremely noisy and hearing protection has to be worn at all times !
Unfortunately, to date, I have not yet actually sat and ran in it - mainly because finding somewhere to take it is like looking for the proverbial needle in a large heap of straw! The UK is littered with old WW2 runways but getting permission to go on any of them is prooving very difficult. Insurance is also a big problem with everywhere I have contacted requiring some sort of cover.
I bought the basis of the kart and engine off of Ebay and have done substantial modifications to it to make it as it is today.
These modifications include splitting the rear axle so to make steering easier as a standard go kart has a solid back axle and unless this axle is driven, can cause difficulty in steering. Splitting the axle creates a sort of differential and it steers around corners much easier especially at low speed.
The jet turbine runs on liquid Propane gas (LPG) and the afterburner runs on a petrol and diesel mix (40 x 60%). Looking from the front, the left hand black tank holds the LPG and the right hand the Afterburner fuel.
Speeds of around 80mph (and maybe higher?) should be possible with the calculated thrust.
As you can possibly imagine, it is extremely noisy and hearing protection has to be worn at all times !
Unfortunately, to date, I have not yet actually sat and ran in it - mainly because finding somewhere to take it is like looking for the proverbial needle in a large heap of straw! The UK is littered with old WW2 runways but getting permission to go on any of them is prooving very difficult. Insurance is also a big problem with everywhere I have contacted requiring some sort of cover.
Sunday, July 23, 2006
Turbo Jet Mini Moto Bike
I bought an £80.00 Pocket minimoto bike off of Ebay and I am slowly going to be fitting a DIY Jet Turbine engine into it.
The bike is tiny as you can see so fitting all I need to fit into it will be difficult.
Every available bit of space must be utilized well.
The turbocharger above was purchased for £0.99 off of Ebay and after an overhaul, will be used to build the turbine engine for the bike.
Some of the parts of the turbo prior to the overhaul.This project is now on hold until I find time to do it ;)
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