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Old July 10th 05, 04:54 PM
Anton
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"Keith W" wrote

Yes, its been done with the turbo's for road vehicles

http://www.channel4.com/science/micr...ges/jet_racer/
diary_team02.html

Hmm...That text is little bit confusing, in fact I don't really understand
what are they talking about...They have said much, but still, nothing.Only
some story from that race.

Sure BUT it would be a very complex build as you'd need to build a
compressor stage and burner cans and then couple the
high revving turbine to the transmission.


I know.High revs can be solved with reductor.Now, I need more information
about compressor stage and burner cans
I presume that all this could fit to a car, for example Ford Cortina, or
something like that.
How strong must be, I mean how much thrust could turbocharger from car
produce?Could I make a one man vehicle from that?

Given enough time and money you can build anything and gas turbine cars
have been built. The real question is why ?


I know that gas turbine cars have been built, but the real question is, have
they been built in private garages?
Why?
Why do people climb on mountains, why do people surf, why do people like
diving..?
I hope you understand what am I aiming for.I want to have a first gas
turbine powered car in Croatia. Is that enough?
Jet powered streetrace car...Hmm...Nice... ( like Homer Simpson would said )


Such a vehicle is likely to be unreliable and extremely inefficient in
using fuel and probably could not be certified for road use.


That isn't my intention at all.I want to make that car, not for daily use,
but for streetrace, for example, why not?That would be a show...

A better approach may be a hybrid using a small gas turbine running
at constant speed to charge a battery for an electrically driven
vehicle.


If I wanted to do that, I would go on some 1.4 liter diesel engine, which
can I buy almost everywhere and make electric car.