Re: any one have any turbo chargers?
Sloopy, <br /><br />I don't have any, but you need to be careful messin' with those things. They look like a lot of fun but they spin REAAALLLLY fast. If you get one built, don't walk where you would be in line with the blades if it were to fly apart
. You want the blades to be in good shape so the balance isn't off. You're first post about jet engines got me interested in building one
. A friend and I are planning on building a remote controlled race car that has a turbine engine on it. We plan on running a direct drive system. I figured it up the other day that, at 150,000 rpm and with 4 inch diameter tires, it would go over 1,700 mph in a vacuum with no wind resistance or "lift."
We will be buiding ours out of sheet metal and a couple turbocharger bearings. One will be for the compressor/turbine shaft and the other for the output turbine shaft. It's gonna take a while but it should be worth it. <br /><br />Check these sites out:<br /><br />
how stuff works jet engine site <br /><br />
Nye Thermodynamics <br /><br />
Mike's site <br /><br />
Cooler <br /><br />
Site with more links <br /><br />I won't be able to get started on it until I finish my boat though. I'm about half-way there and I don't want to get too many projects goin' at one time. Good Luck on it but BE VERRRY CAREFUL. Those things can be DANGEROUS
.<br /><br />James<br /><br />PS: Try a junkyard and tell them what you plan to do with it. They might give it to you cheaper, if not free, if you promise them a demonstration when you finish it.
