So a few months back I went to see my good buddy pete, (we were at uni together) now most people would be happy to laze about and catch up but not pete, first thing saturday morning we were off to the scrappy to get the bits to make a jet engine.
We got did it, we made a jet engine in well under 48 hours and fired it up that weekend, its was a lot of fun. Pete did the research before I got there, he did lots of cutting and lateral thinking around problems, and sourcing the parts, I did the calculations for the flame tube and the welding.
When I turned up this time, he and another friend have mounted the jet in a BBQ!!!!
What an Amxing BBQ, we fired it up for the first time in its new home, and it cooked a sausage in no time!
Here's the bit me and pete made:
This is how to start it with the leave blower:
And antoehr vid of it running:
Cool or what (well maybe pointless)
We got did it, we made a jet engine in well under 48 hours and fired it up that weekend, its was a lot of fun. Pete did the research before I got there, he did lots of cutting and lateral thinking around problems, and sourcing the parts, I did the calculations for the flame tube and the welding.
When I turned up this time, he and another friend have mounted the jet in a BBQ!!!!
What an Amxing BBQ, we fired it up for the first time in its new home, and it cooked a sausage in no time!
Here's the bit me and pete made:
This is how to start it with the leave blower:
And antoehr vid of it running:
Cool or what (well maybe pointless)
. the oil is fed by a saab power steering pump drivenby an escort wiper motor. Its good except for priming where we hooked up both batteries to get it to prime.