A friend of mine just sent me this link. He's bouncing off the walls. He designed and built this bike, and the company that manufactures the engines posted a pic of his creation on their website.
That's really cool! I'll bet you can hear it a block away.
Some of the train fans here might like this one too:
Nice job.
Any performance figures? What does he use for fuel? Mileage?
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It runs on Jet A, and he estimates it to be approximately 6hp
Gee, someone can model a Union Pacific ALCO-GE "Big Blow" gas turbine-electric locomotive.
I wonder if the scale is right - Full size was 4500 HP, 6 HP might not be enough for 'Live Steamer' 7-1/2" gauge.
That, or a scale model M-1 Abrams Tank.
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If that's a turbo-prop, where's the prop? I doubt it would be road-registrable if it had a prop though...
hint... I suspect it's a turbo-shaft. But heck, who'd expect a turbine specialist to know the difference :-)
whatever the actual rating is, it accelerates nicely, and cruises around
35-40 mph
"Jon Grimm" wrote in news:78Msg.5335$pB.2266@trnddc06:
Nah, thats not a jet bike... Now tTHIS is a jet bike;
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