Turbo Jet Engine

eugene13

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Sometime ago I watched a you tube video of a guy building a jet engine out of a turbocharger using only an electric drill motor and some basic hand tools. Last summer one of my neighbors gave me a turbo charger, and now that the snow is sitting on the ground a foot and a half deep I have time to build my own verison. Of course, since I have a lot of really cool tools how can I handicap myself? By only using the materials I have on hand. 1 used turbo, a 1 5/8 mandrel bent 180, a random length of driveshaft tubing and some 3/8 steel plate. I thought the best place to start was the plate to mount the burner can and some flanges to close the end. I bolted the flanges together and used a hole saw to rough it out, here's the completed burner can. The guy in the video mentioned a relationship between the intake area and the fuel nozzle holes but i missed it and now can't fine the video.

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will be fun to follow, I have watched some of those videos and have an old turbo in the shed, but have a thousand other projects.
 
What, if anything, are you going to power with it? Mike
 
A Snow Blower!
 
Make sure you
The guy in the video mentioned a relationship between the intake area and the fuel nozzle holes

Colin Fruze made a couple videos about using a turbocharger with bare basic tools. I am always amazed at how much he can do with basic hand and power tools. But note, That video was about how it was possible to make a turbojet from a turbo charger with almost nothing on hand. If you were able to get 5 minutes of run time out of it, I would be surprised. The whole point of the video was just to prove it could be jerry rigged like no other and still function. Absolutely nothing about durability or safety.

Fun project though! :D
 
What, It's not OSHA approved? But it does sound fun. I saw where one guy put a pulse jet on a bicycle, but snow blower sounds more fun.
 
Colin Fruze,, I'll look for him on you tube, maybe I can catch those numbers, thanks
 
That would be my type of snow blower. But SA does not get enough snow for one.
Still want to see the Turbo jet run.
 
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