Turbonique Drag Bug from the 60\'s..180mph!!??!!

dangerous 23 Windows of Awesome

5,901 posts · joined Jan 2005 · 24 Apr 2007, 8:20 am

#587003

http://www.almar.easynet.be/turbonique.htm

http://www.almar.easynet.be/Sorry%20bout%20that.htm

This type of engine was not thrust, but power transfered to the wheels.

AWESOME!!

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1,593 posts · joined Aug 2005 · 24 Apr 2007, 9:20 am

#587010

Very cool stuff Dave, just thinking with 1000shp thats gotta be one tough trans. The turbine engines i work on require a two stage planetary reduction gearbox to turn 36000 rpm into 2200rpm, which results in torque values anywhere from depending on engine model 1800 to 5000 lb/ft. Also the fuel is some nasty stuff too, sought of like the fuel used in the SR71 black birds, it was so volatile that i didn't require ignitor plugs, just exposure to oxygen would set it alight. Thanks Dave.

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pete wood 23 Windows of Awesome

6,828 posts · joined Jan 2004 · 24 Apr 2007, 1:12 pm

#587051

read about this a while back. I love the go kart. shame they never kept up the development.

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speedster356 Plastic not Classic Racing

1,624 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 24 Apr 2007, 3:50 pm

#587072

Hahaha, I have the technical manual and manufacturing drawings for one of these thrust engines.

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pete wood 23 Windows of Awesome

6,828 posts · joined Jan 2004 · 24 Apr 2007, 4:00 pm

#587073

garn, dare you to make one then!:bounce

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1,593 posts · joined Aug 2005 · 24 Apr 2007, 10:34 pm

#587158

speedster356 wrote:Hahaha, I have the technical manual and manufacturing drawings for one of these thrust engines.

I'd like a look at those might be able to use some parts out of the bin at work.:P

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1,123 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 25 Apr 2007, 7:53 am

#587194

amazing! cheers for sharing, now if only I could find one of those transmissions on ebay cheap.

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3,336 posts · joined Sep 2002 · 27 Apr 2007, 1:06 am

#587580

pete wood wrote:read about this a while back. I love the go kart. shame they never kept up the development.

Ya know... There's a bloke here in WA that you all may have heard of that used to hold the landspeed record (current?) for a jet powered go-kart.... His name is Rosco McGlashan, and he's a bloody marvel! The kart is in the Freo Motor Museum if your interested.....

This stuff is total madness Dave.... Unbelievable!!!

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