Ah well, you'll never get it to self sustain if the turbine isnt spinning ;) Some ideas for getting it to spool up might be to either: 1. Use a shop vac and...
Is it possible to use alcohol as a fuel? It could be cheap (if homemade, heh heh ) and burn cleanly. alcohol and water are also highly soluble, so water...
It seems that it should work. Pretty much any fuel should work, liquid fuels are just more convenient. Yeah, "moonshine" ought to work just fine. Fred ... ...
Anything that you can get to burn will work as a fuel. I remember Oldsmobile toyed around with the idea of using coal dust in the mid 80's. One thing to be...
... Yes, alcohol (ethanol) has only 26 megajoules of energy per kilogram and methanol only 19,5 compared to diesel for example, that has 43. But what if...
It would be cheaper than alcohol but more expensive than diesel. Here in the U.S., straight methanol is between $3 and $4/gallon. Diesel is about $1.75. More...
Those cautions are valid, tho more so with Methanol than Ethanol. Fred ... From: Mark S. To: DIYGasTurbines@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, August 01, 2004 8:33...
Agreed. Be extra careful - Methanol burns with a colorless, almost invisible flame, making it even harder to detect when you have a fuel leak and something may...
Not a dramatic failure, but a significant problem!. Last week i ran the kart engine hard in order to test it for the show which Tony and I went to today. I did...
no need to tell you what caused that !! least with it been a common modern turbo ,parts should not be a problem ,if not cheap . so does the stainless divider...
On the last run she only reached 550c, but on the last test run last week TOT reached 850c......Although i do suspect the hot streak pump was leaking fuel into...
Actually evening here but morning somewhere I am sure. Been a long while since I've posted here! I have to report the jet powered beer cooler is no more! I...
Hi Nick What interesting pics , very strange how the turbine tips are still there but the rear vertical edge has been "oxy cut" away along with the heat shield...
This is definately the problem. The owner/moderator needs to go in and thin things out a bit to give the others a chance to cut back and/or resize their pics....
Hi everyone! I'm still searching an oil pump. At this moment i'm using a small gear pump from car window cleaner, which gives nothing close to enough pressure...
Hi John....thanks for your comments, certainly a need for reworking the hot streak system!!!. I'm gonna cut a new flame tube as well, not happy with the Inlet...
Under the members profiles the owner is listed as "dontspam / editor@a.." with turbochris as a moderator. So Chris, do you have the option of cleaning up the...
sure, I'll go trim the fat. if anyone wants anything out of there they better get it now. Anyone who feels something should stay better speak up. Any...
Remove the oldest files first... Then remove the not so informative files... ... From: Chris Krug To: DIYGasTurbines@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, August 02,...
Hi Nick Thats good news about the rest of her being OK , as you said , " all part of the fun ". Cheers John ... not ... still ... with ... tensile ... temp ......
Just a quick note to everyone. Most photoeditting programs will allow you to change the format how you save files. You can open a bitmap and save as a jpeg...
I've had a closer look at the fuel delivery 'in action' to both the Re-heat and hot streak. There's no leakage, but - when the hot streak pump is fired, she...
I'm sharpening up the machete as we speak. or maybe I should do the cleanup with a flamethrower? ... From: Mark S. [mailto:fastfission4x4@...] Sent:...
Well, I borrowed a leaf blower to try to get the turbine going, but I still can't get it to start. I've tried different oil pressures, fuel flows, ect. What...
Chris, Open a new group, Call it DIY Photo and File Overflow. We have done this with our casting group. You will have the same amount of space that you...
Chris, You can delete the BovingdonJune04WCP pictures I posted. They are all on Chris's site now. Bill ... __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? ...
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