Hi My GT so far has cost me AU$500 to build and I still have not run it. I just have to fix the oil pump shaft after the problems I had with rubber hose a ...
Hi I do not know how big your turbo is but I got mine for free at a truck shop. I went to a mechanic instead of a person at the front counter. If went to the...
Niko.. ..well out of the 6 turbo's I bought, the most I paid for one was $140 USD and got one for as little at $25 USD( Garrett T3) both bought on Ebay..The...
http://www.vintagekarts.com/Rockets/Rockets.htm ...was surfing and came across this, dont know if you've seen it or heard of it, but quite interesting!.. Jim ...
I've been messing about with a rocket kart project for eighteen months or so, much easier and marginally safer using modern hybrid rocket technology (Nitrous...
Have you watched any old RoadRunner & Wile E Coyote cartoons lately? Hmmm. Picture of man sitting on top of rocket & lighting fuse. . . .. . Fred ... From:...
Interesting. If you read the paragraphs on the karts of the 60's, it says that the Turbonique engines have blown up and killed people. Thats funny, I just...
I remember the sales pitch from Turbonique back about 1965. They had a turbocharger driven by their peroxide engine that was guaranteed to double your...
Bruce,..I cant imagine hitting speeds of 150-200mph in a go- kart...Ive hit 85 in a go-kart with a chainsaw motor and even at that speed , I was a bit uneasy....
Hi Bruce LOL .....I can well understand your reasoning , but you one day you'll look at HER , and say , "its now or never" , and just put you fate in the...
Anyone thought of synthesizing their own hydrogen peroxide? Apparently its a little tricky, and, i assume no more dangerous than going 70mph down a runway...
I don't know about hydrogen peroxide, I'm not enough of a chemist for that and I'm sure our illustrious government wouldn't like me doing it anyway! However...
If you are going to ride in a rocket powered kart you need to be able to turn off the engine. I hope you the cover that slides over the cover doesn't block...
If you are going to ride in a rocket powered kart you need to be able to turn off the engine. I hope you the cover that slides over the cover doesn't block...
As far as i am aware, hydrogen peroxide is legal, however i wont be trying any time soon :) Thinking of solid fuel, blocking the nozzle is a 'bit' of a bad...
... Pure H2O2 is definitely dangerous stuff, although the chemistry of a peroxide thruster is pretty interesting. (Anyone who remembers Bill Suitor and his...
How about a diverter that drops into the exhaust stream (with enough of a rake angle to force it down into the stream once it's activated and hold it there)...
Reminds me of a rocket test rig I built where the entire finished rocket was restrained onto its launch gantry by a sprung piston pressing down on the tip of...
I just got the bad news that my turbine wheel is gonna cost me US$240 if I want to buy a new one. The good news is that the same wheel is used in several...
I am beginning work on converting my gt into a turboshaft engine. Any idea or rule of thumb to how big the power turbine is supposed to be? I beleive my...
http://www.the-rocketman.com/content12.html http://www.the-rocketman.com/kitty.html Quarter mile in 3.22 at 412mph This guy owns an insane collection of jet...
Okay, I kind of figured that might be the case. I included asking you since your name is shown as the one who posted them. Do you know him, or know his email...
wowsies! No offence intended, but the spacebar is there for a reason :p issupposedtobeIbeleivemyturbineissomewherearound3in... ... From: Joe Kirian To:...
Must just be your machine, David!.....the message came out alright here! ... turbine should be. ... Any idea or rule of thumb to how big the power turbine ...
Sorry about that guys, I know I hit the spacebar, computer was being slow at the time so maybe thats what did it. I'll re-post it. I am beginning work on...
Sorry about that guys, I know I hit the spacebar, computer was being slow at the time so maybe thats what did it. I'll re-post it. I am beginning work on...
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