RE: Meet The Only Turbine Batmobile In The World

[Chicane-UK]

Awesome. I bet that'd turn some heads!!

[steveo3002]

imagine ringing round for insurance on that lol

[davepoth]

98elise said:

For helicopters there is normally a power turbine at the back end of the engine, not connected to the main shaft. The thrust from the turbine exhaust turns the power turbine, this decoupling acts as a clutch. A single speed gearbox is connected to the power turbine give you the rmp you need. Speed is then controlled by thrust (but there is some lag) vs engine speeed

For a car application hooking it up to a generator and then running electric drive would be a sensible idea, and probably good for fuel economy too (the turbine could run at stable thrust levels then - until you wanted the afterburner...)

[71tuscan]

flashygee said:

In his Garage i see a red Cheetah

Finally... Somebody noticed the really interesting stuff!

Cheers!

[Dirty]

Ok, so that's the 'coolest car ever' prize wrapped up!

[thinfourth2]

davepoth said:

For a car application hooking it up to a generator and then running electric drive would be a sensible idea, and probably good for fuel economy too (the turbine could run at stable thrust levels then - until you wanted the afterburner...)

Somehow i feel that fuel economy wasn't the aim of this project

[fathomfive]

Animala said:

How long till it's on the PH classifieds?

'Still on the log book as a 1.6'