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Ash, You sound just like me, planning, thinking, doing, all in your head, then putting it all into material items. I often spend hours laying in bed thinking of better ways to do things, keeps me awake at night too often. I keep a note pad next to my bed to write things down before I forget them, my...

Hey Ash, Love your work, really well explained and the pics are just great, keep it up, be sure to post a video of the engine running too! I'm in the process of putting together the bits'n pieces to build a small "afterburning" turbine, the engine itself will be in the ~18lb thrust range which will ...

All OK now, I found him.

Smithy.

Hey John,
I need to contact you soonish, like today!

I need your address. PM me when you get a chance please.

Cheers,
Smithy.

Hi Smithy If you feel like a ride some time , you'll be made most welcome . Being retired , I'm here all the time , you'll find me in my shed :-)) We should have lots to talk about ,been making "different??" bikes for 40 years I'll post a personal email for you on the site here with contact details...

Hi Smithy As one Sydney resident to another , welcome to the world of homemade turbine engines :-)) After nearly 17 years of playing with them, I might be just the bloke you need. Heres a link to my projects so far http://www.racketmotorman.turbinebuilder.com/ current project , 115 lbs thrust initi...

Looks hot, reminds me a bit of an F-104 without wings. Any chance of a video? Hey Anders, I do have some videos, but they're during the day and not much in the way of fire can be seen, the car is very new and hasn't been run flat-out as yet, lots of tuning and teething problems to sort out yet........

Hey All,

Just posting a few pics of our Jet dragster from Sydney, Australia. Hope you all enjoy. Hope I'm not out of line posting them in this section, however, it is a jet vehicle.....of any type, so I guess it fits!

Cheers,
Smithy.

Mike Everman wrote:LOFL, love your new tag line! I need a new one.

Glad you enjoyed it Can't remember where I got it though??, not one of mine unfortunately, I'm not that smart!

If we can't have a laugh every now and then, we've lost the plot!!

Cheers,
Smithy.

Mike Everman wrote:Maybe you should check jetbeetle.com
Horace is a friend and member of the forum.
He makes turbines and NGV's of inconel. Maybe he has a set that you could use.

Thanks for the info Mike,
I'll check into it and do as you suggest.

Cheers,
Smithy.

Smithy, Welcome to our group! It's nice to see folks that really make things go show up, and have daily contact with real propulsion systems. That car is fabulous. Hey Mike, Thanks for the kind welcome and thanks for pushing my membership through so quickly, muchly appreciated indeed. I'm sure ther...

Smithy - im very familiar with the schenck balance machines, there are several at my work that checks the balance of a turbine wheel by weighing it at different points and comparing the measurements. And yeh, they are accurate to incredible amounts! How far have you come with the kj? I would be tem...

Hey Adam, Thanks for the write-up. I hear what you're saying, personally I think you're much better off behind or in front of a jet when it lets go, generally, most of the parts tend to shoot out perpendicular to the engine's axis rather than back or forward, mind you it's not nice to see one explod...

Found it, heres the link to the post, its an interesting read none the less. http://www.pulse-jets.com/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=4318&highlight=jet+joe [/quote] Thanks James, I'll check it out and see what happens. If it's just a balancing problem, I can fix it here at my work, we have a nice ridiculou...

:shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: From one aussie to another...You bloody ripper. Hey James, Certainly is good to see a few Aussies here on this forum, hopefully I can pick the brains of everybody without ...