www.pulse-jets.com

I'm considering buying a tiny 12.5lb axial jet engine with hopes of mounting it on some sort of vehicle.

My first thought was a scooter, like a glorified RAZOR or such scooter. Would 12.5lbs of thrust even be enough to move such a thing with a 150lb rider at a reasonable speed?

not realy. It'll get you up to speed but it will take FOREVER and if there is any wind, you can forget about it. Why don't go for a 40 something pound valved pulse-jet instead - they're way cheaper and pretty small compared to valveless engines.

Meh, too noisy and doesn't have the "WoW" factor of a real turbine

How much thrust would I need for it to be reasonably useful?

Jmitchell wrote:Meh, too noisy and doesn't have the "WoW" factor of a real turbine

How much thrust would I need for it to be reasonably useful?

realy? a red hot engine that will wake up people 5 miles away doesn't have the "wow" factor?

well I think you'd need at least 30 pounds for it to have any real use. if you can go higher, do so.

I wanted it to be more advanced than a loud buzzing fuel sucking pulse jet, I can't ride a scooter like that to class.

And I can't afford 2 of these turbines to make 30lbs , they're 800$ a piece!

Damn.

you could try making your own out of a diesel truck turbo unit or something
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/HUGE-VT5 ... ccessories
(you know, pulse-jets are more effiecent then turbine engines when it comes to units of thrust per unit of weight....)