Hi all,
I'm new and preparing to build my first Jet. I actually want to build a Turbine Jet, but i figured starting with a Pulse jet might help me throught the learning curve and can be alot of fun too.
Before i was able to find this site i spent alot of time Brain Storming on avaliable materials. When it struck me that a friend of mine was just telling me last week that a mouse ruined his Turbo heater he uses to heat his Garage. Theese are basicly Jet's in loose concept arent they??
My question is, did i just stubmle into a Plethora of parts for my jet? Fuel pump, ignitors, ect.???
Or has someone already went this route without success?
Just wonderd before i drug it home and started ripping it appart.
Turbo (Space) Heater?
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Rescyou
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Turbine combustion runs at very high RPM and fairly high heat. Unless this heater is an APU of some sort I highly doubt that it will function as you intend. If you are looking for the el'cheapo version of a turbine, buy an old turbo from the junkyard. Do you have a make/model/picture of this device? You should probably move this thread into the appropriate section.
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No, I'm building a pulse engine from a blueprint.
The parts i was interested in from the heater where the Fuel Pump
The ignitor
Possably the injector.
I never intended to build the engine out of the heater, just scavange tome parts. I still dont know what i'm gonna use for a fuel pump, and if i can get some decient pressure out of that one it would be great.
I had planned to go with thetraditional spark plug idnitor, but if the heater has a better setup i'd go for it.
Here is the style heater i'm talking about.
Sorry if i posted this in the wrong place, i'm new.
The parts i was interested in from the heater where the Fuel Pump
The ignitor
Possably the injector.
I never intended to build the engine out of the heater, just scavange tome parts. I still dont know what i'm gonna use for a fuel pump, and if i can get some decient pressure out of that one it would be great.
I had planned to go with thetraditional spark plug idnitor, but if the heater has a better setup i'd go for it.
Here is the style heater i'm talking about.
Sorry if i posted this in the wrong place, i'm new.
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You are posting in the correct place, misunderstood your intention.
You should be able to find all sorts of goodies within that heater. Myself, I would take the heater apart and see if I could fix it and sell the thing and buy parts with the $$ I got.
If you are planning to get into pulse-jets I would recommend going the direction of a Bailey or a Dyna-jet as a first attempt as many a newbie has tried and failed in the creation of something custom the first time around. Lemme know what kinda goodies you find if in fact you dissect the thing, I always wanted to know what gadgets were within the things.
S.
You should be able to find all sorts of goodies within that heater. Myself, I would take the heater apart and see if I could fix it and sell the thing and buy parts with the $$ I got.
If you are planning to get into pulse-jets I would recommend going the direction of a Bailey or a Dyna-jet as a first attempt as many a newbie has tried and failed in the creation of something custom the first time around. Lemme know what kinda goodies you find if in fact you dissect the thing, I always wanted to know what gadgets were within the things.
S.
The mind of a man is the man himself.