wow thanxs man but can you pleas tell me more about steam rockets because i never heard about themleo wrote:try a steam rocket , seems to me its easy to build and cheap.
http://www.blastwavejet.com/rocketcar.htm
where i can get plans or kits >>>
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wow thanxs man but can you pleas tell me more about steam rockets because i never heard about themleo wrote:try a steam rocket , seems to me its easy to build and cheap.
http://www.blastwavejet.com/rocketcar.htm
then dont tell him you have a 100 p propanepatrick35 wrote:hi LUC .
you remember NAPIERVILLE DRAGWAY ?? loll i'm sure you know this field hihihi , at this drag way you can race with everything you want , including , vtt , dirt bike , snow mobil , ect ....
the question i have is are they gonna let you ride on the track with a 100 pound butle of liquide propane ???? hihihi i don't think .i will ask the owner next time .
i have ask the owner of the track about jet car , ( at napierville dragway ) i have ask him if i can race with a non legal frame , he said YES but when the event will begin i will not be allowed to race , i can race bafore the show began ( practice time ) . because they use NHRA rules for the event .
patrick .
Yes, I remember Naperville.patrick35 wrote:hi LUC .
you remember NAPIERVILLE DRAGWAY ?? loll i'm sure you know this field hihihi , at this drag way you can race with everything you want , including , vtt , dirt bike , snow mobil , ect ....
the question i have is are they gonna let you ride on the track with a 100 pound butle of liquide propane ???? hihihi i don't think .i will ask the owner next time .
i have ask the owner of the track about jet car , ( at napierville dragway ) i have ask him if i can race with a non legal frame , he said YES but when the event will begin i will not be allowed to race , i can race bafore the show began ( practice time ) . because they use NHRA rules for the event .
patrick .
Well ... As for our project, when we will have time and spare money, we have a project of building a jet dragster. Not that we want to blow-up records, but it is a damn good publicity when these things goes full blast. The other day, at the Bagotville Airshow, we came to a point where 6 F-18 were starting and warming their engines (That 12 engines running together). When we started our engine, you couldn't hear the F-18 anymore. What do you think happened when over 3000 peoples heard that? ... He he he. So, basically, our jet car will probably have a thrust ratio between 2 and 4 to 1, depending of our car total weigth. My idea calls for two 1000 Lbs. thrust 3rd generation pressure jets.hi luc
thanx man
and please tell me more about your project dont be afried i wont stell your idea(i cant anyway) :)
and you said you build pressure engine
wht kind engines you build ?and how much power it makes?
because i may buy one from you
and how much thrust a small car need so it make 150mph in the 1/4
.xxbgxx wrote: yhea i actully searched the net and your the only one adding new stuff in the pressure jet but your web site doesnt have any pictures or prices or warrantys but if your realy can build a engine i need we can manage something
...and a worn or lousy clutch.racketmotorman wrote:[...] a thrust vehicle is like taking off in top gear with only one gear [...]
racketmotorman wrote:Hi xxbgxx
Unless you intend putting at least 2,000 lbs of thrust on your 2000 lb auto you'd be better off forgetting about the idea , thrust is a lousy alternative to hp in a low speed vehicle , and yes, 150mph is low speed when talking about thrust powered vehicles , terrible energy conversion .
You also have to remember that your "wind resistance" will be taking an ever increasing proportion of your thrust , it goes up as the cube of your speed , whereas your rolling resistance is more linear and is really only a small proportion of your power requirement at higher speeds .
If going thrust powered you want the lightest and most streamlined vehicle you can make , because your initial acceleration is terrible compared with an IC engine dropping the clutch in a low gear and you have to "catch up" at the higher speeds further down the track, a thrust vehicle is like taking off in top gear with only one gear .
Cheers
Luc wrote:Hi again Guys,
Heyyy ... El-Kablooey, thanks for the good comments. We sure do appreciate it when some peoples see the real purpose our goals.
As for your assumptions of XX using both a jet engine in supplement of the carr piston engine, if you are correct, the use of a jet engine would be useless, especially with a manual transmission, as the jet engine would now have to fight both the air resistance and the piston compression.
Luc