Hey Kids!
Impress EVERYBODY in your neighborhood, even that crotchety old Mr. Snell, with your very own Flame Hurricane!
The Flame Hurricane is a highly magnified version of the Flame Tornado featured in several SRL shows (and conceived by Kevin Binkert). It utilizes five LOUD 150 LB thrust Pulsejet engines and a system of 8 by 8 foot louvers arranged in a 45 ft circle to produce a rapidly rotating column of hot, high velocity hurricane like wind. Gasoline is injected into this swirling vortex of hot air at a pressure of 1000 psi and a flow of 1.5 gallons per second, producing a flaming layer on the exterior of the rotating air column. Powerful fuel vapor explosions are a distinct possibility.
Finally something fun and useful for those five 150 lb lockys you've got lying around collecting dust.
http://srl.org/machines/flamehurricane/
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nice!, I'm looking forward to the video of this,mmm could have started your own entertainment niche here.
Nick
Nick
Looking at the video on that page it's pretty obvious that they've split the tailpipe in two places. This shows up when they try to restart it.
At about 1:08 (on the quicktime vid) you can see a puff of flame come from the top of the U-bend.
Then at about 1:15 you can see flames come from behind the tailpipe cone.
From 1:35 onwards you can see them pointing at where the split obviously is.
By the way, I was talking (via email) with Mark Pauline today and he said they were actually getting about 87-90 lbs of thrust with augmentors on the intake and exhaust -- so I don't know where they get that 150lbs figure from on the website -- unless they're talking about a much bigger version of the Lockwood than that shown in the vid.
At about 1:08 (on the quicktime vid) you can see a puff of flame come from the top of the U-bend.
Then at about 1:15 you can see flames come from behind the tailpipe cone.
From 1:35 onwards you can see them pointing at where the split obviously is.
By the way, I was talking (via email) with Mark Pauline today and he said they were actually getting about 87-90 lbs of thrust with augmentors on the intake and exhaust -- so I don't know where they get that 150lbs figure from on the website -- unless they're talking about a much bigger version of the Lockwood than that shown in the vid.
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Pieter van Boven
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Would it be possible to run these five LH-engines on just one bottle of propane as shown in the picture? Would a standard reduce valve, wich is normaly used on these kind of botlles, be able to feed these 5 engines at the same time?
http://srl.org/machines/flamehurricane/flameh1.jpg
Pieter.
http://srl.org/machines/flamehurricane/flameh1.jpg
Pieter.
Most likely not. Virtually all liquid-draw propane tanks have something called an "excess-flow valve" (EFV).
This valve is a safety device designed to stop or slow the flow of propane in the event that a fuel line is cut.
I've already encountered problems with the 200lbs engine and a 100lbs liquid-draw propane tanke where occasionally the EFV will trip and the engine will drop to a low idle.
If I want more power I'm going to have to use mutliple propane tanks.
This valve is a safety device designed to stop or slow the flow of propane in the event that a fuel line is cut.
I've already encountered problems with the 200lbs engine and a 100lbs liquid-draw propane tanke where occasionally the EFV will trip and the engine will drop to a low idle.
If I want more power I'm going to have to use mutliple propane tanks.