Speaking of that, I recently saw dudes on these E-foil boards for the first time. Pretty wild. Would be badass to build a jet version of it, but jet skis aren’t the same type of jets as OP’s micro turbofan.
Also I guess the problem with small turbofans comes down to machining tolerances. If there’s any gap between the fan blades and the duct, it greatly harms efficiency. As the blades heat and cool and spin, even with super expensive Ti and different alloys, there needs to be a little bit of space. If you have a huge high-bypass turbofan, a 1mm gap between the fan blades and outside wall is a very small % of the whole thing. On a mini 10” turbofan, that 1mm gap is going to be huge in comparison.
Yeah, jetcat sucks ass. The plastic on the starter on the front there will break and get sucked into the intake and frick up the entire thing. 5k for a paperweight at that point.
>just add a mesh screen to prevent that
what a wind idea!
hell, why not donut for airliners to prevent bird ingestion?
i'm sure the manufacturers never thought of this
you should totally build a prototype and get a patent
you could make enough to buy 3 maybe 4 gallons of gasoline!
I thought it would be just some Youtuber slapping those shits on his Tesla and then ripping them right off again but I gotta say I really like how much love he put into the wienerpit side of things. Kinda overkill for a fun project like this but details like this show that someone loves to tinker
He has his control system pretty well set, but their location is an air pocket directly behind his vehicle. This project was doomed to burning extremely rich with low thrust based on location. There isn't a better spot to create thrust with them on an automobile, however; so I can't fault this guy. A simple fix, which would massively improve function, would be to just tack on some aerofoils in front that push any draft from the wind into the front side of the jet engines.
They're easily made from shipping containers. You will never build one.
Can you stack them though fr?
Of course.
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With 52 lbs of thrust, how possible would it be to make a flying surfboard out of it?
It's been done before.
They're a bit of a death trap though, so you only ever see them being used/tested over a large body of water or a net.
Just wear a helmet
Speaking of that, I recently saw dudes on these E-foil boards for the first time. Pretty wild. Would be badass to build a jet version of it, but jet skis aren’t the same type of jets as OP’s micro turbofan.
Also I guess the problem with small turbofans comes down to machining tolerances. If there’s any gap between the fan blades and the duct, it greatly harms efficiency. As the blades heat and cool and spin, even with super expensive Ti and different alloys, there needs to be a little bit of space. If you have a huge high-bypass turbofan, a 1mm gap between the fan blades and outside wall is a very small % of the whole thing. On a mini 10” turbofan, that 1mm gap is going to be huge in comparison.
At least that’s what internet engineers told me.
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Yeah, jetcat sucks ass. The plastic on the starter on the front there will break and get sucked into the intake and frick up the entire thing. 5k for a paperweight at that point.
Many such cases.
Could you not just add a mesh screen to prevent that?
>just add a mesh screen to prevent that
what a wind idea!
hell, why not donut for airliners to prevent bird ingestion?
i'm sure the manufacturers never thought of this
you should totally build a prototype and get a patent
you could make enough to buy 3 maybe 4 gallons of gasoline!
>wind
Yeah, jetcat sucks.
Everything which is not a Pro Turbine is shit but even the Pro is shit.
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This guy mounted 3 jets on the back of his tesla. They aren't that powerful and consume fuel like crazy. https://youtu.be/6SYT0upjNac
I thought it would be just some Youtuber slapping those shits on his Tesla and then ripping them right off again but I gotta say I really like how much love he put into the wienerpit side of things. Kinda overkill for a fun project like this but details like this show that someone loves to tinker
>mounts jets on car
>puts them in the spot with the worst airflow
Would the air from the roof flow right into them?
no
just look at any aerodynamics diagram for just about any car
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Why would you expect a tesla owner to understand fluid dynamics.
He has his control system pretty well set, but their location is an air pocket directly behind his vehicle. This project was doomed to burning extremely rich with low thrust based on location. There isn't a better spot to create thrust with them on an automobile, however; so I can't fault this guy. A simple fix, which would massively improve function, would be to just tack on some aerofoils in front that push any draft from the wind into the front side of the jet engines.
They suck. Turbines don't scale down. Build a pulse jet or something else instead
>Turbines don't scale down
Why not?
>They suck.
they most definitely do haha
Some dude strapped a couple to his wingsuit and was able to glide like 20 miles or something.
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