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slim_boy_fat
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Absolutely brilliant!!
Misterg
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Thank you! 
Can't wait to find out!
Thanks - that really surprised me, too. I'm sure it was largely down to me inadvertently leaving the gas canister on its side so that some liquid ended up going up the pipe!
It was liquid propane/butane in the hose, but I think it was surging back and forth a bit. They are notoriously thirsty though - I'm working on about 400cc/minute for my kerosene pump. I'm hoping it will be much more stable with a metered supply of liquid fuel, rather than the free-for-all liquid flashing into gas as it moves around the pipes.
Can't wait to find out!
I can only add phenomenal to the list of accolades above.
Having spent a lot of years working on jet engines the sound as it starts self sustaining and settles into its running rhythm is music to my ears.
A truly outstanding project.
Having spent a lot of years working on jet engines the sound as it starts self sustaining and settles into its running rhythm is music to my ears.
A truly outstanding project.
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As above, fair play, most impressed.
42.000 rpm.
Was the oil feed working ?
Most impressed.
Mat
42.000 rpm.
Was the oil feed working ?
Most impressed.
Mat
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AWESOME.
Wildatlanticwelder
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great build, very impressive Would be interesting to see it mounted on a skateboard tied to a luggage scales to give an idea of the thrust being made
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Very impressive build .
This is a real credit to you
This is a real credit to you
Misterg
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THANK YOU!
). Luckily, the bearings seem to have survived. This arrangement will be ditched once I go onto liquid fuel - the fuel will have some oil in it and there will be a bleed from the main fuel supply to lubricate the bearings instead.
Something along those lines could well happen...
As somebody who just ****** around in his shed, I have a great admiration for the contributors to this forum that do this sort of thing for a living. The depth and breadth of knowledge, skill and expertise that is regularly demonstrated is genuinely impressive, as is the general absence of misinformation. The least I can do is try and provide a bit of interest/entertainment in return.
No, not properly - I took the tapping from wrong place to pressurise the oil supply - I thought I could get away with using the starting gas injector connection instead of tee-ing into the pressure gauge line, but this ends up being at a lower pressure than the bearings once the speed picks up, so the flow goes the wrong way (I have now realised!
). Luckily, the bearings seem to have survived. This arrangement will be ditched once I go onto liquid fuel - the fuel will have some oil in it and there will be a bleed from the main fuel supply to lubricate the bearings instead.Something along those lines could well happen...
As somebody who just ****** around in his shed, I have a great admiration for the contributors to this forum that do this sort of thing for a living. The depth and breadth of knowledge, skill and expertise that is regularly demonstrated is genuinely impressive, as is the general absence of misinformation. The least I can do is try and provide a bit of interest/entertainment in return.
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Fixed that for you, find your crash helmet!
Would be interesting to see it mounted on a skateboard to give an idea of speed and thrust being made
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Im afraid the skateboard would head off for the horizon without me and id land on my @r$€
