Helicopter Turbine Powered Roadster (Not a turbo miata!)

[dillon7]

How can somebody not love this? This is awesome!

[SteamBoat]

Awesome!

[godzillus]

dude with fingers = rpm x ???, so 9,000, 90,000?!?!?!

He is indicating EGT in degrees.. 200-300....It got to ~800f.

But in the video, that's only idle with no load... around 30,000rpm

can't wait to see it at full throttle!

[mattysxe]

Mind = blown.

[godzillus]

Now that we got it running, its time to get it to drive! Machined a SAE Dana/Spicer to Spitfire flange yoke adapter for the diff...



Made an n2 brake, which is essentially an oversize hydraulic e-brake...

[JeffTree]

this is pure insanity.. im just lost for words.

[LukeyBabes]

Come onnnnn updates.

[Randomofodication]

that sounds soooooo darn cool while its running

[godzillus]

The beast lives!


http://s259.photobucket.com/user/god...23aaa.mp4.html

[deutschman]

So exciting!

[FluidMotorUnion]

The beast lives!


http://s259.photobucket.com/user/god...23aaa.mp4.html

Congratulations!!! Good to see it rolling.

This is, easily, one of the best build threads on here. The effort you're putting into this is outstanding, and you guys are going to become killer engineers once you graduate.

Now take it to the drag strip!

[godzillus]

Congratulations!!! Good to see it rolling.

This is, easily, one of the best build threads on here. The effort you're putting into this is outstanding, and you guys are going to become killer engineers once you graduate.

Now take it to the drag strip!

Thanks! That means a lot coming from you guys! We are hoping to have it ready for a road coarse a few hours away in late may. Plenty of time for shakedown after finals!

Here are some pics before we drove The Beast out to Anderson Paint to thank them for all the work they did. The official video is coming!

[Stupid Kid]

Is it fast?
Does it go fast?
Have you guys made it go fast?

[jeffaz]

this. is. insane.

[cobrawannabe]

Mother of Christ.