Helicopter Turbine Powered Roadster (Not a turbo miata!)

[Oxer]

done deal, looking forward to videos of the putting around the carpark haha

[godzillus]

Stock brakes with a turbine?

Given the lack of compression and slow revving nature of turbines, are you brakes not going to get cooked on your first drive?

i would test it it in a big open space, with no walls any were.

lol

Haha, for now this is just a proof of concept, and really only the first iteration. The company we're working for will decide what the next course of action is for next year's design team.
This year it might just putt around a parking lot and make a lot of noise.

damn, this is wild! how do you plan to get that power to the wheels?

It will be a direct drive. Since the n1 and n2(driveshaft) shafts are separated in the turbine, there is no need for a clutch. And it makes 425ft-lbs and idle, so we would smoke anything less than a race clutch anyway.

Thanks guys! We are really getting excited about this project, and with about 7 weeks till design day we are chomping at the bit to get it done.

Thanks Oxer! Can you throw "Helicopter Turbine" in there too?

[badbeej]

damn, this is wild! how do you plan to get that power to the wheels?

[Randomofodication]

and i thought this was just another turbo miata build...... damn, this is so much cooler!

[dc_style]

sick! way pumepd to see this progress! Keep up the good work!

[Z.Cockburn]

Stock brakes with a turbine?

Given the lack of compression and slow revving nature of turbines, are you brakes not going to get cooked on your first drive?

i would test it it in a big open space, with no walls any were.

lol

[yo_low]

Very Very Cool Roadster!
Hyped to see how this turns out.

[Oxer]

Also, I edited the thread title, if you dont like it tell me and ill swap it back, but peope need to look in here haha.

[Oxer]

Ill admit, I thought it was just going to be a turbocharged convertible.


but when I opened this thread, god damn..... quarter mil turbine is ridic.. Good luck with it all!

[PoLonY]

this is so flipping cool

[Ben_S]

Well then... I was also in the 'expecting a turbo miata' boat... This is way more rad than what I thought. Sub'd

[godzillus]

Modeled up the power bulge and a few more details on the body

[Dave_The_BMXER]

Well. I am certainly in for this one.

[Rocambolesque]

Awesome project. I'm studying ME too!

[hi its me alec]

Insanity!!

I'm a big fan of this