Street Legal Jet Powered Beetle

SUBMAN1 · 06-07-06, 09:30 PM

This is what we all need! Not!

-S

http://www.ronpatrickstuff.com/

Rose · 06-07-06, 09:49 PM

Wow. (I really don't like the five word posting minimum...)

CCIP · 06-07-06, 10:08 PM

:rotfl:

I love the picture with the cop.

The crazy things people do, it's great.

kiwi_2005 · 06-08-06, 12:11 AM

:rotfl: :rotfl:

Is that VW for real:hmm:

Iku-turso · 06-08-06, 01:38 AM

Well,at least drivers behind you will keep a safe distance

STEED · 06-08-06, 03:40 AM

Good grief, I would not like to be stuck behind that thing in traffic lights.

Iku-turso · 06-08-06, 05:04 AM

I know a good type number to this rocket : VW V-1

Linton · 06-08-06, 05:25 AM

It just looks like a rubbish bin with a gas burner in it to me.Does anybody have any tech specs for the engine?

rogerbo · 06-08-06, 07:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Linton

It just looks like a rubbish bin with a gas burner in it to me.Does anybody have any tech specs for the engine?

Read here http://www.geae.com/engines/military/t58/index.html

Linton · 06-08-06, 08:24 AM

I am still not convinced.A helicopter engine doesnt have an afterburner!

The Avon Lady · 06-08-06, 08:56 AM

The Bat-Mo-Beetle!

STEED · 06-08-06, 10:11 AM

You can not beat the Batmobill.

Let's do the Bat dance!!!

What did I just say?

Who spiked my cup of tea?

SUBMAN1 · 06-08-06, 10:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Linton

I am still not convinced.A helicopter engine doesnt have an afterburner!

He is a jet engine engineer! He modified it. He also had to take something deisnged for driving a shaft and turn it into thrust too. This is what the guy does!

-S

His words on the subject:

The engine is a General Electric Model T58-8F. This is a helicopter turboshaft engine that was converted to a jet engine by some internal modifications and a custom tailpipe. The engine spins up to 26,000 RPM (idle is 13,000 RPM), draws air at 11,000 CFM, and is rated at 1350 hp. It weighs only 300 lbm. It grows as it warms up so the engine mounts have to account for this. The mounts in the front are rubber and the back are sliding mounts on rubber. The structure holding the engine was designed using finite element analysis and is redundant. Strong, damage tolerant, and light. Second battery and fuse/relay panel on the right, halon fire system and 5 gallon dry sump tank on left. 24V starter motor is in the nose of the engine. 700 A of current goes into that motor for 20 seconds during start-up. Due to heat, must limit starts to three in one hour. Big screen is to avoid FOD (foreign object damage). Jet keeps sucking the rose out of the bud vase on the dash!

Linton · 06-08-06, 01:55 PM

Ok its a jet engine but just how fast does the bug go ?I just looked at his website he must be certifiable having a jet powered bike!

August · 06-08-06, 02:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by STEED

Let's do the Bat dance!!!

Known back in the day as the "Battoosie"

06-07-06, 09:30 PM	#1
SUBMAN1 Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 11,866 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Street Legal Jet Powered Beetle This is what we all need! Not! -S http://www.ronpatrickstuff.com/ __________________

06-07-06, 10:08 PM	#3
CCIP Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Canada Posts: 8,700 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 2	:rotfl: I love the picture with the cop. The crazy things people do, it's great. __________________ There are only forty people in the world and five of them are hamburgers. -Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart)

06-08-06, 12:11 AM	#4
kiwi_2005 Eternal Patrol Join Date: May 2004 Location: Aeoteroa Posts: 7,382 Downloads: 223 Uploads: 1	:rotfl: :rotfl: Is that VW for real:hmm: __________________ RIP kiwi_2005 Those who can't laugh at themselves leave the job to others.

06-08-06, 01:38 AM	#5
Iku-turso Sailor man Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 43 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Well,at least drivers behind you will keep a safe distance __________________ Finnish Navy in WW2

06-08-06, 03:40 AM	#6
STEED Lucky Jack Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Down Town UK Posts: 27,695 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 48	Good grief, I would not like to be stuck behind that thing in traffic lights. __________________ Dr Who rest in peace 1963-2017. To borrow Davros saying...I NAME YOU CHIBNALL THE DESTROYER OF DR WHO YOU KILLED IT!

06-07-06, 09:49 PM	#2
Rose Grey Wolf Join Date: May 2006 Location: New York City Posts: 966 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Wow. (I really don't like the five word posting minimum...)

06-08-06, 05:04 AM	#7
Iku-turso Sailor man Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 43 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I know a good type number to this rocket : VW V-1 __________________ Finnish Navy in WW2

06-08-06, 05:25 AM	#8
Linton Sea Lord Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 1,898 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	It just looks like a rubbish bin with a gas burner in it to me.Does anybody have any tech specs for the engine? __________________ http://lintonsview.blogspot.com/

06-08-06, 08:24 AM	#10
Linton Sea Lord Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 1,898 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I am still not convinced.A helicopter engine doesnt have an afterburner! __________________ http://lintonsview.blogspot.com/

06-08-06, 08:56 AM	#11
The Avon Lady Über Mom Join Date: May 2005 Location: Jerusalem, Israel Posts: 6,147 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	The Bat-Mo-Beetle! __________________ "Victory will come to us from the wombs of our women." - Houari Boumedienne, President of Algeria, Speech before the UN, 1974

06-08-06, 10:11 AM	#12
STEED Lucky Jack Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Down Town UK Posts: 27,695 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 48	You can not beat the Batmobill. Let's do the Bat dance!!! What did I just say? Who spiked my cup of tea? __________________ Dr Who rest in peace 1963-2017. To borrow Davros saying...I NAME YOU CHIBNALL THE DESTROYER OF DR WHO YOU KILLED IT! Last edited by STEED; 06-08-06 at 10:18 AM.

06-08-06, 01:55 PM	#14
Linton Sea Lord Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 1,898 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Ok its a jet engine but just how fast does the bug go ?I just looked at his website he must be certifiable having a jet powered bike! __________________ http://lintonsview.blogspot.com/ Last edited by Linton; 06-08-06 at 01:58 PM.