Welcome to the JATO Forum!!!

[racket]

Hi Will

Welcome to the Group :-)

Hope you enjoy building your engine , we're here to help wherever we can .

Theres a "Sister Site" that might also be of help , it has a lot more "Technical Data" but isn't as suitable for Thread builds , have a look at tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/DIYGasTurbines/

Cheers
John

[Richard OConnell]

Hello Will and welcome!

[wcavalieri]

Thanks for the warm welcomes, all.

Feathers, unfortunately I dont have a welder but my dad is buying one this summer so I'll be able to use his when I'm home for summer break. As far as any parts I need machined I will probably have to outsource it since I dont want this project to be too "cowboy rigged"

[nanobotdoc]

Hello Fellows,

My Name is Dan Spangler, I work for the DIY publisher Make Magazine in there Lab building and testing all the projects that get into the magazine. im a jack of all trades kind of fellow with skills in both machining and welding as well as design and CAD. I absolutely LOVE Gas turbine engines, and am excited to make a few of my own with the help of the turbine guru's on this forum.

Cheers!

Dan

[Richard OConnell]

Hi Dan and welcome to the forums! Have you put any planning into a project yet? Its always interesting to see what ideas people come up with

EDIT:
Just read your other post, very nice... and good luck with it!

[nanobotdoc]

Thanks Richard,
looking forward to it

Dan

[racket]

Hi Dan

Welcome aboard :-)

This is the place to be if you want to play with turbines

Cheers
John

[Johansson]

Welcome Dan!

[ernie wrenn]

Welcome to the WILD BUNCH!! Where we prove "We can break anything:!

ernie

[perry]

Hello everyone.
My name is Perry Watkins, some of you may remember me from the Yahoo DIY turbine pages, though i haven't been on for a couple of years. My hobby is building silly cars! i currently hold the record for the world's smallest road legal car and also the World's fastest furniture (A V8 queen anne dining table that does 130 mph!) Until recently i held the record for the World's lowest car The Flatmobile.
The Flatmobile had a DIY turbine and A/B, hence my interest in turbine sites. You can check out my cars at: www.perrywinklecustoms.co.uk

Anyway, to get to the point, i am starting work on my next car.
I have chosen and bought the powerplant, a Rolls Royce Viper 535 engine from a BAC Strikemaster jet.
3360 lbs of thrust and what a noise!
i would appreciate some reliable opinions on afterburner construction, but i will ask in a separate post.

Cheers
Perry

[racket]

Hi Perry

Nice to see you here on JATO :-)

Some of the guys who've used aero engines should be able to help you out with that , otherwise we can go back to basic principles and design from there.

Cheers
John

[ernie wrenn]

Perry..

Welcome aboard. I run several jet powered vehicles: a S-10 chevy pickup with a RR-522 andHearse with as J-34-34. google "jet Hearse". Be happy to give you a hand.

www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=ficiT0cincs

www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=dF0s3PnkpiM

ernie

[perry]

Hi,
many thanks for the kind offers of help. I will be in touch!.

Perry

[maritimer95gt]

Hi everyone, my name is Alex. I'm 24 years old and located in Michigan and I'm somewhat new to the home-built turbine scene. I've watched a friend build one over the last few months and after witnessing it start for the first time and spool to WOT, I knew I had to fabricate one. I've got a background mainly in cars and gunsmithing and I'm more than excited to dive in and get one built. I already have a VT50 on the way!

[racket]

Hi Alex

Welcome :-)

Theres been plenty of VT 50 builds so you shouldn't have too many problems getting the necessary info for your build

Cheers
John