Turbine rover mower project

[racket]

Hi Mark

Thats getting rather compacted, looking good :-)

Cheers
John

[pitciblackscotland]

Thanks John,
Looks like i will need to stuff some electronics in the seat compartment as well

Cheers,
Mark.

[Richard OConnell]

Very nice work. Its looking a bit snug in there

[pitciblackscotland]

Hi Richard,
Thanks mate yeah it's getting snug alright still need to feed some fuel lines in there as well. Need to think about the plumbing for the high pressure side, should i use hard lines copper tube or hydraulic hose ??

Cheers,
Mark.

[smithy1]

Hey Mark,
My apologies for not getting the photos of the go kart to you, the weather has been horrendous here of late and I've been working out of the state longer than anticipated. I'm back in Sydney now and the weather is still ordinary at best....we're having near cyclone type conditions. Will get those photos for you hopefully this arvo after work.

Nice work on the mower mate, very neat and compact...unlike myself...I tend to put things at random or "where they fit"..! With the HP fuel lines, probably neater to go with custom bent hard lines.... but depending on the amount of "movement" in there, maybe some nice flexible stainless braided lines...I have a few on the go-kart for the supplementary fuel lines on the A/B pipe and hot streak etc. I don't think it's a good idea to have hard lines on items which tend to "grow" or move around whilst in use.

Hard lines can be used as long as allowance is made for them to slide or rotate...John designed and fitted a "sliding" hard line on the main A/B fuel feed on the go-kart...works a treat and allows for the A/B pipe growth & movement without stressing the line or connections.

Cheers,
Smithy.

[pitciblackscotland]

Hi Brett,
No worries mate, Ah!! winter is coming. Bloody hell cyclone type conditions hope we don't get it down here. Thanks for the kind words on my build lol i just place the item where i think it should go and drill a hole and bolt it down Mmmm i don't think the neat and compact will last long still have to fit in fuel lines and wiring, yeah i could make up custom bent hard lines I'm not to good at it always make them to short or to long I suppose it will come down to my budget.

Cheers,
Mark.

[pitciblackscotland]

Some pics here of these nice fuel filter brackets i made yesterday, built to my heavy duty standards and hook up some of the low pressure lines.

Cheers,
Mark.

[pitciblackscotland]

Got a small amount of work done today, oil tank is fix and straighten the fins. A friend of mine in the UK (JON BOY) who has the T30 in his gokart told me it would wise to fit a drain on the COMPRESSOR SCROLL BOTTOM/LOWEST POINT The bearings leak oil into the scroll and will cause a runaway when you spool up, even if it does not do it the first time, the oil will collect and get whipped up on further testing so got that done. Also have change the fuel system as well will use the same system as Jon. Have to do some mods on the oil tank as the oil outlet is a wee bit to close to the ground.

Cheers,
Mark.

[pitciblackscotland]

A bit of a hold up on the project at the moment waiting for the oil tank to come back from my local engineer and got some parts coming in the mail as well, so started to work on the fuel system.

Cheers,
Mark.

[pitciblackscotland]

Got the oil tank back from my local engineer all good Had to machine up a new mounting block for the AB pump and working on the flame tube design, I'll make one out of steel first just for combustor testing only.

Cheers,
Mark.

[turbomarc]

This is rediculous, in a good way.

One question for the likes of yourself and smithy, where exactly would you be able to take it out for a run??

[smithy1]

Jun 4, 2015 8:06:12 GMT -5 turbomarc said:

This is rediculous, in a good way.

One question for the likes of yourself and smithy, where exactly would you be able to take it out for a run??

It's not what you know, it's "who" you know....I look after/maintain the old Westinghouse J-34 engine used as a track dryer at Sydney Dragway, I go out there every month or two just to check the old girl out, check oil/fuel filters and make sure it's safe to run etc...In return they let me take my toys out to the venue to have a bit of a play. Mostly I just do engine runs etc....but I've had my little jet dragster out on the track several times...In fact John came with me to the track one day early in the little dragster's development...we had a bit of a play on Australia's best drag stip...had the track all to ourselves too.

I've been lucky enough to use the track for some "RC speed runs" where speeds of well over 200kmh have been recorded by some of the machines....even my little dragster has recorded some respectable numbers.....don't do it often enough though....life/work keeps getting in the way.

Cheers,
Smithy.

[pitciblackscotland]

Jun 4, 2015 8:06:12 GMT -5 turbomarc said:

This is rediculous, in a good way.

One question for the likes of yourself and smithy, where exactly would you be able to take it out for a run??

I'll mostly be doing display runs and i was having a chat to a mate i might be able to take the jet mower to Bairnsdale Drag strip here in victory

Cheers,
Mark.

[pitciblackscotland]

Got some photos of what i have done so far on the jet mower. Fuel tank modified and fitted, foot rests fitted and some wiring done. also made up P2, P4 and gas lines.

Cheers,
Mark.

[pitciblackscotland]

A small update here, slowly getting the wiring done , it's is such a slow job as i keep changing the wiring set up trying to make it simple.

Cheers,
Mark.