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DIY Turbine motorcycle - V.Fast!

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Uploaded by on Sep 10, 2006

Another of John's amazing constructions, homebuilt gas producer and power turbine drives this motorbike to almost 200KPH in just a few seconds!. the two stroke you can hear running at the start is an APU for powering the engine subsytems.

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  • is that a turbocharger jet engine?

  • Yes it is - quite a big one providing the gas to drive a power turbine.

  • wtf?! that was actually pretty slow!

  • OK read the title again... the clue is 'DIY' - he made the engine himself - not bought off the shelf!. If you can do better let's see it.

  • The entire engine? I apologize for my comment then. I was not aware he made the entire engine. That's actually pretty impressive.

  • John's working on a much bigger engine at the moment - I had the privelage of visiting him last month and it's gonna have the same power output as the Y2K bike engine!!.

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  • this dude is AWESOME!

  • Does John have a website, or is the construction of this bike documented on a forum? I have seen this video posted a number of times and I'd really like to know more about it!

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  • By APU you mean, LEAF BLOWER right?

  • How does the transmission on something like that work?

  • @nickthesafe he is officially a badass

  • @tthhnnee jet exhaust spins a turbine that is geared to drive the rear wheels

  • @FindlaySucks hardly

  • @JetJockey87 your an idiot

  • AWESOME! Question: The bike moves from the thrust generated from gases like an aircraft or it's somehow trough chains / wheels ? (and it's with reduction).

  • While that engine is more suited to long trips in a small car, turboshaft engines are efficient. They can run on bio-diesel; hydrogen; ethanol; or just about anything.

  • Well since he knows how to make a jet engine, if I were him I'd have to attempt making a fuselage of a jet airplane and yeah....I'd love to make my own Jet Airplane!

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