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• that looks really really fun!

  Posted by: eccramer on September 6, 2007 at 10:35 PM

• wow, all that metal was approaching white-hot heat... surprising nothing tore itself apart.

  Posted by: samurai1200 on September 6, 2007 at 10:49 PM

• Nice show, it's just too bad with all that flame coming out the back it's not producing any additional thrust. The flame is fuel that is unburned during combustion. Nice show, no go.

  Well not as much as there could be.

  Posted by: superdude4agze on September 7, 2007 at 5:38 AM

• ya that's my complaint too. I would love to have a turbine but without any serious horsepower, I'll spend my time and energy on something else.

  sounds cool though...

  Posted by: MonkeyWork on September 7, 2007 at 7:56 AM

• Not all jet engines/turbines are designed for thrust. An application similar to this (but running efficiantly could produce torque use for electric generation. Jet boats commonly use this technique to provide torque to the props without creating forward thrust from the jet. These jets are normaly taken from old military helicopters wich did the same thing, provide power to the prop without producing forward thrust.

  Posted by: Frazier on September 8, 2007 at 12:02 PM

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