Hallo, einige Tests von meinem Eigenbautriebwerk. Länge: 45 cm ohne Nachbrenner 90 cm mit Nachbrenner Gewicht: 10,2 Kg ohne Nachbrenner 16,2 Kg mit Nachbrenner Durchmesser: 23 cm Schub: 57Kg
Hi all, Thank you for watching😊 For all who want to see the variable nozzle I made, some time ago, klick on the link. In the middle of the video, you can see my variable nozzle working. I have to improve the actuation system. Sometimes it got stuck, due to heat deformation. Next test will be with improved nozzle and an ignition system for the afterburner.💪 Andy
I use to do it in a 200-500K housing development back in the early mid 2000's🤣 all but 3 residents were terrified of me. One time a woman in her late 20's was drug up in my driveway by her great dane. My ignition was $#it, the combustion chamber was purged of o2 by propane and I was committed to strike it and hit the start air. I swear that woman looked like a cartoon flying behind her dog, it was a bit more spl than a 12ga shotgun. I felt bad but the stage was set and would have been worse had I tried to stall because the flame was lit at the exhaust and would imminently have drug the air inside and been much more violent🤷
No much told ;) Only some measured readings and a little about machining tollerances. Sorry but my english is no better than your german. If you want a special timestamp i will translate it for you:)
@@Praendy why it shold Not be of interrest for me ? Because the "afterburner " is nearly ineffektive? I have no problem with the truth. You are welcome :)
This guy has a LOT of confidence in his engineering. Wandering about within a few feet of something that might explode and throw out white-hot pieces of metal would give a health-and-safety inspector an instant heart attack. Just insane that this thing works as well as it does without melting. I have absolutely no doubt that he will have a fleet of supersonic aircraft operating within a couple of years.
If you know how jet engines, and health/safety inspectors work, there's no problem. If it's a hobby, it's not work related, no inspectors needed. If it goes around and wants to go to pieces, then we have to think the forces. It's much more dangerous to be on the side of that engine, instead of back/forth. If you're worrying about melting, well, it didn't. Because of materials.
@@lutomson3496 That's actually not a risk. It's the blades in the disk spinning at 40k - 200k rpm that are experiencing 50G - 100G that would be sent through the housing at ballistic speeds were anything to be ingested along with the 100 cubic meters per second that caused a catastrophic 'disassembly' ...
There was a greatone this guy built "being generous" that he powered in his front yard, with his moms minivan battery. Of course everything caught on fire. Guys well out of high school, laments how pissed him mom and the hoa are going to be.....again😂
When you let off the throttle after you got the nozzle glowing and you saw the engine relax in its’ stand, I laughed out loud. This is awesome. Very cool as usual. -Jared von Die USA
That's an impressive project! Afterburner pushes the steel to the limit. Beautiful glow so quickly. Seems like Weber is not only good for a grill, but for a jet engine as well.
Impressive! You are a true engineer. You obviously understand the need for cooling the combustion chamber and managing the flame shape. Too many hacks in this hobby think a junked turbo charger with a leaf blower forcing it is a jet engine. No, a true jest engine is self sustaining - like yours. German engineering at it's finest!
I must admit your Intelligence and know how is absolutely amazing. In my opinion you German's are the best when it comes to these kind of stuff. I can't even make a paper rocket.
Hinten auf ein stabiles Fahrrad , Räder gewuchtet , Motorradklamotten an und los geht's . Alter, einen Versuch wär es mal wert . Geniales Stück Arbeit hast da geleistet . Der Nachbrenner macht auch eine sehr gute Figur und nix ist da groß am Rauchen , einfach Klasse 👍👍👍
Outstanding progress, Andy! You're just shy of the theoretical upper limit on thrust for that size compressor, and for a single stage, that's remarkable! If freight wasn't so high, I've got a few 170mm compressor wheels around here somewhere that would really move some air in that setup. 😁 I recently picked up 17 rolls of aerospace stainless that needs attention this spring. Didn't need nearly that much, but the price was almost the same for 3 rolls as the whole lot. It was surplus to them, and they were going to scrap it otherwise. Noooo!
Hi, Thank you😃 170mm is a bit too much and hard to find a turbine wheel. Racketmotorman John from Australia has a 170mm compressor wheel running. He uses a Mitshbishi TF or TD 13 rotor. Andy
@@Praendy Weird question, but would a smaller turbine wheel cause problems? As with the reduction in exhaust comes more compression, maybe more speed of the turbine wheel = too much RPM?
@@Mediamarked Turbojets from much, much smaller compressor wheels have been successfully run, both on the hobby level and commercial markets for various uses. My first little runt was using a 70mm donor compressor. The things that you need to watch out for are more or less universal to all turbojets, which is limiting your exhaust gas temperature (EGT N1 for a single scroll), which will by nature limit your max rpm when all is operating at max efficiency. I've seen these built with really small 40mm units that wind up to 230,000 RPM, but at those speeds, running specialized ceramic bearings are an absolute must.
@@C-M-E Yes, but will the size difference between compressor and turbine wheel cause problems. That's what I meant to ask, if a 170mm compressor could be coupled to a 120mm turbine wheel for example, but would it cause more compression and rpm due to the reduced exhaust diameter? Most hobby jets have relatively comparable sized turbine wheels and compressors, so I guess a bigger compressor would not be more effective..
You, sir are a steely eyed missile man! Spectacularly impressive. Also, that you were standing so close to your creation at times shows you have huge clanging brass balls! Standing ovation!
@@paradoxx_4221 Uh, no it's not. Not even close. It's oil. Refined, clear oil. K1, J1 etc. Diesel and home heating oil is K2, J2. Gasoline is a whoooole other beast with benzine and all kinds of other crap added. Gasoline has a much lower ignition point. Actually it's not even that simple, and I don't feel like doing a white paper on a Sat morning. Search it up.
you are a seriously good engineer, what an absolutely drop dead gorgeous piece of equipment and its not just all show and blow, those thrust specs are amazing.
Now I am going to have to make one for my RC jet, too. Thanks for setting the bar so low for average Joe’s like myself… just kidding. That was freaking cool. I think I have jet turbine envy.
Bravo. This is the best example of a designed and fabricated at home GT I have ever seen. It's making real usable power, and then you added your reheat. Again, all the other's I've seen are failures in comparison to what you have built. I congratulate you on your perserverence, skill, and dedication to your hobby. If a little is good, then more must be better!
It's very well designed. After burners are not designed to run infinity. They are for short bursts of extra power, so it's doing exactly what it's supposed to. Afterburner is the only way the Russian MIGs could even keep the SR71 Blackbird in sight for a short period. (Mach 3.2 my butt!) In doing so the Russians generally destroyed the aircraft in the process or at least severely damaged it.
I was actually wondering if that was accurate. The gauge is angled upward, but the sled is moving say 30* offset of that? I was wondering if there was some off-axis loss in the measurement, and it was actually a bit higher than his gauge shows.
Sieht absolut krass auf, vor allem der Nachbrenner. Mit 57kg Schub, also 570N, könnte man wahrscheinlich schon ein echtes Flugzeug antreiben, echt krass
I once made a jet engine with a motor from a vaccumcleaner !!! IT WORKED💯 For 5 seconds🤣🤣🤣 Sometimes the build is better than the run!🫣 Love that YOU made💪🏻😎👍🏻
Very impressive. You know I realized watching this that having seen a number of homemade jet engines over the years. It would be awesome to see an open source turbine project emerge. Where instead of everyone having to spend years duplicating work, there could instead be a collaborative process to DIY'ing and then optimizing a single turbine design. Food for thought I guess....
2:1 thrust/weight ratio is excellent for a homemade jet engine. The off the shelf ones have around 10:1 but they are made in multimillion dollar factories. This was built on a lathe and drill press and you can get everything you need to make one 2nd hand for less than $10,000. Getting the mixture just right takes impressive precision and math skills. 45kg of thrust off a homemade jet is seriously impressive.
Strong thrust 👍. You could replace water cooling with shrouded ducted fan, the heat will taken away with cool air, basically that's how turbofan works 👍
