My Jet Engine
DISCLAIMER: This site is intended to be and example of how easy some of the more complicated things are to build from scratch. In no circumstance to I recomend building one for yourself, its dangerous, and potentially fatal. If you should decide to build one, I can not be held responsible for any misfortunes experienced by the builder. I am under close supervision from my father who is an engineer, and am going to do things in an orderly fashon. If you should try, let me just warn you of the magnitude of the parts, the turbine is spinning at 20,000 RPM or faster, at that speed, if one of the blades decides to fall off, it will cause a chain reaction and send hundreds of pieces of shrapnel at you, potentially faster than a bullet.
If you ever wanted to build a jet engine, but thought it was too hard, here is your incentive to build one. I am a high school student who found out this information on the internet. Its not hard and it will cost about $100 for the whole thing. Its really easy, its made of water pipe and conduit and a turbocharger.
This is the basic engine, its an AIRESEARCH turbine from a SAAB. I used a standard 2" pipe flange which I drill pressed to fit the opening on the exhaust in on the turbo. as for the rest, its 2-3" pipe, 1-pipe link, 1-5" pipe, 1-"T", and a cap. In order for the engine to work, though, a flame holder must be put inside. Basicaly the fuel injector puts the fuel into a piece of 1 1/4 conduit which has dilution holes in it. The bottom of the conduit is flared to 2". A spark plug provides the initial flame. The air from the compressor comes from the output, which is the nipple on the bottom left, and goes into the piece of pipe off of the "T". Thats it, if all goes well, the engine should self sustain. Keep Coming Back for more pictures and updates.
