On Thu, 27 Nov 2003 13:04:02 -0500, "Oppie" <oppie1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>The Jet cars episode aired last night on TLC in the US. Pretty good
except,
>as usual, I would like more explanation of why and how. They did a decent
>description of the pulsejet but would have liked some more info on the
turbo
>and the construction of the combustion chamber
>
>The pulse jet was amazing. I had no idea that a static engine (vs. a
ramjet)
>could produce thrust like that. Nice fabrication techniques. Where did
the
>ancient sheet metal roller come from? Bruce - you were very low key on
>camera but a good showing.
>
>This is the second time that a turbocharger was used in a JY-W / SH-C
>challenge. With this build, the engine did work and seemed to produce
some
>decent thrust. The afterburner in both cases was a flop. Bruce - can you
>give some behind the scenes insight to how it evolved?
It's amazing just how much stuff from the build-day simply didn't make
it into the show -- mind you, they have about eight cameras and they
film for a solid 10-14 hours so there's obviously going to be a *lot*
of footage that never makes it past the cutting-room floor :-)
The Destroyers were all strong characters and I knew we had a job on
our hands to get everything done within 10 hours so I was pretty much
focused on making sure we'd end up with something that would actually
work on race-day.
Nick (the expert for the other team) and myself have actually done up
a CD that has the plans (PDF and DXF/DWG) for the pulsejet and the
turbojet, lots of pictures from the build, safety and race-day, plus
nearly 600MB of videos showing a numbner of jet-powered karts and
other vehicles. Plus -- there's a little "behind the scenes look (in
video) at a yet-to-be-screened episode of Junkyard Wars showing Rossi
and Bobbi Sue at their very best ;-)
Suffice to say however, we all had a lot of fun and would do it again
in an instant.
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