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February 26th, 2010 04:46 AM #4
turbine engine? as in gas-turbines engines similar to those used on airplanes? (joule-brayton cycle??)
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February 26th, 2010 09:08 AM #6Y2K FTW.
Same engine as the Bell JetRanger and Kiowa. And it'll run on gin and vodka.
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February 26th, 2010 08:52 PM #9He said it became quite an issue, so he decided to put a little LED "marquee" that warned the guy on his tail. Ah, the joys of being Jay Leno.
All rich guys should be like him...all go and all show!
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The Chrysler guys also mentioned exhaust heat problems with the Turbine. That might have killed the mass-pro jet car.Last edited by roberto_minosa; February 26th, 2010 at 08:56 PM.
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February 26th, 2010 09:08 PM #10
Nope. Chrysler was about to mass produce the turbine powered car in the late 1970s but Chrysler was in financial straits then so the plan was shelved indefinitely.
Heat was not an issue because the Chrysler turbine cars used specially designed turbine engines. Other more recent turbine car adaptations used surplus military turbine engines designed for aircraft use (like helicopters).
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