I was thinking of putting a small turbine engine on my road bicycle, just for grins. How many pounds of thrust do you think would be needed to maintain 20 mph?
I was thinking of putting a small turbine engine on my road bicycle,> just for grins. How many pounds of thrust do you think would be> needed to maintain 20 mph?
On Wed, 04 May 2005 22:57:22 GMT, "Bruce W.1" <sorry@noDirectEmail.com> wrote:
I was thinking of putting a small turbine engine on my road bicycle, >just for grins. How many pounds of thrust do you think would be needed >to maintain 20 mph?>
At $2795 plus shipping plus tax plus earmuffs plus public nuisance fine plus fuel at 11 ounces per minute, it will be an expensive grin.
Slightly off-topic, but why do they come up with 24 pounds as equal to 95 newtons? Everywhere that I looked, 95 newtons converts to about 21.36 pounds (9% lower than the claimed 24 pounds), while 5 newtons ends up as 1.124 pounds (12% higher than the claimed 1.0 pounds).
I was thinking of putting a small turbine engine on my road bicycle, >just for grins. How many pounds of thrust do you think would be needed >to maintain 20 mph?
I'm not sure, but I know it takes a lot more thrust that you get from a medium-size leaf blower (gas powered). I expected to be pushed to at least 5-6mph (8-10km/h) but alas, it barely moved me at all. All noise, no thrust.
Now all I am left to do with it is to blow leaves. Harumph.
JeffWills Wrote: > Bruce W.1 wrote:> > I was thinking of putting a small turbine engine on my road bicycle,> > just for grins. How many pounds of thrust do you think would be> needed> > to maintain 20 mph?> >
It's been done. Vision Recumbents put a 15 pound thrust engine on the> back of one of their bikes, and it pushed the bike to 30 mph. Loud> mother, too. Pictures and movies of it in action here:> http://www.outsideconnection.com/gallant/hpv/vision/>
Jeff
Any idea on what happenned to the Jet Sabre in the ATP-Vision auction?
Tim Arfons (son of Art Arfons) used this 90 hp JFS 100 13A turbine in powering a bar stool over 40 mph powered http://www.turbinegroup.com/page2.html to get into the Guiness book for the fastest barstool. This company makes the race track dryers you see at major oval/drag racing events.
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