🚀 go-pugleaf

Give me a few days I might be able to help here. I know a retired science
teacher, who dabbled in jet engined r/c models. I'll see if I can get his
email address for you.

JB


"David Bromage" <dbromage@fang.omni.com.au> wrote in message
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>
> Ian Middleton wrote:
> >
> > Hi, i haven't posted hear before but i'm really into science. I like
physics
> > and chemistry the mort any way at the moment i'm working on the plans
for a
> > jet engine i plan to build with the help of an enginer ( hes only going
to
> > make sure it's safe and i'll do everything else. If anyone here has any
> > advice on how to make it as in what materials to make it out off or how
to
> > make it efficient i would love to hear them.
>
> I would suggest getting in touch with a local model aircraft and/or
> model engineering club. Some radio controlled aircraft enthusiasts have
> built miniature jet engines for their models, but I don't know of any in
> Australia. Concealed propfans are more common for flyable jet models.
>
> I would support the otehr followup to this thread that building a
> turbine engine isn't exactly the easiest project. Building, say, a two
> stroke piston engine from scratch would be just as challenging, but
> slightly safer.
>
> On the suggestion of building a steam engine, I would warn you that
> building a pressure vessel is NOT an easy task. It would have to be
> welded by a qualified welder and inspected before it could be used.
>
> Cheers
> David