Jet Beetle
With this project, I was able to use some stuff I learned while getting my fancy engineering degree (I have a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University) to design a street-legal jet car without the distraction of how other people have done it in the past – because no one has. I don’t know how fast the car will go and probably never will. The car was built to thrill me, not kill me. That doesn’t stop me from the occasional blast on the highway though.
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The engine is a General Electric Model T58-8F. This is a helicopter turboshaft engine that was converted to a jet engine by some internal modifications and a custom tailpipe. The engine spins up to 26,000 RPM (idle is 13,000 RPM), draws air at 11,000 CFM, and is rated at 1350 hp. It weighs only 300 lbm. It grows as it warms up so the engine mounts have to account for this. The mounts in the front are rubber and the back are sliding mounts on rubber. The structure holding the engine was designed using finite element analysis and is redundant. Strong, damage tolerant, and light. Second battery and fuse/relay panel on the right, halon fire system and 5 gallon dry sump tank on left. 24V starter motor is in the nose of the engine. 700 A of current goes into that motor for 20 seconds during start-up. Due to heat, must limit starts to three in one hour. Big screen is to avoid FOD (foreign object damage). Jet keeps sucking the rose out of the bud vase on the dash!
Din ciclul ‘inteligenţa mă urmăreşte, dar eu sunt mai rapid’ 🙂
Un renumit chirug plastician ia masa intr-un restaurant select alaturi de un prieten.
Dupa vreo 10 minute, in restaurant intra o domnisoara superba. Se apropie de masa lor, il saruta pe obraz pe chirurg si-i spune:
-Dragul meu, m-ai transformat din ratusca cea urata intr-o adevarata printesa. Iti multumesc din suflet.
Dupa ce femeia paraseste localul, prietenul mirat il intreaba pe chirurg cine e superba domnisoara
-Aaa, pai e mama!
-Wow, pai ai facut o treaba grozava. Arata de milioane.
Dupa cateva minute in restaurant isi face aparitia o alta doamna, mult mai frumoasa. Se apropie de masa lor, il saruta pe chirurg si-i spune:
-Iubitule, liftingul facial si liposuctia au facut minuni. M-ai facut sa arat cu 20 de ani mai tanara. Nu stiu daca voi putea sa-ti multumesc vreodata!
Dupa ce si aceasta doamna a parasit localul, chirurgul ii explica prietenului ca doamna respectiva e chiar sotia lui.
-Dumnezeule! Dar esti foarte priceput! Arata ca un fotomodel!
Nici nu apuca sa-si duca fraza la bun sfarsit ca usile restaurantului se deschid si o femeie superba, mult mai superba decat precedentele, cu un corp ce parea a fi sculptat de perfectiunea lui Brancusi se apropie cu pasi repezi de masa lor. Toti ochii din local erau acum indreptati spre acel inger de fata.
Dar, spre surprinderea tuturor femeia perfecta ii da o palma chirurgului si cu glasul ridicat ii zice:
– Ticalosule!!!! Uite ce-ai facut din corpul meu!!! Mi-ai distrus viata!! Cariera!! Sper c-o s-o sfarsesti in iad!!!
Toata lumea ramane extrem de mirata de atitudinea frumoasei doamne, iar chirurgul zice:
-Hai sa nu mai vorbim despre asta. Era tata!
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