- 1. Turbine HP (score: 1)
- Author: Higginbotham Land Speed Racing <saltrat@lubricationdynamics.com>
- Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 12:11:16 -0800
- Probably is 1500 hp at 85k rpm or about 90 ft lbs of torque........5252 and all that..... Skip
- /html/land-speed/2005-03/msg00402.html (7,453 bytes)
- 2. Re: Turbine HP (score: 1)
- Author: Bryan Savage <b.a.savage@earthlink.net>
- Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 18:49:49 -0800
- The Atlas booster's turbopump was a little thing and it was rated at about 1,500 hp. As I recall, the turbine and the LPGG (Liquid Propellant Gas Generator) would fit in a 5 gal can. Service life was
- /html/land-speed/2005-03/msg00403.html (7,148 bytes)
- 3. Re: Turbine HP (score: 1)
- Author: "DrMayf" <drmayf@teknett.com>
- Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 21:12:02 -0800
- My thought was that if the turbine system on the gop kart had 1500 hp then it should have vanished instantly. The M1 Abrams tank has a 1500 hp turbine and it moves right along, all 63 tons of it.....
- /html/land-speed/2005-03/msg00404.html (7,924 bytes)
- 4. Re: Turbine HP (score: 1)
- Author: Mike Lackey <mike_lackey@yahoo.com>
- Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 23:19:15 -0800 (PST)
- You can only accelerate if you have traction... And they don't state how much they were throttling it back for that video. For instance, the launch looks rather subdued; the front tires don't even co
- /html/land-speed/2005-03/msg00405.html (8,082 bytes)
- 5. RE: Turbine HP (score: 1)
- Author: "Albaugh, Neil" <albaugh_neil@ti.com>
- Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 09:39:37 -0600
- The Corporal IIB missile that I worked on during that same time period used pressurized fuel & oxidizer tanks-- no turbopumps at all. Regards, Neil Tucson, AZ --Original Message-- From: owner-land-s
- /html/land-speed/2005-03/msg00406.html (7,602 bytes)
- 6. RE: Turbine HP (score: 1)
- Author: "Albaugh, Neil" <albaugh_neil@ti.com>
- Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 09:40:35 -0600
- I think they were smoking the tires, mainly. Regards, Neil Tucson, AZ --Original Message-- From: owner-land-speed@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-land-speed@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of DrMayf Sent: We
- /html/land-speed/2005-03/msg00407.html (7,564 bytes)
- 7. Re: Turbine HP (score: 1)
- Author: "DrMayf" <drmayf@teknett.com>
- Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 16:21:57 -0800
- yeah, smoking something alright.. mayf -- Original Message -- From: "Albaugh, Neil" <albaugh_neil@ti.com> To: "DrMayf" <drmayf@teknett.com>; "Bryan Savage" <b.a.savage@earthlink.net>; "Higginbotham L
- /html/land-speed/2005-03/msg00409.html (8,047 bytes)
- 8. Turbine HP (score: 1)
- Author: "3liter" <saltfever@comcast.net>
- Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 22:34:23 -0800
- "DrMayf"(Snip. . .)I wonder how they estimated the power? Or whatever it was they was smoking.... It looks like their monoprop consumption is about 1 liter per second of 70% H2O2! I'm no chemist but
- /html/land-speed/2005-03/msg00413.html (7,038 bytes)
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