Turbo Jet homebuilt archetypal engine
Originally designed in 1965 as an engineering student project. The idea being that function follows form using off the shelf inexpensive parts. See pics at following link: s805.photobucket.com The Rebel turbo-jet Engine 1. Designed by David C. Chovanak as a project in pre-Engineering Frsehman student @ Nevada Southern University in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Now UNLV) 2. . Blue-print completed March 1965, construction August , 1965 - February, 1967. 3. Parts were derived from off-the-shelf components. Design philosophy was, " function follows form. " For example, the 'compressor' was a Hoover 6000 rpm hand held auto carpet cleaner vacuum unit, the exhaust guides and turbine was built from stainless steel apple core slicers, the mainframe, from the Handi-butler accessory kit of a Kirby vacuum system. The combustion chamber is a hardware funnel and a family size tuna fish can and asbestos tape. The bearings are copper alloy plumbing fittings. The shaft is shaft quality steel rod. The exhaust nozzle is a plated steel flour sifter and the exhaust cone inside is a flat head V-8 chrome oil cap Prototype named "The Rebel" after NSU athletic mascot, Chovanak was on the University track team '65-'66. Description : The Rebel is a 'paddle wheel' centrifical-flow compresed engine. Noisy, but can 'beat' a large volume of air at velocity. Air guides/ diffusers in the Kirby section slow down the velocity and increases the pressure so that the combustion chamber can further raise the pressure ... Sorel Caribou Black Buy
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