Well this was fun. I learned a crapload... will definitely be making more jets in the future (ideally that ACTUALLY work lol). Anybody got any thoughts or ideas i'd LOVE to hear them.
be proud man. 50% thrust increase is near the theoretical limit of these leafblower jets. the blower can only compress air to ~5psi. they simply don't have the compression ratio of a real jet. you did pretty good with what you had.
I too have made rocket fuel. Rocket motors, pulse jets and fan jets. A true jet has a set of compressor blades that compress the air before ignition. You pretty much had a open pipe with a steady ( wide open ) flow of hi velocity air but low compression. What a turbo jet does is after compressor it opens the pipe diameter to slow the velocity but increase the pressure then the actually combustion chamber isnt exposed directly to the air flow but has a flame tube blocking the air, then injector the ignitor surrounded by a tube with various holes drilled along its length to only allow a certain amount of air to combust the fuel spray....if not then it flames out like blowing out a candle . Then after the combustion chamber is roaring away it then expands the air surrounding it and the air fuel it burnt to expel the hot gasses out the exhaust force = mass ÷ acceleration. Before it leaves the exhaust another set of turbine fan type blades that can drive the intake side compressor blades to pull in even more air. The two turbine blade sets are connected in one direction but can freewheel independently in the other like coasting on a bicycle. Then the hot exhaust gasses that still have tremendous kinetic energy are restricted thru a variable sized nozzle but not before hitting the center mounted aero type spike that controls the flame front to guide the hot jet stream out the back without becoming bogged down in the walls of the inside exhaust pipe opening which is the boundary layer. To Increase the thrust on your simple fan jet try to squeeze the sides of the pipe that is before the cc to increase speed then the cc is higher pressure then use a flame tube with exterior pipe with small holes drilled out along it. You will have to do the research on ot but its something like first section of flame tube is 20% the the next 1/3 portion has 30% then the last is 50% of total airflow thru the system or area of the main pipe. As u in rease the air thru leaf blower throttle the flame tube only uses what it needs to be a efficient hot combustor. Wide open would be all the holes area equal the main pipe diameter of jet tube or close to it. That's where the math and design/ testing comes in. The basic principle is easy the hard part is getting it to work efficiently and produce sizable reliable thrust for a prolonged time. Which is way more complicated. Using a car turbo charger one can make a reasonably good turbo jet as it spools up itself ( self excitation) no not that kind- lol) which produces large amounts of rpms airflow and compression. Compression the air is the secrete And exhaust nozzle shape and the combustor and and.etc......
What you have made here is a very early type of jet engine called a motorjet. Also called a thermojet, a motorjet used a piston engine rather than a turbine to power the compressor. This seems like an odd way to build a jet engine. But it made perfect sense back in the 1930s and early 1940s, when heat resistant superalloys were not yet available to build reliable turbine blades. However, when improved materials became available from which to build reliable turbines, the idea of the motorjet fell by the wayside.
I have been wanting to do this for ever. You did it for me, Rethink this though. Realize what a ram jet is. Then mate the leaf blower to that. What you end up with is a venturi behind the leaf blower to increase the area of the combustion chamber in relationship to the leaf blower., then add a tapered outlet to increase the pressure. I think it might work.
I think to get higher thrust relative to the blower you would have to connect the exhaust to a shaft turning the intake to get more air and so it can spin itself.
Have you made a jet engine or have you make a burner for a hot water boiler? Now make a turbo jet engine using a turbocharger (with afterburner for fun).
@@jakemakes if you can find it somewhere, U.K. tv program Scrapheap challenge, they made one and raced it against a pulse jet. Very informative but if all else fails then let Furze be your guide. Looking forward seeing what you do with it. FYI - try turning your gas bottle upside down.
Could you use a box fan in place of the leaf blower at a distance . Essentially once it’s burning the engine sucks it’s own air in with the fan push some air through . A kind of self feeding engine ?
No bro it is not easy If You would not use of electric motor you might know how hard is to rotate a turbine blade with just air and fuel only You cheat jet turbine physics by constantly running a leaf blower or electric motor But in real jet engine they use motors for just for its starting purposes not constantly Then the engine run automatically I tried for two years and I wasted my 11 and 12 grades by making and understanding this concept
Well this was fun. I learned a crapload... will definitely be making more jets in the future (ideally that ACTUALLY work lol). Anybody got any thoughts or ideas i'd LOVE to hear them.
Probably going to do both eventually tbh
@@APMtube9000 roughly how much you think it cost you all together?
@@APMtube9000 Oh thats not TOO bad. Doable. It'd be a hell of a project... I have no clue how to build an oil system.
Now make an f-18
I know I’m pretty late but would changing the fuel possibly create more thrust???
Awesome video ! Thank you for the mention !
Thank you!
@jakemakes when are you gonna make another vid
awesome work dude!
That’s crazy bro! I can’t believe you got it to fire off on the first try! Very impressive 👏
be proud man. 50% thrust increase is near the theoretical limit of these leafblower jets. the blower can only compress air to ~5psi. they simply don't have the compression ratio of a real jet.
you did pretty good with what you had.
I found your website when you were 12 looking at wizard sticks on Google lol. I'm so glad I found your gem of a RUclips. You're the best!
Yoooooooooooo epic
@@jakemakes Hahaha!!!
I too have made rocket fuel. Rocket motors, pulse jets and fan jets. A true jet has a set of compressor blades that compress the air before ignition. You pretty much had a open pipe with a steady ( wide open ) flow of hi velocity air but low compression. What a turbo jet does is after compressor it opens the pipe diameter to slow the velocity but increase the pressure then the actually combustion chamber isnt exposed directly to the air flow but has a flame tube blocking the air, then injector the ignitor surrounded by a tube with various holes drilled along its length to only allow a certain amount of air to combust the fuel spray....if not then it flames out like blowing out a candle . Then after the combustion chamber is roaring away it then expands the air surrounding it and the air fuel it burnt to expel the hot gasses out the exhaust force = mass ÷ acceleration. Before it leaves the exhaust another set of turbine fan type blades that can drive the intake side compressor blades to pull in even more air. The two turbine blade sets are connected in one direction but can freewheel independently in the other like coasting on a bicycle. Then the hot exhaust gasses that still have tremendous kinetic energy are restricted thru a variable sized nozzle but not before hitting the center mounted aero type spike that controls the flame front to guide the hot jet stream out the back without becoming bogged down in the walls of the inside exhaust pipe opening which is the boundary layer. To Increase the thrust on your simple fan jet try to squeeze the sides of the pipe that is before the cc to increase speed then the cc is higher pressure then use a flame tube with exterior pipe with small holes drilled out along it. You will have to do the research on ot but its something like first section of flame tube is 20% the the next 1/3 portion has 30% then the last is 50% of total airflow thru the system or area of the main pipe. As u in rease the air thru leaf blower throttle the flame tube only uses what it needs to be a efficient hot combustor. Wide open would be all the holes area equal the main pipe diameter of jet tube or close to it. That's where the math and design/ testing comes in. The basic principle is easy the hard part is getting it to work efficiently and produce sizable reliable thrust for a prolonged time. Which is way more complicated. Using a car turbo charger one can make a reasonably good turbo jet as it spools up itself ( self excitation) no not that kind- lol) which produces large amounts of rpms airflow and compression. Compression the air is the secrete
And exhaust nozzle shape and the combustor and and.etc......
This is really cool, I also like how you put the videos together, your funny to!
What you have made here is a very early type of jet engine called a motorjet. Also called a thermojet, a motorjet used a piston engine rather than a turbine to power the compressor. This seems like an odd way to build a jet engine. But it made perfect sense back in the 1930s and early 1940s, when heat resistant superalloys were not yet available to build reliable turbine blades. However, when improved materials became available from which to build reliable turbines, the idea of the motorjet fell by the wayside.
I love how your mind works to think of things like this
I have been wanting to do this for ever. You did it for me, Rethink this though.
Realize what a ram jet is. Then mate the leaf blower to that. What you end up with is a venturi behind the leaf blower to increase the area of the combustion chamber in relationship to the leaf blower., then add a tapered outlet to increase the pressure. I think it might work.
0:40 that's exactly where i learned how jet engines work
Hey @integza, you are his inspiration!!
freakin awesome bro.😀
So glad,I've been waiting for this video
Yes another great Video
Nice will admit it’s acting a lot like a pulse jet engine sometimes lmao but noice
Gotta try putting a cone on the exhaust side that restricts it down significantly then opens back up, shaped like a hour glass essentially
I think to get higher thrust relative to the blower you would have to connect the exhaust to a shaft turning the intake to get more air and so it can spin itself.
You need to run a control test with a much lighter sled. Your thrust isn't overcoming the weight of the sled.
I dont have backyard to try this . Preety cool
Good job boss man
Thanks!
Beyond making it efficient, making it last isn’t easy. The engines in the V1 buzz bombs used in WW II only lasted 10 or 15 minutes.
Ok hi nice to see you again well that was sweet I was hoping for some hanging meat test to see how it cooked. 😃
Oh funny it didn't even cross my mind to try that XD that woulda been fun
Have you made a jet engine or have you make a burner for a hot water boiler?
Now make a turbo jet engine using a turbocharger (with afterburner for fun).
Oh i'm definitely going to build one out of a turbocharger
@@jakemakes if you can find it somewhere, U.K. tv program Scrapheap challenge, they made one and raced it against a pulse jet. Very informative but if all else fails then let Furze be your guide.
Looking forward seeing what you do with it.
FYI - try turning your gas bottle upside down.
@@martinduddridge329 I tried flipping the gas bottle, didn't increase anything. I was running out of air not fuel
Compressor stall
Steam engine next? 🙏🙏 hella underrated btw
Could you use a box fan in place of the leaf blower at a distance .
Essentially once it’s burning the engine sucks it’s own air in with the fan push some air through .
A kind of self feeding engine ?
well it wold have to be powerful, normally people use edf's
Maybe you can get your hands on a car turbo to build one
I’m definitely going to do that
This type of engine is actually called a motor-jet
Why not use a complete combustin and water cool it so no after burner is needed.
I know I'm late to the party but have you tried liquid propane? Turn the tank upside down, my own pulse jet has zero power on vapor only.
Been a minute so my memory is foggy but pretty sure I tried that
Ok, can wi make something a bit smaller to carry around an melt snow, 🤔
a weed burner, $40 at the hardware store
try other fuels in it
What’s he gonna think of next?😂
Are you left-handed -or-right handed ?
I am NOT wrong handed
@@jakemakes Dang it I hate these darn riddles OK so you’re…right handed??
@@Ben-gd6wl Yes XD
Did you shout ‘Holy Francis Chan’ on the second try?
No 😂😂😂
ill give you a hint, think about a car turbo
No bro it is not easy
If You would not use of electric motor you might know how hard is to rotate a turbine blade with just air and fuel only
You cheat jet turbine physics by constantly running a leaf blower or electric motor
But in real jet engine they use motors for just for its starting purposes not constantly
Then the engine run automatically
I tried for two years and I wasted my 11 and 12 grades by making and understanding this concept
They say jet engines only use 25% of the oxygen, but I say the real problems is we only use 25% of our hearts
Gay
Lolll
@@jeremystone36 guess somebody missed the wedding crashers reference