How To Build RC Jet Turbine Exhaust Tubes
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Thanks heaps for the info, Gary
I'll use those dims to build my pipes with then.
The 96mm diameter is perfect - the only 316 0.010'' stainless I can get at a reasonable price is 305mm wide (by 1m long), so 96mm will need 301.4 of sheet. Which leaves 3-4mm overlap to spot-weld on.
I'd be more comfortable if the sheet was 310mm wide - just to give me a bit more room to move in, but I might just be able to squeeze it using the 305mm stuff.
There is one other place that I can get 316 0.010 stainless from, and it's 600mm wide - but they have a AU$60 cutting fee on top of the sheet price, which brings it closer to 200 bucks a sheet. And I'd end up with about 290mm left over that would be next to useless.
Do you have any suggestions on how to make the bellmouth on the tailpipe at the Turbine end? They look like about a 1cm flange affair...
Oh, one more question: What distance do you space the start of the tailpipe from the tip of the Turbine's exhaust cone? From a lot of pics I've seen, it looks to be around 15-20mm.
Thanks again for your help on this - much appreciated...
BJ
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I used the same specs on the pipe I used on the Titan and it was only putting out 27# without the pipe and about 321# with. I suspect it would work well for yours..
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I used the same specs on the pipe I used on the Titan and it was only putting out 27# without the pipe and about 321# with. I suspect it would work well for yours..
I'll use those dims to build my pipes with then.
The 96mm diameter is perfect - the only 316 0.010'' stainless I can get at a reasonable price is 305mm wide (by 1m long), so 96mm will need 301.4 of sheet. Which leaves 3-4mm overlap to spot-weld on.
I'd be more comfortable if the sheet was 310mm wide - just to give me a bit more room to move in, but I might just be able to squeeze it using the 305mm stuff.
There is one other place that I can get 316 0.010 stainless from, and it's 600mm wide - but they have a AU$60 cutting fee on top of the sheet price, which brings it closer to 200 bucks a sheet. And I'd end up with about 290mm left over that would be next to useless.
Do you have any suggestions on how to make the bellmouth on the tailpipe at the Turbine end? They look like about a 1cm flange affair...
Oh, one more question: What distance do you space the start of the tailpipe from the tip of the Turbine's exhaust cone? From a lot of pics I've seen, it looks to be around 15-20mm.
Thanks again for your help on this - much appreciated...
BJ
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RE: How To Build RC Jet Turbine Exhaust Tubes
I'm just learning to build these things Pat.
But yes, from what I've been reading, the outer wall can be Aluminium. So long as there's about a 5mm spacing between the inner and outer walls, Ali should be fine (someone please correct me if a 5mm spacing is not enough).
I'm looking at making some tubes up using 0.010" (0.25mm) 316 grade Stainless Steel for the inner tube, and 0.010" Aluminium for the outer (to save on a bit of weight and $$$).
316 is triple the price of 304 down here, so for my 'prototypes', so I might just go with 304 for the time being.
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But yes, from what I've been reading, the outer wall can be Aluminium. So long as there's about a 5mm spacing between the inner and outer walls, Ali should be fine (someone please correct me if a 5mm spacing is not enough).
I'm looking at making some tubes up using 0.010" (0.25mm) 316 grade Stainless Steel for the inner tube, and 0.010" Aluminium for the outer (to save on a bit of weight and $$$).
316 is triple the price of 304 down here, so for my 'prototypes', so I might just go with 304 for the time being.
Regards,
BJ
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on 2010 jetcat katalog on page 40 there are some info about engine size=dimentions
http://www.jetcat.de/downloads/jetca...g-2010_web.pdf
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Is the Aluminum spot welded to the stainless???? Can you use a Tig Torch with no filler material and just spot it, has anyone tried this? Just curious
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Is the Aluminum spot welded to the stainless???? Can you use a Tig Torch with no filler material and just spot it, has anyone tried this? Just curious
Is the Aluminum spot welded to the stainless???? Can you use a Tig Torch with no filler material and just spot it, has anyone tried this? Just curious
The bellmouth has to be Stainless, or it will melt if it is made out of Ali...
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The Aluminium outer tube is held a constant distance away from the inner Stainless tube by little corrugated pieces of Stainless you make up. To fix the outer Ali tube in place, the pics I've seen so far seem to show it is pop-rivetted to a couple of these 'spacers', which in turn look like they're either pop-rivetted or TIGed/Spot-welded onto the inner tube.
The bellmouth has to be Stainless, or it will melt if it is made out of Ali...
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Is the Aluminum spot welded to the stainless???? Can you use a Tig Torch with no filler material and just spot it, has anyone tried this? Just curious
Is the Aluminum spot welded to the stainless???? Can you use a Tig Torch with no filler material and just spot it, has anyone tried this? Just curious
The bellmouth has to be Stainless, or it will melt if it is made out of Ali...
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this is what i call bellmouth and it has no proomblem to be made from aluminum
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From what I understand 5mm is a good air gap to be running with aluminium outer pipes, a friend who makes laser welded pipes uses ali outer pipes to save weight.
What should be remembered on twin wall pipes is you must not fix or weld the 'ripple rings' to both inner and outer pipes, one should float over the other - just pop rivet them to the outer aluminium pipe so they can slide over the inner, heat expansion will cause all sorts of issues otherwise.
If the bell mouth is fixed to the framework, and the rear outer aluminium tube is fixed at the rear end, the inner and outer can slide without fear for buckling and possible failure.
Inner pipes get hot (see pic) so don't underestimate the expansion factor.
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What should be remembered on twin wall pipes is you must not fix or weld the 'ripple rings' to both inner and outer pipes, one should float over the other - just pop rivet them to the outer aluminium pipe so they can slide over the inner, heat expansion will cause all sorts of issues otherwise.
If the bell mouth is fixed to the framework, and the rear outer aluminium tube is fixed at the rear end, the inner and outer can slide without fear for buckling and possible failure.
Inner pipes get hot (see pic) so don't underestimate the expansion factor.
marcs
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Wow that pipe has got hot!
If I am not mistaken the outlet is smaller than the inlet which explains why it has been severely overheated. Not sure who made the pipe. If you make the pipe with a short section that expands the air after the bellmounth it will drag loads of cool air in and it lines the inside of the wall with cool air. On my own engines, provided they have not been subject to hot starts it is possible to run the pipe so it gets no hotter than straw colour. There should be no particular reason to use a second wall unless you want extra security against hot starts.
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Wow that pipe has got hot!
If I am not mistaken the outlet is smaller than the inlet which explains why it has been severely overheated. Not sure who made the pipe. If you make the pipe with a short section that expands the air after the bellmounth it will drag loads of cool air in and it lines the inside of the wall with cool air. On my own engines, provided they have not been subject to hot starts it is possible to run the pipe so it gets no hotter than straw colour. There should be no particular reason to use a second wall unless you want extra security against hot starts.
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John,
This was a testing rig, to see the effects of different pipe designs, it was posted to indicate that things get hot - but not always this hot
Expansion should always be considered though when using two walled pipes.
marcs
This was a testing rig, to see the effects of different pipe designs, it was posted to indicate that things get hot - but not always this hot
Expansion should always be considered though when using two walled pipes.
marcs
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From what I understand 5mm is a good air gap to be running with aluminium outer pipes, a friend who makes laser welded pipes uses ali outer pipes to save weight.
What should be remembered on twin wall pipes is you must not fix or weld the 'ripple rings' to both inner and outer pipes, one should float over the other - just pop rivet them to the outer aluminium pipe so they can slide over the inner, heat expansion will cause all sorts of issues otherwise.
If the bell mouth is fixed to the framework, and the rear outer aluminium tube is fixed at the rear end, the inner and outer can slide without fear for buckling and possible failure.
Inner pipes get hot (see pic) so don't underestimate the expansion factor.
marcs
From what I understand 5mm is a good air gap to be running with aluminium outer pipes, a friend who makes laser welded pipes uses ali outer pipes to save weight.
What should be remembered on twin wall pipes is you must not fix or weld the 'ripple rings' to both inner and outer pipes, one should float over the other - just pop rivet them to the outer aluminium pipe so they can slide over the inner, heat expansion will cause all sorts of issues otherwise.
If the bell mouth is fixed to the framework, and the rear outer aluminium tube is fixed at the rear end, the inner and outer can slide without fear for buckling and possible failure.
Inner pipes get hot (see pic) so don't underestimate the expansion factor.
marcs
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this is what i call bellmouth and it has no proomblem to be made from aluminum
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The Aluminium outer tube is held a constant distance away from the inner Stainless tube by little corrugated pieces of Stainless you make up. To fix the outer Ali tube in place, the pics I've seen so far seem to show it is pop-rivetted to a couple of these 'spacers', which in turn look like they're either pop-rivetted or TIGed/Spot-welded onto the inner tube.
The bellmouth has to be Stainless, or it will melt if it is made out of Ali...
BJ
ORIGINAL: jedijingle
Is the Aluminum spot welded to the stainless???? Can you use a Tig Torch with no filler material and just spot it, has anyone tried this? Just curious
Is the Aluminum spot welded to the stainless???? Can you use a Tig Torch with no filler material and just spot it, has anyone tried this? Just curious
The bellmouth has to be Stainless, or it will melt if it is made out of Ali...
BJ
this is what i call bellmouth and it has no proomblem to be made from aluminum
I would have thought aht Aluminium would fail at the temps that can come out of the exhaust of the Turbine ??
Being able to use Ali for the bellmouth would sure makes things easier
Sooo...when you fix the the Ali bellmouth to the inner tube, can you use 'normal' pop-rivets, or is it wiser to use a couple of stainless steel rivets instead?
BJ
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Use ss screws on the bellmouth. Rivits for ss to Alum. walls, but you can weld it if the inner and outer walls are the same material. Make your inner wall ever so slightly oversized around your alum bellmouth as the alum will expand more than the ss.
Those bell mouths have to be purchased somewhere else. Like many things in this hobby parts can be found in production and being used on other non hobby related things. Maybe they are some sort of plumbing fixture or hvac part. HUmmmmmmmmmmm. I would like to know where to buy them. The ones I have seen are spun alum. I dont mean on a lathe either.
Those bell mouths have to be purchased somewhere else. Like many things in this hobby parts can be found in production and being used on other non hobby related things. Maybe they are some sort of plumbing fixture or hvac part. HUmmmmmmmmmmm. I would like to know where to buy them. The ones I have seen are spun alum. I dont mean on a lathe either.
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Im looking to build a bifurcated pipe for a 22lb engine (52mm exhaust dia) with a divergent area / bell intake for my MiG 144
Assuming a divergence of ~20% increase in area, for a bifurcated pipe should this happen immediately after the split for say 100mm then remain the same size thereafter?
Im thinking of a 85mm inlet dia leading to two 60mm outlets (approx same area as inlet) which open up to 65mm (approx 120% inlet area) for the remaining length. Does this seem sensible?
Ive looked at jetcats dimensions they all seem to converge rather than diverge.
Any tips or pointers welcomed.
Thanks
Dave
Assuming a divergence of ~20% increase in area, for a bifurcated pipe should this happen immediately after the split for say 100mm then remain the same size thereafter?
Im thinking of a 85mm inlet dia leading to two 60mm outlets (approx same area as inlet) which open up to 65mm (approx 120% inlet area) for the remaining length. Does this seem sensible?
Ive looked at jetcats dimensions they all seem to converge rather than diverge.
Any tips or pointers welcomed.
Thanks
Dave
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You might want to give GTBA a try there Windy.
You have to pay to join, and I haven't had a lot of success there in getting direct answers that I'm looking for re building some single-tubed exhausts myself, but I do recall seeing an article related to bifurcated pipes.
Might be worth a shot?
BJ
You have to pay to join, and I haven't had a lot of success there in getting direct answers that I'm looking for re building some single-tubed exhausts myself, but I do recall seeing an article related to bifurcated pipes.
Might be worth a shot?
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Hi Bj
Its an home built engine and im in the GTBA so ive posted similar there too alrerady!
Cheers
Dave
Hi Bj
Its an home built engine and im in the GTBA so ive posted similar there too alrerady!
Cheers
Dave
In that case then - just whack a second Turbine in there, and be done with it.. LoL
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The first one took nearly 10 years so thats an unlikely option!!!
Cheers
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The first one took nearly 10 years so thats an unlikely option!!!
Cheers
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You should have the process down-pat now, and be able to turn the next one out in only 10 Months LoL
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BJ,
I am currenly searching for someone locally to produce these for me.. I need to get them for the F9F Panther and F-100 I have coming out of the molds...
If you want I can let you know what I find.. in the mean time if you find someone who can do it let me know..
Rob
I am currenly searching for someone locally to produce these for me.. I need to get them for the F9F Panther and F-100 I have coming out of the molds...
If you want I can let you know what I find.. in the mean time if you find someone who can do it let me know..
Rob
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BJ,
I am currenly searching for someone locally to produce these for me.. I need to get them for the F9F Panther and F-100 I have coming out of the molds...
If you want I can let you know what I find.. in the mean time if you find someone who can do it let me know..
Rob
BJ,
I am currenly searching for someone locally to produce these for me.. I need to get them for the F9F Panther and F-100 I have coming out of the molds...
If you want I can let you know what I find.. in the mean time if you find someone who can do it let me know..
Rob
Do you mean single, or bifurcated Tubes?
BJ
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I seen some details on the GTBA site once on making a spot welder that might help, also 304 spec stainless is ok 316 would be better.
Got the guys in my workshop to make one once for a 14lb turbine, made the inner diameter the same as the NGV with the front flared out, length was just made to suit model.
You make the zig zag spacer between the walls with a strip about 10mm wide and fed through a gear mesh, or just fold with pliers..
Spot welder is important and makes the job fairly easy, check out GTBA or google on making one.
no doubt someone will correct me and give a more accurate method of calc dia etc.
Gap from tailcone to tube is important, 15-20mm seem to be the norm
I seen some details on the GTBA site once on making a spot welder that might help, also 304 spec stainless is ok 316 would be better.
Got the guys in my workshop to make one once for a 14lb turbine, made the inner diameter the same as the NGV with the front flared out, length was just made to suit model.
You make the zig zag spacer between the walls with a strip about 10mm wide and fed through a gear mesh, or just fold with pliers..
Spot welder is important and makes the job fairly easy, check out GTBA or google on making one.
no doubt someone will correct me and give a more accurate method of calc dia etc.
Gap from tailcone to tube is important, 15-20mm seem to be the norm
http://www.philpem.me.uk/elec/welder/
I built this welder some time ago to spot weld nickel tabs onto batteries for flight packs and found that this unit has plenty of power to spot weld sheet stainless for exhaust pipes.