Easy tiger

NO I haven’t measured thrust yet as all my equipment it now zip tied to the test bench and quite frankly pulling that all apart and trying to rig up a scale of some sought seems like a lot of work and hassle.
Even if I were to go to all the effort and measure thrust it still boils down to do you believe it anyway????
In this game I like to do my own tests shear my results if necessary for those who want them and that’s all I expect, but im not going to attempt to publish results that might be to low or high due to inevitable variables.

I think JJ’s reputation has been damaged enough Unnecessarily !!!! And people need to cut this man some slack and embrace his a little more.


For me if the turbine runs and gives me 12 lb or more im happy as a pig in mud WHY because its my first turbine, its going in a jet that used to fly on about 4 – 5 lb of REAL (in flight) thrust using an (OS 91 with ramtec fan ) and I had it clocked at 311 km’ph . This jet is going to be ballistic with turbine power any way so exact figures don’t concern me that much.


From my opinion and actually running this turbine I can say its pushing out 13-14 lb. If I don’t hold the bench firmly it will push it over NO problem and this bench weighs quite a bit indeed.

Once I have the turbine installed into the jet I will measure thrust for sure no problem and I will post results for all just give me some time.


Rcdriver22 thanks for your comments I have added them to the e-mail.

On the oil side of things 5% is the norm BUT I know some very experienced turbine flyers and they say 5% is to much and that 4% is a better choice. BUT once again that is someone else’s POV.

I ran the turbine some more last night and today 13 runs now and everything seems to be in good shape.


I hope more people take the plunge and just go and get one and start having some fun !!!! it’s a grate feeling and the noise they make is just so beautiful.