Paul Turbine Jet Man

What is the smallest production turbine on the market today or that is going to come out onto the market soon ?????

I know about WRENS 44 TURBINE BUT IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT IS SMALLER?

ShaneUSMC

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Artes Nano-Bee. Looks to be about the size of a soda can.

JET FX

Paul, I am 99.9% sure that the MW-44 is indeed the smallest commercially available mass production turbine engine. Emphases being on AVAILABLE!!!

SJN

How about this little one....

Lambet turbine, Nanojet T32 Kolibri

http://www.lambert-modellturbinen.de/html/news.html

kleinstes Microstrahltriebwerk der Welt !

Durchmesser: 54 mm Länge 105mm

Masse:185 gr

Drehzahlbereich: 115 -243 000 1/min !!!

Schub zur Zeit: 12 N (1,2 kp) komplette Installation mit Turbine,Pumpe,Pumpenakku,Kerosin und ECU ca700gr !

UK Flier

Wow, that nanojet is tiny compared with MW44. What next i wonder ...

MW44 specification

Maximum thrust 32N at 190,000 rpm.
Idle thrust 1.5N at 50,000 rpm
Exhaust temperature at maximum 520-600 degrees C
Fuel consumption at maximum 122 ml/min
Length 135mm (no onboard starter )
Diameter 75mm
Weight 468 g

Paul Turbine Jet Man

Some one in the USA is doing a turbine engineering corse at a university ( cant remember the name of the uni) made the smallest turbine in the world. It isn't being used in anything and can't be purchased, as it is a one off. Made purely for experimenting with[8D]

It is 1.5 inches in diameter and dose 500,000 rpm [:-]. That’s all I know about it at this stage and is from a very reliable source. I will ask my engineering mate who knows the guy and get more info and hopefully some pics.

Woketman

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Well I thought the smallest was that DARPA/MIT turbine on a chip that was in the news 3 or so years ago. It was REALLY tiny and did one or two MILLION RPMs.

Ragz

Are we going to see tiny 'star wars' kinda futuristic jet planes soon???? The ones that can be flown in indoor places etc. Technology is really going crazy!!!

Paul Turbine Jet Man

What do you mean by on a chip?
Was it a real turbine though that used A1 jet fuel?
1-2 million RPM ? that very fast.

UK Flier

slide show that includes some pics of this turbine on a chip (etched in silicon)

http://carambola.usc.edu/research/mi...IREpublic.html

slide 16 has the pics. 1" dia 1/8" thick

Woketman

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From memory... no, it did not burn Jet A. I think it burned butane.

Woketman

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Chart 16 of 75 in the presentation that UK Flier's link brings up is the project I spoke of. It was 2 million RPM.

Mhale71

take a look at ebay item number 5904597025 paul

that looks small, the size of a matchbox car, go to ebay and do a search for 5904597025

hth

Woketman

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That's not a turbine though. The Jet-Ex were more of a model rocket engine.

Paul Turbine Jet Man

That is some pretty amazing stuff. 2 million RPM is mind blowing what the hell are they using it for?

I im looking for the smallest RC turbine,
but still that is some impressive stuff.

So far this is the smallest one found by SJN nice work.

put two of those in this new yellow Electric F-14

Woketman

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I think that the research for the one on a chip was in the development of a gas generator to generate power for micro UAVs or something like that. I'm pretty sure it was never intended to develop a direct "jet-type" propulsion source, just a way to generate electricity.

Mhale71

ahh ok, so thats why theres no intake...

UK Flier

quote from the MIT website who are doing the research

"The devices would be capable of producing 10-50 watts of power or 10-30 grams of thrust. Applications include battery replacement and micro-airplane propulsion. "

The inlet is at the top of the picture

Paul Turbine Jet Man

Mhale 71 If you look at the pic there is an intake but it is very small.

Wonder how much power it produced???

I reckon at the rate technology is growing we will be able to have a power generator ( like this 2 million rpm thing) on board planes e.g ( an electric jet), that produces its own electricity and lots of current thus replacing the need for batteries. This is pretty advanced but look at 10 years ago and think of what we have today compared to then.

I also maddened my e-jet today. This is my jet for in town when im not at the strip flying my big ones. dose a respectful 185 km/ph

SJN

What motor/fan and cells have you got in the Pyranha?

Paul Turbine Jet Man

MEGA 16/15/3
Jeti 40 Amp
12 x 1950 FUPA or 12 x CP 1300
Wemo tec 480 fan.


This set-up is sick, really fast drawing about 28 - 30 Amps

SJN

How much flight time has it got ?

Can it fly solw too?

Paul Turbine Jet Man

On the 1950's about 4 -4.5 min and on the 1300's 3 min. That is at full throttle the whole time.

It can be flown slow but it is designed mainly for speed. And it dose that very well. A bungie launch is required to get it up.

If fly OS .91 jets and am getting my first turbine jet soon from a sponsorship deal.

This little Electric-jet (pyranha) is just for simple, clean fun when im not flying my big jets. And when I say fun I mean fun

Pegasus

I would not get to excited about MIT's engine, it does not run.
So far Mdot claims to have the smallest running turbine, has anyone seen it run?