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The Origional Beer Can Jet Engine
The Origional Beer Can Jet Engine
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Jet Engine Made Out Of Empty Beer Cans! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Step 8: Test It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
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Url:http://www.revver.com/video/1142038/beer-can-jet-engine/
I Appologise for the poor quality pictures that were taken on my old phone and unfortunatly the engine has been ravaged for parts by my brother so i cannot take new
photos but, i am planning to rebuild it soon and i will take plenty of new photos when i do.
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Image Notes
1. Heating Coils in series with the motor are still in, i will cut them down if the hair
dryer isnt blowing enough.
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1. Dimmer Switch
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1. "kettle Lead" Attachment I Had Floating Around
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1. Random Clear Plastic Box I Found That Happend To Be The Right Size
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1. very well organised wiring, there is a colour code that means something
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1. The Back Panel
2. Power in from external source
3. power out
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1. switches that engage powerpack sources
2. where one of 3 batteries was mounted
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1. Top Cut Of With Can Opener
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1. Tubular!
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1. Sanded Of And Pliered Flat/Perpendicular/ Consentric
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1. reminants of melted aluminium can, use steel
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1. fuel resistant plastic/rubber tubing
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1. Copper Hydraulics/ Brake Pipeing From Garage/Scrap Yard.
2. Pipe Cutter Makes Life Easier
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1. Copper Pipe Fuel Ring With 13 Tiny drilled holes in
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1. How it looks from the outside after many hours of use
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1. Gap Between Cans
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1. Can With Slit Slid over the back with cone on instide of gap between cans
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1. This is a photo of the mark 1 engines combustion chamber, in this one i used
staples to secure the tube and just cut it to the right size.
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1. Not Suppost To Be There, This Hole Is Used For The Version 2 Jet Engine.
2. Ducted Fan Unit, yes made of plastic but chemical set plastic so it scorches
and doesn't melt as such. not that it matters because it is on the cold side of the
engine
3. Duct Tape which wont melt because it is on the air cooled cold side of the
engine
4. End Of Rolled Metal Cone
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1. Blower Unit Slides Into Back Of Back FireProtector On The Back Of The
Combustion Chamber.
2. Version 2 Jet Engine Combustion Chamber, Same As Version 1 But Without
The Fuel Ring
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1. View Down The End Of The Blower Unit
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1. Jubilee Clip
2. Jubilee Clip
3. Copper Pipe
4. 2nd Copper Pipe Horse Shoe.
5. High Density Fiber Board Base, MDF Will Do
6. Copper Fuel Inlet
7. Poly fuel Hose
8. UnModified Hair Dryer
9. Butane Lighter Gas
10. Adapter from lid of lighter fuel squeezed in end of poly fuel hose
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1. Empty Stand Missing 3 jubilee clips that were "borrowed" by my brother
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1. I Know its not neet but it was the only matterial available and that high density
fiber board is very very hard and a real pain to cut through, even with a jigsaw
Step 8: Test It
It usually takes two people to operate, one on lighting and fan speed and the other on fuel injection:
@ Turn up the fan to get some gentle wind going through.
@ Second person opens valve on a lighter gas canister to feed Gas to the engine, squeeze one of the plastic adapters in the top of the can into the end of the poly fuel
hose.make sure the can is the right way up otherwise liquid butane comes out and the engine will flare and blow out.
@ First person uses long ended lighter or blowtorch, safety glasses and gloves to ignite the gas and start the engine.
@ If it goes out the fan is on too high power, if it goes the wrong way and flares out the fan there is not enough fan power.
@ Then fan power is slowly increased to a point where the flame is invisible but still there, or if it is dark you may be able to see the blue cone out the back.
@ If butane is not already on full power it is turned up and balanced with fan to retain blue cone until full power is achieved, if your feeling adventurous experiment with
slowly inverting the butane to trickle liquid butane into the engine, if done right you can boost the power.
@If the engine body glows brighter than an orange or something goes wrong: the butane is shut off, the fan can be restarted for cooling purposes and man on standby
with co2 fire extinguisher runs in to rescue.
@ Take a video and send it me at LetsBuildOne@Live.co.uk, id love to see other peoples attempts! the good the bad and the catastrophic.
Further Details Similar Projects And Videos Of Mine In Action Are Available On My Website at: http://letsbuildone.110mb.com
Thanks For Looking
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1. start up Flare
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1. Blue cone from back
2. Train Tracks
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kgaurkhede says:
hey any ideas for ignitor
& here r some pics of my next jet the "turbojet"
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person% says:
nice pictures. you just gave me an idea of how to secure the central shaft.
here's my improved design
danprima says:
looool same i didnt know how to do that....
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person% says:
LetsBuildOne says:
LetsBuildOne says:
Nicely done! I managed to wedge bits of mine together and use jubilee clips to avoid the smoking tape issue.
It looks like you either aren't putting enough fuel in or the fuel ring isn't spraying evenly, to solve this you can try drilling more holes in the fuel ring or add
turbulators to the part of the engine the air and fuel mixes to help them mix better.
Keep me updated!
LBO
LetsBuildOne says:
LetsBuildOne says:
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mr kit says:
is the throttle of the engine controlled by the switch on the hair dryer
LetsBuildOne says:
No, it uses a dimmer switch off a light. This was a bad solution though and PWM or a speed controller would be better.
mr kit says:
if your testing this enjine somewhere like the beach where should i get my power source for the hairdryer.
LetsBuildOne says:
adrian09 says:
LetsBuildOne says:
adrian09 says:
best way to deal with MDFs and Plywood - use a hand tube saw
kgaurkhede says:
LetsBuildOne says:
steveastrouk says:
Where do you get the idea pulse jets are banned from ?
LetsBuildOne says:
I'm not sure to be honest. Maybe scrapheap challenge? The noise is apparently too much for the British public.
kgaurkhede says:
are the blade designes for my compressor and the turbines are okay or not?
i also have a old insect slayer would it give out some beasty sparks for ignitor
LetsBuildOne says:
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kgaurkhede says:
hey have any idea about making this type of ignitor without using disposable camera
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSvDZok-zdM
LetsBuildOne says:
kgaurkhede says:
hey any ideas for ignitor
& here r some pics of my next jet the "turbojet"
http://www.instructables.com/id/The-Origional-Beer-Can-Jet-Engine/
kgaurkhede says:
hey LBO i have sm pics of my thermo jet engine
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LetsBuildOne says:
Hey kgaurkhede, Thanks for the pictures. Do you have any of it in action?
kgaurkhede says:
LetsBuildOne says:
Hey Kgaurkhede,
Empty deodorant can's are a perfect replacement. If you overvolt the 12v motor you will get more speed from it as the rpm is proportional to the input
voltage. It is usually safe to over volt by 50% so 18v would be a good place to start. I have however overvolted a 12v motor to 48v previously to no ill
effects so it's down to how brave your feeling as to how much extra. Be careful though, the higher voltage you put in the faster it will get hot and the
hotter it will get, if you put too much voltage through it for too long you will cook the engine and it will no longer work.
Deodorant would be a good fuel source, they usually use propane or butane as a propellant so it is as good as using a can of butane or propane. They
even come with a decent atomising nosel on the can! The downside is they are low capacity and you have to press the button up close to the intake of
the engine which is dangerous and makes RC control difficult. Acetone would be a good alternative fuel. You just have to pre-heat it before it gets into
the combustion chamber and use an atomising nosel to disperse it into a fine spray so it will burn efficiently. This will require a pressurised fuel system
you'll have to work out by yourself.
Thanks for building one! Please can you send me some pictures or a video?
All the best
LBO
kgaurkhede says:
hey can i use ceramic coated aluminium cans instead the steel one
LetsBuildOne says:
Wesley666 says:
LetsBuildOne says:
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As for your question on bearings, yes. A normal ball bearing ring race would seize at the exhaust temperature so you have three options;
First use ceramic bearings that can withstand a higher temperature but you need to make sure they can hold up at several thousand and potentially tens
of thousands of rpm and they are expensive and relatively difficult to get hold of in the size you want.
Secondly shield your exhaust bearing in a jacket. Essentially having a 1/2" tube down the center of your engine that the bearings sit inside of, maybe with
some cold airflow from the compressor blowing down it.
Your third option is to use two or three bearings before the combustion chamber and leave the exhaust with no bearing. This relies on the stiffness of
your central axle to hold the exhaust turbines blades central with a restraining ring as a safety. This is my plan and by far my favorite of the three options.
Good luck and keep me updated,
LBO
Wesley666 says:
LetsBuildOne says:
Wesley666 says:
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atomizing. I was planning on using the really thin copper tubing to get the fuel there, I think its 1/8th inch, as small as it comes, but the nozzle
I haven't figured out yet. I was going to see if I could solder a .22 or similar shell and drill a tiny hole not all the way through, or sand it down
real thin, and use a pin to put the absolute tiniest of holes in it. The problem with that I thought was the solder will melt, or it won't deliver
enough fuel. I thought about just whacking the end of it with a hammer. But I thought that seemed primitive and over all not going to work. I
was going to see if its possible to buy an end cap for that size pipe that uses brass fittings to screw on. I will tell you if I find anything that
works for that.
The fan I was using was made of plastic in my first mock up and if it melted the steel can you can imagine what happened to it. The electric
motor I was going to use was fairly hefty and ran at about 18 000 - 21 000rpm. I thought that with a fairly generous fan would do it. I am not
sure about it now having it driven by exhaust and what not. The drawing isn't to scale it was a rough draft because I didn't want to forget
about it. I was do some research to see if I could find sizing for anything, or if there are key ratio to certain parts.
I will keep you updated on progress if I find anything that will help you.
LetsBuildOne says:
Wesley666 says:
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LetsBuildOne says:
Wesley666 says:
Wesley666 says:
Wesley666 says:
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delinquentyouth717 says:
....and this is the reason why i stopped drinking entirely hahahaha! anyways good job!
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