I cannot help myself.The smile will simply not leave my face.You two must have had great fun with this awesome machine.Thank you for the video.

Sorry to hear about Karl. He souds like he was a clever bloke. The clever man is what made the world that we know today. R.I.P.

I strongly suggest you watch the WHOLE video to get to the homebuilt jet. The more info has these details..!

i really like it how in the beggining starting the engine was a pain in the ass, and now at 1.12 it starts so beautifully, gorgeous engine

Truck turbos are good for home made jets. Raspberry pi's aren't in the australian summer. My pi crashed, turned off the oil pump, jammed the throttle to full open and the turbo self destructed. Thankfully no one was injured. The police were quite amused to find out it was a bunch of experimenters playing with a home made jet, and not a mad man with a mortar! Love that Derwent. Beautiful engine!

Because it's the ultimate hobby..!

Takes the phrase 'he blew my doors off' to another level...

Yep and strips away moss from those slippery areas real quick.

It's hard to imagine that the truck would not have been held in place by something b/c at full power, it should sprout wings.

That truck has some AWESOME brakes installed

My friend Karl purchased it via a website called Barnstormers ( this comment area does not allow URL's) and from memory it was around 5K.

@wayneroughneckz sometimes you don't need a purpose to play with a jet, it tends to be more about the thrill of the experience when you play with them I have found stuff with a purpose attached tend to be too much like hard work

agree!

Yes.

A link...no, best bet is to google this question and really look carefully through the pages..I am pretty sure there will be a plan out there somewhere.

@Cmpnioncube From the web I found this..hope this answers part of your question Derwent Mk.I entered production with 2,000 lbf (8.9 kN) of thrust. Mk.II, III and IV's followed, peaking at 2,400 lbf (10.7 kN) of thrust. The Derwent was the primary engine of all the early Meteors

Looks dangerous i'll have two

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Yea

You guys are pioneers. Cool stuff!

@rustychrome I believe the old truck was once used in the film industry, back on films like Mad Max, it used to belong to the grip called Ray Brown, or better known as Brownie. The film industry is full of custom built and altered trucks, this is yet another.

that is amazing... now all that truck needs is a set of wings and it's ready to fly!!!

This is reminds my of the leyland brothers, The video and narrative is excellent if not very good. If I were you blokes, Id be looking for a TV series. The backyard scene is highly active and rarely seen. Explore on.

@GardenerH2O now that would make a great video, I can see episode 3 now, the run away turbine!

@Thetruthishere11 My neighbors were blown away. I always tell those around me I can get quite noisy at times.

Once again a fantastic video & great footage. Thanks heaps for posting these!!

I was wondering the same about the "effort" subject. And I thought that "I would like to step into a project in which I could look back in years and see that enormous evolution, even if it, for some persons, looks like waste of time" This video made me think that way.

imagine waking up and hearing that... lol "Hey! What the hell are you doing?" "Oh, Im just testing my turbine."

@stinkintoad sure the neighbours hate it, but do we hear them screaming to turn it off...NO, all we hear is the beautiful turbines doing their job

now i know what love is... thats is beuty of a engine you have there!

We got one of those as a range hood. Talk about some serious CFM's!

melt all of the snow in your driveway with that beast, Ice? 3 feet of snow? no problem! use a turbine engine to blast all your slippery cold problems away!

Your right, the Derwent is not very powerful, its more hot air and noise than raw power, what is interesting as the jet engine developed each new jet was nearly doubling the thrust output, those early jet aircraft must have been tricky to fly with such sluggish gas turbines, apart from some of the earlt German stuff, problem there was the engines wore out very quickly. These days its all taked for granted.

Had a laugh at this comment, and annoying the crap out of people who hate jet noise..!

the brakes on that truck... are amazing!!

Very sweet projects! Er ...just don't move in next to me guys! LOL

A one word reply. FANTASTIC!

The Truck really has a Strong BREAKing System!

These very early gas turbines don't have the power of todays units, the truck has brakes and that easily enough to stop the effect of this type of turbine. Aircraft brakes do the same, brakes applied and you can power up the engines without moving forward.

no permit required, just 200 ltrs of jet fuel and some loving neighbours.

his neighbors must love this guy! LOL

Another wonderfully informative video, leokim. Most excellent.

It makes a great video..!

you guys are definately trippers,good work!

I can't believe he didn't drive the truck under jet power. One man steering, one controlling the jet. What a rush that would be!

I've gotta say your truck has some pretty well-manufactured parking brakes.

I stood next to one of these in a dragster chassis behind art morrisons shop(fife washington) in the 90's you can't even imagine the noise or power one of these puts out.. quite exciting chaining it to a telephone pole and winding her up btw the brakes on that truck are enough to hold it still normal jet dragsters run full throttle without burner at the starting line then light the burners at the green light. the truck wont move.

New Neighbor "Wow that plane sounds really close" Older Neighbor " Nah thats just Bob testing the Jet Engine on the back of his truck"

Great to watch, good effort wish i had one

When testing the full size turbine engine, what part was dangerous and why?

Not really, the big difference is we did not have the internet as a total distraction. I am not against the net we would have loved to have the access to info on the net back in the 80's, to me that's the big difference between then and now.

We could not see any by-laws which states no gas turbines to be run in the area.

guys I love the turbo/turbine idea, put a force gauge on it and get some power figures and add a tail pipe and a afterburner on it >:) nice job

Please make a part three of this!

Great docko on jet eng's. I reconised the background music, are you useing Cyberlink PowerDirector to do your editing for the video and if so what version are you useing. Have you had any issues with PD on your computer, cheers Marcus.

Woah, that is really powerful.

Nice work on the panel looks sweet. hey leokim that looked pretty hot for idle? i thought they were round 450 it looked round 600 mark, maybe too much fuel? Then again i don't know the derwent only vipers, the derwent is an amazing engine. How awesome is Alan's set up nice work.

Sydney to Newcastle in the red truck up the F3 in 3 minutes! Awesome...

Those things are all very possible to have... He obviously doesn't wastes his time to judging people he puts it to good use.

I don't think I could resist finding a quiet stretch of back road, putting the truck in neutral, and seeing how much thrust I could put behind it before I got scared...

Contact Rolls Royce, they are the source here and they do respond to mail. Google is the best tool to sort this info, to be honest we saw the governor was set but never dared screw with it.

Then I found an old snowblower in the alley and mounted it's 3 horsepower engine on the front of the bike. Although the snowblower engine was better than the makeshift cog wheel/conduit pipe assembly, the high RPMs caused practically every propeller design to fly apart. Also even made pretzels out of the shorter makeshift prop shafts, too, and even when it did hold together, the bike only move a couple inches forward at most.

When he's not making wind on movie sets. He's blowing leaves.

That Ute has gr8 brakes!! AWESOME

Hey, I love the idea of having a turbine - and knowing EXACTLY how everything works - I don't think I'd have the time to dedicate to it though. One quick question.. When a turbine heli. or jet is starting up there's always a "click click click", is that an initial ignition system or is it always running? I'd imagine the combustion chamber would be self sustaining.. What fuel do you run the large engine on?

Mate! You seriously need to be wearing ear defenders! Lovely engine!

absolutely amazing!!!

Lol It sounds like a Learjet Engine.. And I bet his neighbors Love him lol

Thats some old ass turbine technology

Hopefully Karl will reply to the hot EGT ?, it may be a sticky guage, Alan since then has advanced the beckyard jet cause, he has contacted me and is eager to be part of episode 3, his latest jet has afterburner and it looks like a complete rebuild, I believe he has his own youtube channel 1allan2, so check him out.

I presume the pickup was handbraked and in park(if auto).What would it take thrustwise to A)Over come the pickup Brake/park status and B) Lift the rear end of the pickup??? Awsome power.I work in lanfill and have witnessed the gas turbines that burn the gas and generate electricity for the grid.Good use of turbines.

Truly ispirational! Keep it up.

lol that would make a clean escape on a highway with that strapped to the back of the pickup xD

how much did it cost to build the jet in 2003? is there a link you can give me to the dESIGN for it?

Great stuff guys ,well done ilove it keep up the great work..Toughy

How powerful and heavy the car is, in order do not move itself during power test ?

I was waiting for the car to start lurching forward, he must have a graet handbrake ! really good, especially the mini backyard unit, I presume thats a garret turbo? :)

i was wondering what factors need to be considered when desiging a combustion chamber... i.e. diamiter and length proportional to CFM of compressor? or possibly shape and flow path... what makes the most efficient burn with a liquid fuel such as kerosene, and what provides for the best longevity of the turbine, in terms of the combustion chamber...

are those electrical arcs mixed in the fire in the exhaust?

at 1:17 i was thinking "If the truck isn't in park, he's screwed."

damn really awesome turbine, wanna have one too^^

And the question we all want answered is: Did you ever fire up the jet, get behind the wheel and take the handbrake off? And if not, why not? The coolest thing would be to go to a street drag, fire up the jet to a thrust that your brakes and tyres can just hold and see how fast your car can do the quater (using the trucks engine to get rolling).

Have you guys considered moving on to a concept called the "trapped vortex combustion"? GE, Nasa, and our mil have been researching it for about 10 years. There is no moving vanes and it is supposed to burn very clean and with laminar flows, it is self cooling as well. The mil testing phase has ended at the end of 2007, reporting is done throughout 2008. There is a lot of info out there on it if you google hard enough. -cheers

@s28400 The truck has brakes applied

so did I..!

The ultimate getaway car

nice work man :D

I can't answer this, I am sure there will some tubers who can.. I like kero because I love the smell..

love to see the truck fly away

Hey, I live just down the road and I have seen the RR engine before, it is WICKED!!! Just wondering, do you need a special permit for this or do you just do it?

yepp it was your vid that got me going,, I wish I could buy a second hand jet motor for real, its my dream.

Holy shit the exhaust gases reach a lot farther back than I thought.

Brilliant. Just brillinat!

First, what is the brand of the truck in the first video? Second, I own a small commercial gas turbine, mounted on a bell 204b helicopter. Running a generator with a gas turbine is not only nothing new, it is the normal mode of operation of both the APU of quite a few aircraft as well as the "Ground start cart" that you will find at airports around the world. As the APU has a given service life they are rebuild only as the airframe is in service, finding a used one is easy.

not many people that can say 'oh yeah, i have a jet engine laying around in my backyard, no problem..."

what an amazing sound

Biggest leaf blower ever build to date xD

This is Like beyond Rich Peoples TOys here..lol This is like the final stage if you bought everything in life.." Mom I want a GE-90 B-777 Engine For Christmas" Just Damn Son!!!!

Wind machine? Fog machine? Feeeeh! He should aim higher. I say: Flying Truck. :D Might be a one time experience, but what an experience it would be, eh? ^^ Cool videos you got!

@vascoramaPT But i dont think the brakes are strong enough to hold the car in the same position because that jet engine is way too powerfull. That car should be sliding over the tarmaq even with locked brakes.....

what is that thing sticking into the air flow chamber @ 4:02??????

Hmmmm. Australia. Wild fires. Jet engines in the back of 1/2 tons. Carl!!!!!