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 Post subject: Road legal, jet powered Beetle.
PostPosted: Wed Apr 29, 2009 9:15 am 
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Check out this jet powered beetle....

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To quote Thomasnet... VW Probably Didn't Have This in Mind
This street-legal jet car — a jet Beetle — has two engines: the production gasoline engine in the front driving the front wheels and the jet engine.

The engine is apparently a GE Model T58-8F. This is a helicopter turboshaft engine that was converted to a jet engine by some internal modifications and a custom tailpipe.

According to its maker, Ron Patrick:

With this project, I was able to use some stuff I learned while getting my fancy engineering degree (I have a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University) to design a street-legal jet car without the distraction of how other people have done it in the past — because no one has. I don't know how fast the car will go and probably never will. The car was built to thrill me, not kill me.

:albino: And if you didn't think that was crazy enough, check out his next project. A jet powered scooter......

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More pic's and info of the Beetle and scooter here.... http://www.tomax7.com/comedy/beetlejet.htm

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 Post subject: Re: Road legal, jet powered Beetle.
PostPosted: Wed Apr 29, 2009 3:51 pm 
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Not very subtle is it :shock:

Not convinced its street legal either :D

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 Post subject: Re: Road legal, jet powered Beetle.
PostPosted: Wed Apr 29, 2009 6:46 pm 
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imagine starting that up in sainsbury's car park :D

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 Post subject: Re: Road legal, jet powered Beetle.
PostPosted: Wed Apr 29, 2009 7:41 pm 
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Come in handy for a bbq on the beach. Maybe when Porsches on the quay is on next month in Poole? :D

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 Post subject: Re: Road legal, jet powered Beetle.
PostPosted: Wed Apr 29, 2009 8:44 pm 
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It still doesn't produce as many flames as the Central BBQ did at Weston Park :lol:

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