"ToyDeathbot" (ToyDeathbot)
07/22/2014 at 05:48 • Filed to: None
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"ToyDeathbot" (ToyDeathbot)
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so here's something!
kanadanmajava1
> ToyDeathbot
07/22/2014 at 06:13 |
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That's a Howmet TX. I have witnessed one of these in action and it sounded very intersting.
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ToyDeathbot
> kanadanmajava1
07/22/2014 at 06:22 |
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so lucky!
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kanadanmajava1
> ToyDeathbot
07/22/2014 at 06:38 |
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I was. But I hope that I will have another opportunity to hear a Howmet in action.
BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast.
> ToyDeathbot
07/22/2014 at 11:10 |
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Fantastic.
I wish prototype racers were allowed to be as innovative as the Howmet TX, now... the rules are so micromanaging, that I can't imagine that this sort of thing could be done again...
gas turbine with a mild hybrid electric drivetrain for low-speed maneuvering and reverse, and then direct-drive at high speed, would be interesting.
It is also interesting that the turbine engine had two exhaust outlets, and the third was the waste-gate... basically a turboshaft variable bypass... the turbine could remain spun up to it's naturally high RPM, and the waste-gate would lower the power output, without dropping the RPMs... since turbines don't throttle up or down as quickly as piston engines do.