Wow it totally does, I didn't even realize haha... Also, hi Integza!

feeling out the competition huh?

Thanks!

Thanks, boss!

Thanks! Glad to have you along for the ride ✌️

I made a video after this one where I compared the performance of different sized nozzles on the engine, and the nozzle that did the best was about half the size of this one.. It was kinda surprising

Thanks! In this application I didn't include one because it's an open system, and the propane is at a way higher pressure than anything else in the system so there's no way for air and the gas to mix in the fuel line

Thanks! I'll be adding a nozzle to up the chamber pressure in the future, and I'm working on a new engine that'll run off an exhaust driven turbine so it'll run on it's own (like a proper turbo jet)

Yeah I really like the shielding idea for the Arduino itself, I think I'll build a properly shielded enclosure for the next tests

Yeah I was totally shocked by how strong that field was, but looking back it makes sense considering how high that voltage actually is. Electromagnetism is a crazy thing!

I see what you're saying, but I don't think it applies to my design. The blower is a compressor rather than a fan, so if I had a tighter nozzle on the end it would create pressure in the combustion chamber, which and EDF doesn't have and wouldn't do. I appreciate it though, thank you!

It's a 240 watt power supply, but I doubt the motor uses the full wattage. And I've not done the math or experiments to find the cfm or volumetric flow rate

@@Neally Than it is for sure it does not pump enough air for that size of combustion chamber to get even close to it's maximum potential. I would start at about 2-3 kilowatts motor, use leaf blower compressor and work the hell out of the combustion chamber design making it able to keep the flame reliably and for at least half of the rpm diapason without the spark on. Also to produce any decent thrust you need a nozzle of the proper geometry. The good news are that work is actually the most difficult in designing of a jet engine and IF you'd be successful you'd need to add just a car turbo to get a real engine.

Yeah I definitely agree, I figured it wasn't getting enough air when it started spitting those massive fireballs due to incomplete combustion. The compressor wasn't designed specifically for this build, it was more so a matter of convenience because I built it for a different project. I'm gonna weld up some different nozzles to put onto the engine too because I really want to see what kind of thrust its actually capable of.

Hey, thank you!

Thank you, brother!

Yeah sure, I'll make it happen in the next video

I looked into the definitions of things again to double check before I answer.. So this engine is called a motorjet, it's a motor driven compressor that feeds a combustion chamber to produce thrust. I don't think it would count as an afterburner because an afterburner is a secondary combustion stage, where my engine one has a single stage. Think of this like a turbojet without a turbine section

@@Neally True, you are essentially doing the same thing as an afterburner does on a jet engine though - Increasing exhaust velocity and thus thrust. The difference is an electric motor is doing the first stage rather than a gas turbine engine. So it's probably inexplicably inefficient. Either way, i like it.

100% made from scratch😂 I think I wanna put it into a fpv rc plane I think that might be cool

Glad you enjoyed, thank you!

I'll look into that! Thank you!

Thank you, I appreciate it!

Apologies, I lost the files a while back. I can see if I can design a new one at some point though, I've gotten a lot of requests

I ended up building my own glow plugs instead, but I'll keep the plasma arc in mind for the future! Thanks✌️

Yeah I might try that in the future!

@@Neally ive always wanted to see how to do this ever since i found out that one ariel atom or however u spell it has a new car that does that. Electric car with jet engine stock that is only there primarily for charging batteries using diff fuel. So damn cool.

Agreed, and I'm already working on it!

That basically means he'll have to add a turbine which is powered by the burning of fuel, which in turn powers the compressor. Right?

Exactly, it essentially works the same as a turbocharger in a car. That's where turbo jets get their name from✌️

@@Neally guys as an engineer (backyard and all) no not at all turbo jet nothing close other than the turbo looking thingy ran on brushless motor, I'm not knocking your project at all in fact I'm working on an axial compressor jet engine myself one to run and self sustain off kerosene, what I meant by the concept of what we watched was the compression of air is from an electric turbo and it relying on that to compress the charge, the thermal expansion just speeds up the mix thus adding a little thrust to the load sensor try it with real turbo, a combustor, diffuser, sustain flame front and idle the thing

Thank you!

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Maybe eventually😂

Sorry, who?

Glad I could waste your time! 😘

And u lost a sub also 😂

You're right. It's your mom's new hairdryer

"Jet engine, any of a class of internal-combustion engines that propel aircraft by means of the rearward discharge of a jet of fluid, usually hot exhaust gases generated by burning fuel with air drawn in from the atmosphere." - the direct quote from the Britannica website www.britannica.com/technology/jet-engine

​@@NeallyI don't think we can call it an engine until the turbine powers the compressor. This might be called a electric jet motor in it's current state, powered by electricity and unable to self sustain on fuel. But I'm rooting for you and can't wait until you hit that point! Keep at it! I see a 3d printed metal turbine and compressor in your near duture

Actually we can call it a jet engine it's just the compressor is replaced by an electric one ,the system is somehow different but it's the same output which is propulsion​@@gutrali

@@Davidfirefly well yes, you can call an apple a potato if you would like. Just because they are both round does not make it right. A jet engine is self sustaining, do you know any that are not? The engine pictured here is not self sustaining ... It will only live as long as the battery does, regardless of how much fuel you have available. You can't utilize the output to compress the input ...... Please Find and name any other jet engine where that's true? Your claim that it only needs to produce propulsion is also wrong. A rocket produces propulsion but it's not a jet engine, is it? There are also jet engine gensets that produce electricity, not propulsion. Same for jet engine powered helicopfers? They produce rotational mechanical force that is directly utilized. The motor pictured on this video doesn't even need to burn fuel in order to output MORE propulsive force! In fact it doesn't need fuel and can get by with even less electricity if just he used a modern EDF. I checked the numbers. This isn't a jet engine , it's a novice science experiment. Nothing wrong with that.

@@gutrali you're confusing jet engine with "turbo jet engine", jet engine has many different types ( RAM, SCRAM, TURBO). This one just uses an electric compressor, it can be called jet engine as the principle of working is same.