Building a 3D Printed Electric Jet Powered Snowboard
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Building a 3D Printed Electric Jet Powered Snowboard
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Re: Building a 3D Printed Electric Jet Powered Snowboard
#2This thing is dope!!
Re: Building a 3D Printed Electric Jet Powered Snowboard
#3How would a gas turbine be safer? Much more heat, flammable fuel, so I'm curious as to the reasons.
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#4How would a gas turbine be safer? Much more heat, flammable fuel, so I'm curious as to the reasons.
Depending on the fuel, gas turbines can be much safer. The current and voltage he's working with is fairly dangerous for close contact, where it takes a great deal of effort to ignite kerosene or diesel fuel in an open air environment.
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#5How much thrust would you need to move a person up hill on skis? I wonder if a paragliding motor might work?
Re: Building a 3D Printed Electric Jet Powered Snowboard
#6How would a gas turbine be safer? Much more heat, flammable fuel, so I'm curious as to the reasons.
Depending on the fuel, gas turbines can be much safer. The current and voltage he's working with is fairly dangerous for close contact, where it takes a great deal of effort to ignite kerosene or diesel fuel in an open air environment.
Ah, ok. That makes more sense now.
Still, I would expect the massive heat output of a gas turbine to be another danger as well. You are, after all, spitting extremely hot gases out the back, which could pose a great danger to anyone behind and might also melt a large amount of snow. Probably depends greatly on the method of mounting it though...
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#7How much thrust would you need to move a person up hill on skis? I wonder if a paragliding motor might work?
So I tested the board without me standing on it uphill and it goes up. I estimate around 35lbs+ for my configuration for a slight incline.
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#8The fact that it's 3D printed is just an eye-catcher. You could have done the same without any 3D printing.
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#9Seems like using thrust is going to be a limitation here. What about some kind of belt that contacts the ground when activated?
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#10Seems like using thrust is going to be a limitation here. What about some kind of belt that contacts the ground when activated?
Then he would just be making a snowmobile.