Gearhead Geek Builds Turbine-Powered Batmobile

[The Lugz]

pretty sweet ride, but a few problems
it's eventually going to deafen you, for real turbines = NOISY
I'd estimate the mpg on that thing to be on the horrific side of over the top for the same reason you don't have one in your car
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engine_efficiency

for a toy I'll stick with a scale model, but job well done on having the most expensive toy
it's certainly a bat-masterpiece!

 

[Ruedyn]

Da-na-na-na-na-na-na I'm going to f*cking rob you

 

[Fasckira]

Quite awesome, but I just hope that he made it sound-proof, otherwise that could get annoying real quick when you're driving it.

Aye, most conversations in the car would just be people shouting to each other, "What?!" and "Say again?!".

I also have to wonder what the top speed is.

Im wondering if it can potentially go fast enough to get a bit of lift. Now that would be scary in a turbine driven car

 

[thiosk]

Now I want a turbine powered everything.

Kitty want a turbine powered propulsion system? Yes she does! Here kitty kitty kitty

its turbine time

 

[Slayer_2]

I wonder what kinda HP that baby cranks out... Oh and top speed.

 

[orangeapples]

Who cares about the top speed people, IT'S THE GODDAMN BATMOBILE!!!

now if he were to be adding big blue neon light everywhere it can be ruined forever.

And I don't care about the people who keep posting about the new batmobile, the only way it would have been better is if it had looked like this:

 

[Corpse XxX]

Jesus. Top speed? Acceleration? Handling?

I love it, but pretty much every important question went unanswered...

My thoughts exactly! These numbers are quite important, but seeing it has a turbine engine, i would guess it packs quite the punch..

 

[notimeforlulz]

Yeah, I too, want to know its driving stats. How fast?

It's mpg pro'lly sucks, though.

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Turbine engines are limited to 59.5% fuel efficiency. Piston engines have a limit of 30% or so. I assure you; his MPG, are better than most cars, if he has it running at the right RPM.

The reason you can't really use turbine engines in a car though, is that particles (think ash clouds grounding airplanes) will absolutely destroy the fan blades. And there's just potentially too much crap in the air to really use turbine engines at ground level.

 

[Realitycrash]

So cool, so cool, so cool. Want, want, WANT.

Yeah, I too, want to know its driving stats. How fast?

It's mpg pro'lly sucks, though.

238U.]

Turbine engines are limited to 59.5% fuel efficiency. Piston engines have a limit of 30% or so. I assure you; his MPG, are better than most cars, if he has it running at the right RPM.

The reason you can't really use turbine engines in a car though, is that particles (think ash clouds grounding airplanes) will absolutely destroy the fan blades. And there's just potentially too much crap in the air to really use turbine engines at ground level.

I was pretty upset with this as well, but I noticed that there is a skip feature in the top right corner.

 

[klasbo]

Still not as cool as the Badonkadonk. Read the user reviews.

Spoiler: Image (click)

 

[Volafortis]

Want to buy.

It could definitely use some interior sound dampening, though. I like my ears.

 

[concrete89]

If that thing had a halfway decent top speed, it would be in the description. Also, if it could haul ass, they'd have it in the video.
My guess:
1: It's not finished, and they haven't gotten it to work properly.
2: It's finished, but just a piss poor car with a nice exterior that makes us pant and drool like the fanboys we are.

 

[Kenjitsuka]

I wonder what the top speed is!
The ultra heavy M1A1 Abrams Battletank is also powered by a turbine engine, and it can go reaaally fast.So you can imagine how powerfull those babies are!

 

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Turbine engines are limited to 59.5% fuel efficiency. Piston engines have a limit of 30% or so. I assure you; his MPG, are better than most cars, if he has it running at the right RPM.

The reason you can't really use turbine engines in a car though, is that particles (think ash clouds grounding airplanes) will absolutely destroy the fan blades. And there's just potentially too much crap in the air to really use turbine engines at ground level.

Wow. I didn't know that, either about the efficiency or the problem with particle density at low altitudes (that would also explain why there's a difference between aircraft-grade alloys and... well... weaker ones). Thank you!

One would wonder if it were possible to filter the air pre-intake, using, for example, the cyclone tech that is used in vacuum cleaners. Though engines need a lot of air.

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[Valagetti]

I wonder what the top speed is!
The ultra heavy M1A1 Abrams Battletank is also powered by a turbine engine, and it can go reaaally fast.So you can imagine how powerfull those babies are!

Considering they weigh over 50 tonnes and they can go up to 70km/h and there tracked, yeah thats impressive. That thing looks dangerous, especially if your behind it, or in front of it, or just several km's away from it. I reckon it can hit mach 1 (1226km/h). Just put wings on it.

 

[NickCaligo42]

I also have to wonder what the top speed is.

That's what I keep wondering. That's really the only thing I want to know, and there's no information on it. Maddening!

[img src="http://www.zap2it.com/media/photo/2007-01/27159179.jpg?title=John+Madden" alt="See? Maddening" /]

 

[samsonguy920]

I'm betting that thing violates some town's city noise ordinances. I imagine he saves that for country driving only. Props to him, though.

Nice but this is still my Batmobile

Thought that is just me.

It ain't just you. I fell in love with that thing when Foxx revealed it.
It better get rebuilt.

 

[Nomad Warrior]

Look up the Y2K bike and imagine yourself on one of them, no cab, no limit. But the RPM on most turbines is usually over 30K RPM, so a reduction gearbox is used to limit the rear wheel power to a realistic level.

 

[Kair]

I wonder what the top speed is!
The ultra heavy M1A1 Abrams Battletank is also powered by a turbine engine, and it can go reaaally fast.So you can imagine how powerfull those babies are!

I am not an expert on turbine engines, but I think the Abrams uses the turbine to power the tracks, while this Batmobile uses it to push air behind it like a jet would (the turbine is from a jet too). Pushing air is very inefficient compared to pushing dirt as the Abrams does.