If the Devil owned a truck

[GregW]

This would be it.
Old Smokie

Be sure to watch it in full screen.

 

[Steve_S]

OMG!!! /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/shocked.gif I'm not really into drag racing, but I want to see that thing go!

 

[tony barnhill]

Where'd it go?

 

[anthony7777]

Where'd it go?

tony, dunn know, but i wouldnt want to be in the same state when she "lets go" whats up with the guy inna white ball cap? looks as if hes praying for death by compressor blade. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/frown.gif

 

[Mickey Richaud]

whats up with the guy inna white ball cap? looks as if hes praying for death by compressor blade. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/frown.gif

Every one of those brainiacs needs...

Never mind - prolly wouldn't do any good. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/nonod.gif

 

[DrEntropy]

I quote: "Dissie NUTSO!!!"

 

[Bret]

As impressive as that show was - I kept thinking what a bunch of chuckleheads. Reminds me of the types of folks who attend Monster Truck events & paint their face for WWF Wrestling Events on pay-per-views.

 

[GregW]

Where'd it go?

Waaaaay down the track. Apparently, it can hit 375 MPH. 3 engines for 36,000 HP. If only there were two, they could have a proper drag race. Hmmmmm

 

[anthony7777]

I quote: "Dissie NUTSO!!!"

doc, datt what happin when ya got way too much time on ya hands, way too much barr, and way too much sun spouzya round ya neck. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/crazy.gif

 

[anthony7777]

Where'd it go?

Waaaaay down the track. Apparently, it can hit 375 MPH. 3 engines for 36,000 HP. If only there were two, they could have a proper drag race. Hmmmmm

greg, i dont know two of em was even less impressive but thats just me i guess, if not mistaken the engines on the first solo truck appear to be allison j-33 or j-35"s to give ya an idea how old they are it was the first "axial flow" jet engine used by the u.s. air force, the stuff these guys are doing to them for the "show" is the perfect path for a catastrophic failure and theres too many people too close to have it be safe, guess im gettin old but i always hated to see machinery being mistreated, in my senior mind i feel the money time and effort would be better spent teaching all them young kids standing around whoopin and a holarrin how these engines work how to repair and maintain them for their original intended purpose, besides since i turned "obi wan" tony barnhill and keoke have warned me and insists that i become more responsable, someone please hand me my light sabre. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/savewave.gif

 

[roofman]

If I didn't know better I thought it was Crypty.

 

[weewillie]

I thought it was a genie-------------------------------------------------------poof and it's gone

 

[Twosheds]

if not mistaken the engines on the first solo truck appear to be allison j-33 or j-35"s

They are Westinghouse J-34s. They are very old technology axial-flow turbojets. We had nine of them at the school for students to take apart, inspect, repair, assemble, and RUN. Ours came from Navy Lockheed P2V-7 Neptunes, which had two each in underwing pods in addition to two R-3350s! Two churnin' and two burnin'!

Since they are true turbojets (as opposed to modern turbofans), they accelerate a small mass of air to a high velocity and the exhaust is very hot. Therefore, they are the engine of choice for those track driers you see at NASCAR track rain delays. The qualities that make them poor aircraft engines make them great track driers. We got some spares from a company that made railroad track snow removal equipment from them.

Tim Arfons, son of Art Arfons of Green Monster fame, bought our old engines. He has a business selling them to guys like the ones with the truck.

 

[anthony7777]

twosheds, cheee i didnt know art arfons passed on! i thought he was a pretty cool guy, we had a couple of them long noisy j-30 somethings at the academy of aeronautics they sure looked familiar even though i graduated a long time ago 1974, wed brake em down, rebuild em and just run the heck out of em some of the nuckleheads would "accidentally" toss a bolt or nut or some other hard object into the intake while it was being run, two of them nuckleheads got expelled for doing so (no not me) nope i grew up to be a pretty good wrench and a fine upstanding citizen, (dont ya listen to a thing "keoke" says about me!) /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/devilgrin.gif

 

[Twosheds]

Anthony, I didn't say Art Arfons passed on! According to Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_Arfons, he's still around. He was born in '26, so he's gettin' on in years.

We had no FOD incidents with our J-34s, although we had one fire. It was due to careless students routing a braided steel fuel line so that it touched a 28VDC terminal! But it was extinguished by a quick-thinking student standing fireguard. No harm done.

We didn't abuse them like the guys in the video!

 

[bugimike]

I have seen those guys on occasion down here at the Moroso track, and have seen them run side by side! It is pretty wild! It does feel like the air turns liquid, and the pavement behind them at the line certainly does!! I have heard that the pioneers on this drag-truck thing were a couple of engineers from Pratt Whitney (which is just about right across the street from Moroso!

 

[Deleted member 3577]

We didn't abuse them like the guys in the video!

Don't know much of anything about jet engines....
There seemed to be 3 different ignition phases.
Smoke, fire & clean burning.

Does a turbojet have to warm up and go through these smoke & fire intervals or was that done for show?

Does it hurt the engines when they do this?

 

[Banjo]

I like it when those guys stack up a few junk cars behind that truck, and "blow 'em away"
Cool video

 

[Twosheds]

[Don't know much of anything about jet engines....
There seemed to be 3 different ignition phases.
Smoke, fire & clean burning.

Does a turbojet have to warm up and go through these smoke & fire intervals or was that done for show?

Does it hurt the engines when they do this?

These guys were going through the smoke & fire intervals purely for show. The white smoke is a vapor of unburned fuel, probably kerosene but ours were converted to run on gasoline. They probably plumbed a fuel line to squirt raw fuel into the exhaust cone. Then they ignite it; probably they put an igniter in the tailpipe. Similar to mounting a spark plug in your car tailpipe to ignite unburned fuel for visual effect.

Don't think it would hurt the engines, but can't be good for them either! We never went above a high idle. That burned plenty gas by the time everyone had his turn running.

Seems to excite the crowd, however!

 

[William]

Anthony, I didn't say Art Arfons passed on! According to Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_Arfons, he's still around. He was born in '26, so he's gettin' on in years.

I often times answer my phone "Akron Heavy Machinery. This is Art. How may I help you?". Nobody gets the joke.

Some serious Darwin Award candidates in that video, though.

-Wm.