February 19, 2021 at 12:26 pm
#140580
Let’s not forget Rover’s Jet 1 which now lives, unmoving, in the Science Museum. Its lack of movement was too much for one Austrian enthusiast who has built a (jet powered) replica which fills Austrian streets (and tracks) with turbine “blue-note”. Go see here:
Turbines were also tried in HGVs. Had an uncle who was an engineer for Shell Mex. They gave him a jet-driven tanker to test out. His verdict was that it was most amusing if you could spare the time waiting for the turbine to spool up before moving off. At traffic lights this was embarrassing and noisy. Ended its days hauling loads between Shell refineries with no traffic light intervening.