I see an electric motor, and a battery pack under the hatch...but wasn't really sure what was on the RH side of the motor.
Are you telling me the arrow is pointing at a turbine connected to a generator?
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Byron
Byron,
That looks like a Jetcat turbine used in Model planes and helicopters. No way possible it could sustain and power a vehicle unless it's used to charge a bank of batteries......very cool though.
Dean
Agreed. Love to see new variations of an old idea. I know little of how small gas turbines get, but from what I have read is that a turbine can be very efficient when held exactly at it's designed load range. They hate altering RPM which is why they didn't work in any automotive application - far too thirsty. But here where it's running a generator or alternator, it completely makes sense. And the battery pack as the buffer and as a storage device makes the package work.
Very cool indeed. Thanks OP for posting the photo and Dean for the response.
Byron
Love people and use things,
because the opposite never works.
