It sounds ideal to me - an engine of less than 1 litre must be cheap on tax and fuel but you have an extra 2,000hp on tap when you need it!!!
Yes I think the words 'useable power' should be factored into this discussion somewhere, I mean have you ever seen a Daihatsu doing Mach 2 ? Its probably the only project Chuck Jaeger ever turned down
That motobike is insane but low end acceleration is probably useless. Throttle control is a major problem with turbines.
The 1st ever turbine car was a Rover built in 1950 - they went on to use one in Le Mans in the 60s. Towards the end they were managing almost 20mpg!!!
I read an article on the Y2K bike a couple years ago that said the throttle has a HEAVY lag. On the order of 3-4 SECONDS between hand motion and engine response!!!
You almost have to be able to see the future to ride the damn thing! LoL!
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"Legal" when the turbine is covered up and treated as a "load" and not the propulsion....
