Vogon Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 Thinking about the new Custodes jet bikes I find myself asking, why does a jet bike with a gas turbine engine to provide propulsion need exhaust pipes on the side? The exhaust from a gas turbine goes straight out the back and is what pushes the engine and whatever it is attached to forwards. The side exhaust pipes are superfluous and it irks me a bit. Anyone else? Cheers Vogon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Bjoern Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 Maybe it´s a kind of bypass engine. In this case the acceleration would be provided by the cold air and the hot air would be deverted through the side pipes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jarl Caldersson Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 Maybe it's exhausted through the pipes when the bike isn't moving forward, or it used for steering. Divert gases to right or left exhaust to turn left or right. Or maybe it just looks cool. Stoic Raptor 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor Perils Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 Could be for cooling purposes (highly unlikely - pointing forwards would be better for that), or if there is a kind of secondary engine, used for different kinds of atmosphere (or lack of atmosphere) More likely it's just that Games workshop took design cues from both turbines and traditional motorbikes walter h 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoic Raptor Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 Why does a Honda need a spoiler and fat pipes? Thrillhouse and Ishagu 2 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandmaster damion Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 I'm going with two engines one at the front powering the antigrav plate using the side pipes and one at the rear powering the rockets for momentum Ezr91aeL and Stoic Raptor 2 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vogon Posted February 11, 2018 Author Share Posted February 11, 2018 (edited) I like the two engine idea for hostile environments but it still looks odd to me. Cheers Vogon Edit, just had a thought, it could be the exhaust path for the rocket launcher but seems a bit over engineered for that. Edited February 11, 2018 by Vogon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoic Raptor Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 You just need to slap a sticker on the back that says "LOUD PIPES SAVE LIVES" :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alfred_the_great Posted February 12, 2018 Share Posted February 12, 2018 Gold ones go faster? Stoic Raptor 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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