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I built a turbine motorcycle using hydrogen peroxide
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I built a turbine motorcycle using hydrogen peroxide

This is not a rocket bike.

The engine uses concentrated hydrogen peroxide decomposed in a chemical reactor to generate high-pressure steam and oxygen, which drive a homemade turbine connected to the wheel.

What started as homemade Unimoto ice racing eventually evolved into one of the strangest machines I have ever built.

This video tells the complete story:

garage experiments, steam engines, failed steering systems, frozen catalysts, turbine testing, Soviet motorcycles, and the engineering madness of the Snowdogs winter motorcycle festival.

The video is in Russian with full English subtitles.

Do NOT repeat anything shown in this video.

youtu.be
u/AleksandrLiutov — 4 days ago
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Pushing the limits with 60% High-Test Peroxide (HTP). To trigger the reaction, our chemical reactor was pre-saturated with potassium permanganate, creating a high-surface catalyst bed.

​The decomposition is nearly instant, generating massive pressure to spin the GTDE-117 turbine. This is the exact engineering principle behind the German V2 rocket's turbopump system, recreated in a DIY setup.

u/AleksandrLiutov — 26 days ago
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Continuing our series of experiments with unique power units. Today: a chemical steam generator and a geared free turbine.

​Inside our generator are transition metal catalysts. Under pressure, we feed hydrogen peroxide, which instantly decomposes into a stream of superheated steam and gas. This energy drives the GTDE-117 turbine.

​Historical Context:

This technology is a direct descendant of the system used in the German V2 rocket. There, a similar unit was used to drive the turbopump that moved tons of fuel. We have recreated this engineering principle in miniature for our upcoming Dragster project.

u/AleksandrLiutov — 27 days ago
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Testing my homemade V-twin steam engine with compressed air (90 PSI). Built this for a steam dragster project, but decided to go with a jet turbine (TS-20B) instead. Watch the mechanical soul of this beast before the upgrade!

u/AleksandrLiutov — 28 days ago
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Testing the steam release on my custom wood-fired dragster. Dumping pressure at 7 bar (100 PSI).

The Engineering:

​Core: Free power turbine from a TS-20B jet turbo-starter.

​Custom Build: Hand-fabricated nozzle assembly.

​The Trick: Exhaust steam is injected directly into the chimney. This creates a massive vacuum effect (ejection), boosting the air draft in the firebox for maximum heat.

​Don't worry about the ceiling plaster — it has survived worse things in this garage before I showed up! 😂

u/AleksandrLiutov — 1 month ago
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This is an archive video where I test a reactor for a chemical gas-steam engine project using potassium permanganate and hydrogen peroxide 60 as fuel.%

u/AleksandrLiutov — 1 month ago
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Found this old footage in my archives. Back then, I was obsessed with jet propulsion and decided to build a DIY engine using a turbocharger from a truck.

​We tested it inside a workshop, and well... let's just say the portable toilet didn't stand a chance against the exhaust velocity. It’s been a decade, but the sound of that turbine still gives me goosebumps!

​Full chaos here:

https://youtu.be/ZuyZje5VEOk?is=n3kFpPd8RKgaP2MA

u/AleksandrLiutov — 1 month ago