[Fred Hayek]

Their exhaust is terribly hot, and lots of it also.

M-1A Abrams tank drivers used to take care of tailgating BMW’s on the Autobahn by gunning the engine. Exhaust would peel the paint off the Beemer. Melt some of the plastic too!

[USFRIENDINVICTORIA]

Interesting facts about turbine exhaust; especially the one about the tanks — that would make a good scene in a movie.

Couldn’t the exhaust be put through a cooling radiator of some sort?

[USFRIENDINVICTORIA]

After my last post to you guys, I got curious about what FReepers had to say about gas turbines. A search turned up this thread about Jay Leno’s bio-diesel turbine supercar:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1731002/posts

It’s way off at one end of the scale & isn’t a hybrid — but it sounds like it would be a fun drive. The noise sounds like an even worse problem than the exhaust.