Despite these exacting requirements, it is possible to build a jet engine in the home workshop – and using a turbocharger is a great way to do that. (Video also embedded after the break.) ...

There are very few machines as complex to build as a turbojet engine. The turbine blades ... as far as we can tell — is a centrifugal flow turbine, or something that’s not terribly different ...

The earliest turbojets were primarily what is known as a centrifugal design ... Evolution of jet engine design led engineers to axial flow turbojets. Instead of compressing air perpendicular ...