Driving a real bat car! | Jet engine how to and review

Casey Putsch starts up and drives was was called the world's only turbine powered bat car across country after a very disappointing time at a dealership. He explains and reviews all the systems and the start-up procedures of the ex-military turbine engine and its operations while driving.
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[@justkiddin1980]

How Jay Leno hasn’t contacted you for a ride/viewing of this car is beyond me..

[@dudenamedclem]

Who says he hasn't? Although knowing Casey, Jay probably tried to buy it off him and he refused.

[@lancairw867]

I know he is not a big Jay Leno fan but this car is worthy 👍🏼👍🏼

[@dudenamedclem]

Lancair W I didn’t know that, now I love Casey now more than ever!!

[@stevenplaskett7728]

Casey already stated his car is not out to be loaned for anyone else use for views and videos, He even turned down a rap video for cash.

[@lancairw867]

dudenamed clem yes. Casey was making a car show video and was kinda upset that Jay kinda crashed it 😆. You know Casey, he doesn’t like the multi millionaires who hoard cars 🚗👍🏼

[@Sn0wc4t]

A shitty situation but every cloud has its silver lining. This is probably the best and most comprehensive driving video of this vehicle on KZbin. Everything else I've seen is always the car arriving, leaving or simply static and spooling up. This time we actually get to see it cruising down the road. Casey, thanks for having the mindfulness to record the drive home. Even when you're mind was probably in a very different place as you did it!

[@stevenplaskett7728]

Yess now we know how to steal it ;)

[@Sn0wc4t]

*[Insert Thor "but does it really?" meme here]* Does it count as stealing when it's the owner and builder driving the car away...?

[@discogodfather22]

Batmobile drives by with twin machine guns. Cop thinks "oh, this guy knows what he's doing"

[@stevenplaskett7728]

Cops like im out fire powered

[@jamesgarvey8402]

I know that’s hilarious.

[@Terryrouge427]

* slides canopy open like a badass * Casey: "How you doing?" Little Timmy: * drops ice cream *

[@stevenplaskett7728]

what would u say? I am Batman!!! Ha ha

[@nathanl7018]

*in Batman voice* "Give me a scoop of Rocky Road"

[@TejasAutoSalonJasonW]

I absolutely love the "Clint Eastwood" look of determination throughout the whole drive. You do it well.

[@ScottsSynthStuff]

I know how you feel driving that car. First off, riding bikes, you're aware that people could hit you. I drove a very expensive and somewhat rare Ferrari in heavy traffic once, and everybody that saw the car instantly forgot about driving and stared. So not only do you have the traffic to deal with in the first place, there's the fact that pretty much everyone within visual distances has temporarily forgotten how to drive their cars. It's terrifying, particularly when it's not your car!! I remember driving behind a friend once who was driving his Countach. Watching people absolutely WIG OUT as the car went past was hilarious, but scary.

[@_financial_regret_]

That one dislike (at the time of writing) is the owner of the dealership

[@mikejones-dx8bx]

That looks like either Toy Barn or MAG dealership in Dublin, Ohio.

[@CaseyPutsch]

LOL... So you wanna know how to drive a jet powered car?

[@ianlake5863]

Yes please

[@F-Man]

Affirmative!

[@DanaOrtiz]

I wanna ride in it 😬 the icp story is one of the coolest things I've ever heard

[@RRninja-jq6lp]

Can i ask for a part number for that shifter ? I would really appreciate it.

[@P-J-W-777]

I curious if running a generator off the turbine engine, and have that attached to electric motors in the rear or the the front and rear would be more efficient. Basically running the turbine at the same constant speed the entire time and regulating the current to the electric motors with a gas pedal or hand throttle controls like the bat mobile in the movie? If feel that it should be easier to drive that way, not having to deal with constant throttle changes or gear changes... Really cool car though. By far my favorite bat mobile that was portrayed in the movies...

[@shanehnorman]

Loved the theatre of the shut-down procedures - lots of switch-clicking and the sigh of the turbine slowing. Just like a spaceship in the movies - or Thunderbirds, with the lantern-jawed hero looking focussed and purposeful.

[@6torino9]

Can't help but admire ....wish there was footage of the initial build..would have love to seen what went into the platform and the engine

[@fatpad00]

Modding a car with a fully engineered kit is hard enough. A truly 1-off build? I'm sure a healthy amount of the audio would be postable lol

[@nickcoon4565]

I live right there. If I had known I would have offered to help. I remember seeing you all the time on hard road in the viper. Thinking who is this dude. If only I would have known.

[@irdmoose]

I'd love to see this drive without an upset Casey. Absolutely fascinating car. I love the work you do with the prototypes!

[@1psdman]

You Deserve So Much Better than that Petty Dealership and People Casey!!!! But...!! This Is Epic watching you drive The Batmobile and your narrative is Excellent Sir!!!! 😁

[@musiqsoundsproductions]

The face Batman makes while he has to wait untill the start up procedures are done and he can leave to fight bad guys 😂😂😂

[@NeverMetTheGuy]

Bro, dude, man, homie... How could you even be angry while driving the Batmobile?! Ya' killin' me, Smalls.

[@carcomp101]

Like crying on a wave runner.

[@Bbistheman_]

Tbf that's probably pretty accurate to Batman

[@Mystery_Meat]

I would not be able to wipe the smug off my face if I got to drive that thing!! So cool! It’s a shame that that dealership was such a lie. It’s impressive you can keep a positive outlook after that situation. Stay strong!

[@ELECTRICEYEMEDIA]

I have had the pleasure of seeing this car in person several times now. Got lots of photos and video. It will be up for auction at Barrett Jackson Scottsdale, AZ at West World 2023.

[@chrisej5987]

There's no way I ever would have thought of this on the spot but an epic response to the "buSINess" line would have been "Well at least you know you're going to Hell" lol.

[@CDhn455]

I love the intro. How can you not smile while driving a jet engine!!! You just couldn't resist.

[@MelloYellow2099]

you being SO pissed during start up adds a REAL batman vibe haha

[@mattpovah5952]

Really cool. Not just to be able to drive the thing but to have designed and built it is a really incredible achievement. Really impressive. It seems to me that if it was handled in the right way this car could really be used for a lot of good via charitable efforts.

[@benhogervorst]

Good on you Casey for making an awesome video in light of a bad situation. Also, this drive would be even more amazing in a POV format.

[@Jaroneko]

That startup looks and feels very familiar from running through the startup of small turbine helicopters. You kinda make me want a turbine powered car now...

[@Born_Stellar]

Currently driving a 78 mercedes and its a bit of a chore in traffic, could not imagine driving the batmobile! hats off to you, Casey.

[@mariodasilva8729]

Great commentary! Appreciate your consideration for other drivers, who are distracted, of course, serving the Batmobile! GOOD Luck, drive SAFE,

[@jonsmith1259]

If there was a Regional Airport nearby, would be priceless to see the reactions as he pulls up to the pump! Handing the person the credit card, and asking "Would you clean the windshield, and check the oil?" THAT would be great to put on video! The person so baffled and dumbfounded!

[@Calastrophe]

Thank you Casey for the explanation on this car, after the VinWiki story not too long ago I was curious about the car, although I had seen you explain in previous videos, the fully dedicated video has spiked my interest even more and suprisingly hit all my questions that I had, needless to say not most videos can do that.

[@fatpad00]

If you go look back through his older videos theres a couple technical videos that are super interesting

[@incomprehensiblekerfuffle]

You need to put mirrors on the back of the machine guns

[@kj_sh604]

Oh! I literally live a mile away from where I see you starting the Batmobile in the video. I think I know what dealership screwed you over now 😅 Anyways thanks for the awesome video! Just a kid here trying to get his 5-speed 99 Honda Civic to start every morning and getting technical inspiration from your videos HAHA! loving the car/life/engineering content 👌🏽

[@roberthill3207]

Thank you Batman love your channel thumbs up stay awesome.

[@JustMeADutchGuy]

Putting all the negatives aside.You are the badass leaving with your own build Turbine batmobile..They can never ever get close to that.And you got a badass YT video we are liking and sharing the crap out off.So keep on rolling man!🚀

[@TheFlatlander440]

I'm pleased you were able to recover the Batmobile intact without too much damage. The vid voice over reminded me of an airline pilot describing flight operations from the cockpit of a jet airliner while in flight. Sit back, relax and enjoy the flight folks. Cheers!

[@franciscopalafox5274]

You look like you're just not feeling that day sir. It happens to us all, we all have bad days.....you rock man....dont let no one get you down

[@bubbabottoni7777]

Love this car. Mine won't be that difficult to drive it just a chevy in it lol. Thank you for get back to me the other day you're the man Preciate you

[@colinkaul8324]

The dark knight has been locate. In Ohio? Gotta fight all of those crazy U of M fans!

[@CaseyPutsch]

It's not hard these days.... :)

[@danielseelye6005]

Oof! *Pulls knife out of chest* Just because it's true doesn't make it hurt any less.

[@Does_it_come_in_black]

HAIL GO BLUE!!!

[@mikejones-dx8bx]

@@Does_it_come_in_black Go Bucks!

[@geraldstephens6612]

In the 60s Chrysler had built some cars with jet turbine engines. Would be interesting to drive one of those cars with the Batmobile as a comparison.

[@IamMugs]

Glad KZbin suggested this channel. Loving it!

[@FffffffffffffffffffffffffffffL]

No one will tailgate you, this is the perfect car

[@TairnKA]

“Atomic Batteries to Power, Turbines to speed!”

[@graeme2197]

Well! The intro was simply bliss. Thanks for the nice upload considering the circumstances. Hope you enjoy your day 😁💙

[@kshitijtulsian5271]

Casey driving this car has reflexes as good as batman

[@darrenkuehn8479]

Awesome video. A camera pointing directly forward would have been a great shot as well but the Canopy would have some limitations with that. In other stories you told of the machine guns raising up. It appears that they're more of a fixed position now?

[@matthias18]

Yeah in this one they are permanent since the exhaust is below the guns so there is no room as far as I know he owned a second one long ago where they fold down

[@VincentParisien]

Casey, me thinks you owe that dealer a few cold ones for having annoyed you... That gave you the perfect 'serious' look to drive that machine on the roads! ;-) Thanks for sharing.

[@volvospeed850]

Wonderful information for something I may never need to know, seeing as it's 1 of 1. But I'm sure it's bittersweet having it back. Can't imagine the time you have into it.

[@boosted242]

Yes Brother! Love it! Shame about the low life, but i would love to have a go in it! Maybe one day? Love your passion and love Genius Garage!

[@Arkangeli7]

Always love seeing the bat mobile

[@Fireheart318]

I forgot turboshafts were a thing and thought you were just gonna be flamethrowering anything behind you with the engine exhaust.

[@Rev.RatsRides]

Awesome ride Casey!!! Glad you got it back from the stealership!

[@joshua_J]

I knew that they spelled dealership wrong on the toy barn website

[@m_02sierra]

Hey I remember seeing it at the toy barn man that thing is cool you guys build such cool cars, I’m getting into a restoration shop up north of you guys and plan to build cool cars like you guys

[@claytonmatheny2428]

I would listen to The Sound of Madness while driving this around cranked up as loud as possible!

[@testdriver3662]

This video is going to be HUGE!

[@djjinerson]

Man just hearing this car makes me sooo sleepy, I always fall asleep on planes due to that sound....this car would not be good for me. Cool toy, none the less.

[@ericlarotonda1499]

Thank you for sharing your passion with us and your students!

[@jamessheets9205]

I know this video is a result of less than desirable circumstances, but man this was a missed opportunity to wear a batman suit!

[@KamronFultz]

Can You show us what the shift indicators are, or a video showing what parameters are are needed for an up-shift/down-shift?

[@theeradicater1]

just curious have you truly like floored it completely like just went completely full send

[@craigfield8465]

Full performance test!!!!

[@nlm121184]

Love it. I would love to see more videos of the car passing by or a video just of peoples reactions to the car. :)

[@lancairw867]

You mad bro 😆. I feel ya and the bat 🦇 mobile is still the coolest car 🚗 on You Tube 👍🏼

[@CDhn455]

I'm glad to see the batmobile back home. Genius garage just seemed incomplete without it.

[@kasperseppalainen1337]

He should do a vid on hard acceleration and POV driving, would be dope

[@deancain9387]

Casey, you could tell you were not happy. cool ride and thanks for sharing

[@etauvette]

the fact this cars even exists is awesome

[@TheblueTraxxasRustler]

Who could possibly dislike Casey

[@georgebriglin382]

Casey you are starting to effect me when your time lapse jingle sticks in my head for 2 days.Started after jabberwock - jackwagon.I hope you and your family are well.I miss ya man.I am glad you geared it back some to bond with your newborn.Family is important to keep everything in perspective.Take your time, you deserve rest.I love your content,candor,and tranparency.You are incredibly talented and driven by your convictions.You are a Baddass.Now get busy on king zero and jabberwock. See ya soon

[@fryreartechnology7611]

How awesome that car is. Odd question you said it runs on Jet Grade A rather then other fuels and burns at the same fuel rate running or idling 16 gallons per hours. What kinda of mileage is that? 16 smiles per gallon like Jay Leno says with his airplane powered cars. Guessing about 3.4mpg at 55mph or 4.3mpg at 70mph (ouch) at about $4.11 per gallon means it cost over $65 per hour to drive in fuel. It cost money to be so awesome

[@Appletank8]

the thing with turbines is that the difference in fuel consumption between idle and full isn't much. don't know how to estimate though

[@Mechanickirk]

Very cool and lots of crazy detail.

[@TheUsmc0802]

The video that brought me to the channel!

[@FrossYT]

Casey you should see if Jay Leno is interested in the Batmobile. Seriously, he would probably love it along with that turbine bike he has.

[@zhugzug]

I know theres some automation you could add to make start up easier. Why was the automatic transmission set to work only manually? Seems a bit stressful to pay attention to so many things.

[@russellbluewolf6427]

interestign little fact (or trivia) KITT of Knight Rider fame was supposed to be powered by a jet turbine as well..THAT would be a neat build ,a KITT with a turbine engine

[@rockeroller]

The best batmobile ever made

[@Davidle141]

That was very cool to see the in depth explanation my only wonder is about the afterburner since it wasn’t mentioned. Is the afterburner real? 19:36 Thanks for sharing

[@joehiden7475]

Great video and fantastic job.

[@stevenplaskett7728]

You need to bring it out more :) Drag racing would be interesting for a laugh. Cars and coffee live streaming in the batmobile yesssss

[@Chris-hq7nl]

The only complaint I have is that I can only like this video once! So engine management on the batmobile really is more like an aircraft than a car.

[@gordythecreator]

talk about Sensory Overload! You wild sob! so many controls and switches. Lions, Tigers, and BEARS. oh my!!

[@davidnuckols8151]

Thus best You Tube video ever. Thank you especially under the circumstances.

[@Thejsniper007]

I’d like to see in-depth double clutch downshifting and heel toe video, if you are looking for ideas :)

[@Jaroneko]

I was listening to your story about the dealership and nodding along like "Yeah, sound annoying"... Until you hit the part about people getting in and sitting in the car even thought specifically prohibited. Had it been me in your seat there and then, I'd have first of all stopped and documented everything when I got wind of this. I would also have sought reparations from the dealership for breach of contract and each and every scuff I found. Oh and made sure people knew which place I was talking about so they'd know not to let them touch their cars.

[@unstable_fox]

I looked back and noticed a fujiwara decal on tha kart, nice lmao

[@86surge90]

That boy was HEATED the whole way lol

[@AApone]

Love the voice over

[@austinthrowsstuff]

I’m confused because it seems like you were selling it but in today’s video you said it was a rich “friends”? I would love to see a video explaining everything!

[@speedracerfx]

Cool video, Casey. Thank you for sharing.

[@EeroafHeurlin]

It's not economical to have a lot of "headroom" in a turbine engine, they basically consume the amount of fuel they do (a lot) regardless of the RPM (sure there's a measurable difference between idle and full power but it's single digit percents) so you generally want to run them close to full power all the time. Apart from top-speed testing on salt flats, just how fast can one even drive that magnificient beast, I doubt it has very good cornering at high speed (and it's not meant to).

[@menelausa68]

Casey I’ve been a fan of your videos since I first saw your vinwiki batmobile Really sorry for what happened with genius garage and the dealership - sad lack of integrity by the dealer Best of luck with the lykan build

[@CaseyPutsch]

Thanks so much!

[@gittyupalice96]

I didn't realize they legalized ceramic coatings?? The last time I checked you had to have a license to even purchase it. Cool though! Because now I can buy it under the channels link. ;)

[@bubbabottoni7777]

Love this car

[@bennykuhrt5921]

Nice drive!! More of this please🤩🤩🤩🥰😍

[@MK-qg9vs]

@CaseyPutsch Jet A is cheaper so 55 gal drum. On hand for more drive time. Glad no one stole anything.

[@1littlehondashop]

Pretty cool man !!! Keep the good stuff coming !!!

[@cassiusclayreels]

So you're definitely in Dublin Oh here. Is it based there?

[@Sciss0rman]

well ... the dealer did one good thing though ... you look as pissed as Batman. :D

[@kshitijtulsian5271]

Would you do another turbine powered automobile

[@1up17]

Seems like a TON of work to drive. WOW!

[@trustyframe9541]

very nice that it's finally out of there! have you ever considered bringing the batmobile to a dragstrip? xD

[@cougarfarmer]

Can you get a better seal on that roof panel or is that a function of the molding process?

[@shinren_]

Man its sad that you had to make this video on such a bad note i was waiting exited and patiently for this vid :P

[@gpntg5341]

Hi sorry im a bit confused, why do you need gears on a turbine powered vehicle??

[@mike30534]

Ole Billy Robert here had his own early model Batmobile. In fact, it was based on a 1959 Chevy station wagon cut down into the world's first El Camino, as far as I know, but the point being that it already had wings on it. Just like you, when I drove it folks pointed and looked, but it may have been 'cause I never unloaded the back end at the dump. Finally, some feller came around, may have been Rusty Peters or Les Manley from the Peterson Museum, what wanted to buy it. Being a young and naieve boy of about 43, I thought he was gonna put it on display, but that somebitch hooked a wrecker to it, handed me $35 (twice what I'd paid), and took ole Natilda to the crusher. I've despised that Peterson Museum ever since, even if she did need to be put out of her misery!