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Those of you who'd like to power your daily driver with a jet engine but are a little too concerned about the complexity of a turbine should take a look at the good old pulse jet. With a slightly crazy but active community still working on the German World War II engine design, you'd be hard-pressed to find anything on wheels that hasn't seen a buzzing pulse jet strapped onto it somehow. Something with two wheels? Sure. How about something with four wheels and a couple thousand horsepower? Heck yeah! As you can see in the video pasted after the break, the venerable pulse jet has seen plenty of duty on race and show cars, and there's not much in this world thats cooler than a jet-powered automobile. Just don't start it in front of your neighbor's house and you'll be fine.
[Source: YouTube]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Ricky @ May 17th 2008 12:11PM
Not enough power, needs 2 jet engines.
Frank @ May 17th 2008 6:51PM
that was so boring, seriously ... rather have nothing than somethin absolutely mind numbing.
paul @ May 17th 2008 12:24PM
twin-turbine ftw.
yh @ May 17th 2008 1:07PM
Nope, not turbines. These are pulsejet engines. Thats the reason it sounds like a hornet from hell. Cheap, almost no moving parts, and very reliable once tuned properly. These were the engines used on the V1 "buzz bomb" in WWII.
BitterHusband @ May 17th 2008 12:48PM
I'd like to strap a rocket to my Ex-Wife and send her burn up in the sun.
Damn Wh*re
Garythepowers @ May 17th 2008 12:50PM
Wow. I wasn't expecting this as a comment.
Jim in Tampa @ May 17th 2008 12:53PM
I can think of a few people I'd like to strap to a missle!
skylin3gtr013 @ May 17th 2008 1:58PM
lol
Yar @ May 17th 2008 2:09PM
Dude I'm sorry! I was drunk! She seduced me!
Damn she got some moves though...
Sean @ May 17th 2008 2:13PM
she will be starved to death before burning into ashes.
David W. @ May 17th 2008 3:25PM
@sean
actually I'm pretty sure she'd burn up in the atmosphere :) sooooooo nope, she'd burn before she'd starve...and TECHNICALLY...she'd run out of oxygen before she got to that point...lol
Rick @ May 17th 2008 3:40PM
Yes, I second the motion.
CarbonBlack @ May 17th 2008 3:53PM
The thing with these jets is they can burn crap fuel.
You'll save some cash on her one way ticket!
Wildgoosechase @ May 17th 2008 1:59PM
A Prius!!!!
why not the LS2LS7? @ May 17th 2008 2:01PM
A 49hp turquoise deathtrap.
MKIV @ May 17th 2008 3:47PM
What are you guys running out of ideas?
I want my 5 minuts back.
CarbonBlack @ May 17th 2008 3:56PM
For those that haven't seen it yet.
http://www.ronpatrickstuff.com/
Cary` @ May 17th 2008 4:39PM
Holy wowzers! Never seen it before. Next stop for me..YouTube.
MajorGeek @ May 17th 2008 4:13PM
Wow, never get how YouTube got so big, these people take the fun out of attaching rockets to anything with their boring personalities talking on and on and on.
caddy dave @ May 17th 2008 8:10PM
"So, anything out there you'd like to strap a jet engine to?"
How about all three presidential candidates?