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Offline Chris

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How to build your very own jet engine
« on: May 07, 2010, 06:13:27 PM »
With instructions!

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http://jalopnik.com/5530898/how-to-build-your-very-own-jet-engine?skyline=true&s=i

This would be more impressive and less scary if it wasn't for the kerosene dripping all over the place.
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Re: How to build your very own jet engine
« Reply #1 on: May 22, 2010, 05:17:34 PM »
Awww come on, it looked safe.  :uhsure:
The smoking open can it was apparently sucking it from looked a lil unsafe tho.... 

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Re: How to build your very own jet engine
« Reply #2 on: May 22, 2010, 06:22:38 PM »
I bet his neighbors just love that thing.


Anyone ever thought to building a pulsejet engine ?

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Re: How to build your very own jet engine
« Reply #3 on: June 06, 2010, 01:58:22 PM »
I bet his neighbors just love that thing.


Anyone ever thought to building a pulsejet engine ?


Yes, but then I heard one running.  They are some seriously loud sonsabitches!
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Re: How to build your very own jet engine
« Reply #4 on: June 06, 2010, 02:08:24 PM »
Awww come on, it looked safe.  :uhsure:
The smoking open can it was apparently sucking it from looked a lil unsafe tho.... 

It looked like it was based on a pretty run of the mill diesel Turbocharger and that thing wont take it for very long.

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Re: How to build your very own jet engine
« Reply #5 on: June 12, 2010, 11:44:49 PM »
I bet his neighbors just love that thing.


Anyone ever thought to building a pulsejet engine ?

Oh yea!
Apparently, you can buy them off of ebay.
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