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Old 12-03-2003 | 05:38 PM
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Default RE: Junkyard wars...jets

ORIGINAL: XJet

ORIGINAL: Jetset

Something that was cool to watch was the startup of the pulse jet. I can just imagine how loud that thing must have been when it was running!
Hey, I was the guy sitting in that pulsejet powered kart so I can tell you that *yes* it was loud :-)

Simply Awesome!! I actually saw your website about a year ago and I remember thinking "what a crazy old man!!" I thought you were something between crazy and that guy on the Red Green Show (a canadian thrifty guy who's most famous quote is that "if the women don't find you handsome, at least they should find you handy") A very inventive persona.

After seeing the show and viewing your website again, all I can say is PURE GENIOUS!! I got a kick out of thinking wouldn't it be awesome to show up to one of the jet meets next year with a cart such as your designs. Glad to see you follow the forums. Thanks so much for sharing.

I know Wocketman was working on an RC pulsejet with someone else quite a while ago. There is mention of it somewhere in the jet forum. I saw another website where it's been done up to speeds of 300 MPH. I love it. For our small RC purposes, are there ready made products? Are they legal to fly at AMA fields? Would you build pulsejets for our purposes? If so, how much? I'm thinking you would need a powerplant capable of at least 8lbs of thrust, what are dimensions for something like that? Also, can it be made to run on liquid fuel? I thought the one you all ran was off of vaporized propane. Does the pulse jet draw the fuel or do you need a fuel pump? Or I guess you wouldn't need a pump if you're running on vapor?

Sean