June 9, 2005

Pulse Jets

Imagine going for a drive in this puppy...
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...and yes, the tubes near the drivers back are glowing red hot. Here is a wonderful site for building all sorts of jet and turbine engines as well as metalworking in general. The author -- Bruce Simpson -- has done an amazing job building these engines from scratch and documenting them on the website. There is enough there for a machinist to get started. He also sells a CD-ROM with step-by-step plans for about $40. Posted by DaveH at June 9, 2005 10:46 PM