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more about #jetengine more comments → Kaiser-Machead: We're gonna need another Timmy! more » Discofunk: I still remember being given a model of a simulated combustion engine - one of the best gifts I ever had as a kid. I think this is a great idea. more » GitEmSteveDave_HatesFriday: But it really generates power. It's lighting this room right now! more » OddManOut: I made a jet engine while I was snowed in one day. Since I was in Japan at the time I happened to have an 8oz aluminum soda bottle lying around (Coffe... more » shaka999: I'm an engineer. Almost all my friends are engineers. Guess what, nobody is pushing engineering as a career for their kids. Better off buying someth... more » alexarch: You know that pointy end's going up some curious kid's butt when he's left to play in his room alone. more » First: Is that an Incom 4L4 fusial thrust engine? more » frigg: How many of these would it take to create enough lift to elevate a kid? more » Curves: I would have LOVED something like this when I was a kid. Heck, I want one now. more » ripfire: I am soo getting this for my nephew. more » mumin: the description says "working jet engine"i wonder what happens when you feed that thing with kerosene... more » -
#toys
Jet Works Engine Inspires Tomorrow's Rocket Scientists
Let's face it—educational toys are not popular gift items. However, the Jet Works Engine is something that curious kids will be excited to find under the tree this year. More » -
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The 75 MPH Bicycle That's Powered by a Jet Engine
Robert Maddox is a builder and seller of real pulse jet engines with powers up to 1000 pounds... and if that's not a cool enough hobby, he's also bolted one to a bicycle. The 50-ish pounds of thrust developed by the engine could push the bike up to 75 MPH, which would be a real bone-shaker of a ride. And a deafening one too: the pulse jet engine makes a frightening racket, and its humming sound earned the Second World War cruise-missile V1s that used similar engines the nicknames buzzbomb and doodlebug. You can hear and see the results of this DIY craziness in the video. More » -
#gadgets
Turbo Toaster Prototype Jet Engines Make Your Toast
Want to make bread into toast in under a minute? This Turbo Toaster prototype by Oliver Newberry of London can do just that, provided you're okay with the noise that two huge jet engine-like fans blowing hot air onto the toast will make. The inspiration for this invention? The fact that his beans became cold before the toast was done heating up. To this, we have two things to say. One, who eats beans on toast? And two, why not just wait until your toast is done to make your beans? [Daily Mail]
