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Offline Andrew Wildman

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jet scooter
« on: December 20, 2016, 02:44:56 PM »
My son purchased a scooter at our local village jumble sale for £1.

On the front it has a sticker that says 'Warning: product moves when in operation.  Use common sense'



So I fitted a pulse jet to it.




I have been trialling it on propane but it is not behaving yet.  I may need to redesign the valve to let more air in.  Eventually the plan is that it will run on petrol.  Oh and my son is 7 so it will be for daddy to ride only, but he is enjoying the build :ddb:
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Offline Brass_Machine

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Re: jet scooter
« Reply #1 on: December 20, 2016, 02:56:29 PM »
Throw me for a loop. Saw the title and I thought "yes! a jet engine". Then I opened and saw the first picture... "darn, Jet must be a name brand". Then I got to the second picture. Rock On!!   :headbang: :headbang: :headbang:

Common sense is to put a jet engine on it. Right? I am not the only one who thinks that way. I know Doubleboost does too!

We need video of it going down the road.

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Offline Andrew Wildman

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Re: jet scooter
« Reply #2 on: December 20, 2016, 03:23:08 PM »
I will post a video when I get it going properly.  So far all I have got out of it was a series of LOUD bangs which at 8:30 on a Saturday morning did not go down well with the wife!
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Offline mexican jon

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Re: jet scooter
« Reply #3 on: December 20, 2016, 07:46:55 PM »
As Mad As A Box Of Frogs  :nrocks: :nrocks: :nrocks: :nrocks:
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Offline angus

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Re: jet scooter
« Reply #4 on: December 21, 2016, 12:18:23 PM »
liking the idea of that......
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Offline Biggles

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Re: jet scooter
« Reply #5 on: December 21, 2016, 02:26:10 PM »
Like the idea Andrew, but where will the fuel sit. Also probably need heat protection for your feet. Personally I prefer to sit in jets! :nrocks:
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Offline kayzed1

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Re: jet scooter
« Reply #6 on: December 21, 2016, 02:41:02 PM »
****Personally I prefer to sit in jets*****

Now you are getting ahead too far, that will be the next project :clap:
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Offline Buell

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Re: jet scooter
« Reply #7 on: December 23, 2016, 12:53:27 PM »
 :nrocks:

If you Haven't seen...Check out This guy Colin Furze or something like that ...Hes mad about getting things to go by jet power !

Years ago the American had a warning on A certain cup of Coffee saying "Contains Hot Liquid " Umm now we all have adopted this. I saw a sign a Couple of days ago in london that said "Cause No nuisance " 

Will enjoy this thread a lot Great fun ..See you up the pod with a Parachute !
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Offline angus

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Re: jet scooter
« Reply #8 on: February 25, 2018, 10:26:19 AM »
did this project ever get finished?
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Offline vtsteam

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Re: jet scooter
« Reply #9 on: February 25, 2018, 09:40:30 PM »
Is there a firewall intended? Or asbestos socks?   :zap:
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Offline nrml

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Re: jet scooter
« Reply #10 on: March 05, 2018, 12:37:18 PM »
Quote from: vtsteam on February 25, 2018, 09:40:30 PM
Is there a firewall intended? Or asbestos socks?   :zap:

Exactly what I was thinking too. Otherwise, it might turn out to be a mobile BBQ also.
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Offline kayzed1

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Re: jet scooter
« Reply #11 on: March 05, 2018, 07:28:52 PM »
I made a pulse jet many years ago from the free plans that came in one of the Model magazines i think it was Aero modeller late 60's Dad and i, forgot the model was Balsa wood and the fixing straps got hotter and hotter :doh:
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Offline Fergus OMore

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Re: jet scooter
« Reply #12 on: March 06, 2018, 12:36:11 AM »
I recall a Corporal Henwood who was in the Royal Air Force making a pulse jet long before this.  I was at school and guess that it was about 1945 or 46. I saw a captured V1around that time.

The article was definitely in the Aeromodeller and I made one up.  I recall that it had a reheat of sorts and it was not until I was also a corporal myself in 1949 that I saw reheats on Meteor 8's at Farnborough Air Show.

Where did the time go since?

Norm
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