Backyard pulse jets

Street Use has an interview with Bruce Simpson, pulse jet extraordinarre –

“If there ever was a technology that calls out for street use, it is a jet engine. There is a small subculture of jet hackers. Among them is New Zealander Bruce Simpson who runs a cool website of his experiments. He tells how he got started…” – Link.

From the pages of MAKE:

• The Jam Jar Jet. Don’t think you can build a jet engine at home? Here’s a simple jet engine–a pulsejet–that you can make out of a jam jar in an afternoon. All it takes is bending some wire and punching a few holes. MAKE 05 – Page 102. Subscribers–read this article now in your digital edition!