jet engines
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Watch Someone Use Jet Engines For Everything But Flying
Matt Mikka has shared his insane engineering projects with millions of viewers around the world through his YouTube channel Warped Perception. Mikka has showcased various unique components, from miniature combustion engines meant to a see-through intercooler. Mikka’s ambitious projects have to be the ones involving jet engines. He has mounted jets to a scooter and…
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You Can Keep Your Self-Driving Cars, I Want This Jet-Powered Wing Suit
Video: Spreading my arms and taking to the skies like an eagle has always been my biggest fantasy. The closest I’ve ever come is piloting a two-seater Cessna, which was fun, but nowhere near as exhilarating as Jarno Cordia’s latest stunt involving a wingsuit and a pair of jet engines strapped to his ankles.
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Skateboarding With A Jet Engine Looks Dangerously Fun
Video: After creating a near-perfect functional replica of Captain America’s iconic shield, YouTube personality the Hacksmith is trying to build his own flying Iron Man suit. To test a couple of compact jet engines the suit will rely on, he strapped them to his waist, hopped on a longboard and lived every 10-year-old’s wildest fantasy.
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This Jet Engine Will Take A Car To 1600km/h
Briefly: This week, engineers working on the Bloodhound Supersonic Car installed its EJ200 jet engine into the chassis for the first time. Good news: It fits. Bad news: They now have to install kilometres of cabling into the small gaps that are left. [Bloodhound Project]