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Saw this linked in the comments yesterday, not surprised at all to see it hit the front page today :-) Love the pic of the cop scratching his nose wondering wh
by zaroth 9y ago
Saw this linked in the comments yesterday, not surprised at all to see it hit the front page today :-)
Love the pic of the cop scratching his nose wondering what to charge them with!
The way this guy fucks around with jet engines really puts a B.S. CompSci degree in perspective (and not in a good way!). Admittedly he did get a PhD from Stanford.
Did he ever build his wife that jet-powered scooter?!
- yitchelle 9y agoHe sure did. Go back in and scroll right down to the bottom. There's an awesome picture of it.
- codezero 9y agoI didn't downvote you :( but I am guessing the reason people did (ugh) is that the last picture is just the initial setup, and they want "real" finished products, anyways, thanks for trying!
- ufmace 9y agoI think that's just a mockup, trying to figure out how to mount the engines and route the various wires and lines and such.
- yitchelle 9y ago@codezero & @ufmace, thanks for letting me know. Failing fast here... :-)
- TylerE 9y agoJet engines are actually in most ways a lot simpler than an internal combustion engine. Just tighter tolerances and potentially...nasty failure modes.
- TheSpiceIsLife 9y agoNitpick, a jet engine is an internal combustion engine. See second paragraph, first sentence: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jet_engine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jet_engine