May 21, 2015

Why? Because he can....

This jet-powered go kart is basically a fire breathing monster on wheels

Life demanded it so the mad genius that is Colin Furze delivered a jet-powered go kart that can go as fast as cars on a highway. The jet-powered go kart is so ridiculous it basically spits out fire while you drive it. I mean, the metal pipes turns orange because it burns so hot. What a beast.

"So it’s finished and it’s brilliant, it’s stable it starts easy and the fuel system after a slight redesign (see website) works perfectly. Top speed so far is 60mph but i run out of airstrip so might be more in it."

It only looks dangerous. As you can see he is wearing a safety tie he doesn't need a helmet...

Posted by gerardvanderleun at May 21, 2015 1:22 PM
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When I was 10 I raced a go kart with (2) 11hp McCulloch 2 cycle engines and it did more than 60 mph. This jet thing should do way more than that.

Posted by: ghostsniper at May 21, 2015 2:03 PM

Hey ghost, this "vehicle" has nothing to do with top end performance.

This is all about playing with FAYUURRE!!! Great gobs of fire!

Hey, when you were a kid, didn't you want your very own WWII flamethrower? Me too!

Posted by: RedFred at May 21, 2015 2:56 PM

Better than that, I think it's a pulse-jet, which makes it in the same league with a V-2 rocket.

To the bone.

Posted by: Rob De Witt at May 21, 2015 3:59 PM

I've never seen someone so ardently vying for a Darwin Award before.

Posted by: Grizzly at May 21, 2015 7:20 PM

Daredevil stuff.
It reminds me of the guy that gets shot out of a cannon at the fair, or Evel Knievel jumping 'most anything.
Adrenaline junkies have a jones like no other.
I bet his speedometer (if he has one) has two speeds: flat out and fuckit.

Part of me wants to say that guy has courage, I wish I had that. The other part of me says he's a fool.

Posted by: chasmatic at May 21, 2015 9:54 PM

3 or 4 of those adrenaline junkies just offed themselves "BASE" jumping off cliffs last weekend. I don't guess I've ever been that bored.

Posted by: Rob De Witt at May 21, 2015 11:29 PM

Loved it. The pulse jet construction method was cool, basically inflating a steel balloon with water, and I spent the next two hours reading about valveless pulse jets trying to figure out how they worked. Thanks for the find.

Posted by: chuck at May 22, 2015 8:41 AM

A Pulse Jet engine would've been the V-1 "Buzz Bomb".

The V-2 was the Von Braun designed, liquid fueled ballistic missile, which was a pure hyperglolic, (bianary fuel, self-oxidizing, (not requiring atmospheric oxygen) rocket. It followed a ballistic arc, ascending to as much as 70 miles altitude, before descending upon (usually) London, at approximately Mach 2 speeds.

/pedant


The kart looks hella fun though!


Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at May 22, 2015 5:55 PM