The Loon (Argus) pulse jet demonstrated at the Planes of Fame Air Museum

[shaider1982]

Is thing that loud? Sounds like a broken motorcycle.

[gdm413229]

Sounds like it's farting.

[Jeansschwimmer]

@gdm413229 It was a jet engine reduced to its most vital parts. The combustion chamber was empty after each ignition and a fresh load of fuelw as let in. The forward valve opened and air streamed in, compressing the gas. The valve was closed and the mixture was ignited. So there was no constant jet stream as this would have required a turbine to press air continously into the combustion chamber.

For starting it a catapult was necessary that worked with quickly generated steam.

[vomitronic]

TTB type weapon = Tea Time Breaker :)

[XFolf]

Many fond memories at POF, so many truly amazing artifacts of flight history.

[tubelib]

hey! this didnt glow cherry red

[feluke]

Probably all survivors of V1 bombing just shit their pants when this engine stoped.

Note: When engine went silent it meant that in short time bomb will fall somewhere.

[TJDOZIER1]

@feluke

They were British.

If a V-1 fell during tea time, as long as it didnt spill their tea, it could wait.

[UGLandrum]

Gimme, gimme... I wanna put one on a hydroplane! BTW the Germans also were designing a twin hulled boat with a huge honkin pulse jet! Don't know if they ever built a prototype. It was called a Tornado-Fernlenksprengboot Resinkomplettbausatz. Apparently it was packed with explosives, and it had a cockpit, so implying that it was a suicide boat may not be far from the truth, probably Hitler's idea.

[BVelker]

We measure between 700 and 750 lbs of thrust static, but when we got out on the runway with it and gave it some headwind, the thrust began to climb steadily toward 1000 lbs with no sign of dropping off. I was piloting the truck it was pushing at the time, and once I got us moving, I kicked it into neutral and let the jet accelerate us over 45 mph before we ran out of runway. That video is also posted on YT. Enjoy!

[POFmuseum]

@BVelker

Thanks for the information Bob.

[MrAdamnils]

@BVelker Friends make them ready for gliders and introduce the METRIC System for all the earth or TERRA, GAIA ... Mother earth for the FATHER

[rampking1]

@platuner Yep, a speciality of the Meteor, shooting down an aircraft that flies straight and level with no pilot.

Based on all the technology passed over and sold, I wonder if the Russians have a memorial to Sir Whittle ?

[Snoep76239]

Sounds like Chuck Norris after a dinner of beans.....

[nmbronewinner]

read the caption. these are significant in history because the Germans developed these as predecessors to the current jet engine.

[scrapper1280]

@nmbronewinner They didn't have anything to do with the development of the current jet engine. They work completely differently.

[dusted04]

somebody tell me what the fuck these are all about

[grenzdebiler1]

wenn das der führer wüsste!

[discofishing]

So that's where the "buzz" in buzz bomb came from eh?

[Jeansschwimmer]

@discofishing the term came from the fact that it did not work on a constant jetstream from a combustion chamber filled with air from a permanentely running fan (turbine) as in jet engines. Air streamed into the chamber in the intervalls between the explosions.When enough air was in, the forward valve shut and fuel was pressed in and ignited. When the pressure was down again, a new cycle started.

[spottydog4477]

if you were standing near this it would be ABSOLUTELY DEAFINING!!!

[TJDOZIER1]

@spottydog4477

It is LOUD. So loud, the airport wants us to notify thm before we fire it off.

People think there is an explosion in the area and all the car alarms go off.

[ArcturanMegadonkey]

that's bloody wicked!

Checkout my videos, loads of small to large jet engines on test.

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[Rainhill1829]

dont ever set your damn car alarm if there's one of these on the block

[Prublixa]

Dont think they give much thrust until they get a forward sling shot aka V1

[Chevymonster203]

@Prublixa They usually give 800 to 900lbs of thrust unde full throttle, thats running static. Yet when in the air moving they usually give about 1000lbs of thrust. Not enought to take off considering their weight, but considering they didn't have turbofan jet engines it's not bad.

[GT03235]

How much thrust is it getting?

[BrainDamageEclips]

Man thats just plane sexy great job

[schicktd]

How many pulses per second...fifty?