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Well this is one way to get a bit more speed out of a moped!
“Here’s my wife’s Honda Metropolitan scooter. She wants it to go faster than 40 mph. So I have these two little JFS 100 jet engines and I am thinking how to put them on the scooter. Engines are 50 lbm each so weight is an issue. Will probably use air-start with a carbon fiber tank of compressed air. That saves weight since batteries will then not be needed.
Looks cool from the top. Will want to make aluminum housings to go over the engines just like on a DC-9. ”
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August 14th, 2006
DUDE ! Do you love your wife ?? Thats sooooooo frenk’n cool…! But for the love of god Don’t let it go toooo fast.. And make sure she has some sort of clamp to hold her wrists to the handels when they start up. That kick is going to be something else…
russian voice *switch tur-bo jets on* *WOOOOOOOOOOSH*
^v^
August 14th, 2006
Gee, this has Darwin Award written all over it…
August 14th, 2006
awesome, but imagine driving on the highway and you get passed by one of these, you immediately say, wtf?
August 14th, 2006
Where can I get jet engines?
August 15th, 2006
As for how to mount them, at 50lbs a peice, I would personally concider mounting them like the old vespa side cars. The extra wheels will help with stability and perhaps you can design it to detach for when you dont need (er… want?) them.
August 20th, 2006
Yeah, um, I don’t know if this is gonna pass california emissions.
August 27th, 2006
if you really loved her, you would have left the power turbines on the JFS100’s. 200 shaft horsepower to the rear wheel would give her the thrill of a lifetime. JFS100’s make wimpy turbojets
September 9th, 2006
Wow, I’ve wanted to put rockets on my pushbike for ages, and this is just as cool.
October 2nd, 2006
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November 12th, 2006
wow, it’s cool!
December 14th, 2006
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April 20th, 2007
Looks fun but be sure to stretch the frame a little, or put wheelie bars on it.