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Jet engines for Safehold
Post by Expert snuggler   » Mon Apr 14, 2025 7:46 pm

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Efficiency is not great, but with no moving parts this design is accessible to early-stage technological development.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWvv8Y4qhOA&t=20s

The valveless pulsejet in the video would be disqualified from Safehold because it used a spark plug, but the key thing is that it's only needed once for startup. A matchlock-like system would presumably work.
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Re: Jet engines for Safehold
Post by williamtorre   » Thu Jun 19, 2025 3:58 am

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Great video! I inadvertently made one by trying to burn out the carbon/soot from the exhaust pipe off of my old KTM 250EXC and a map gas torch. It had practically no thrust, but the noise certainly startled me at the time.
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