I have a cousin who was well known for his dare devil antics as a child.  He once jumped off the top of a house to prove he could fly in his superman costume.  This would be his dream come true for a new way to promote self injury.  A strap on jet-propulsion pack for his bicycle.

Robert Maddox, the genius behind the pulse-jet, sells different versions of his invention on Ebay.  He has produced different models that provide between 14 and 1000 pounds of thrust. 

When you consider that these pulse-jets are to be strapped on to regular bicycles, the potential for harm increases tremendously.  My cousin would love it.

The bicycle version will propel the bike at 75 mph.  The larger ones can be strapped onto other objects that you would like to see take off at high speeds.

Since the pulse-jet was modeled after the the infamous German V1 buzzbombs in WWII.  Just like their plane predecessors, the pulse-jet is noisy, and guaranteed to irritate your neighbors on an early Saturday morning.

My cousin is now 55 and no longer jumps off of houses, but this little invention could give him whole new levels of thrills and his wife whole new levels of dread.

Entry was posted on Sunday, May 25th, 2008 at 9:06 am under Amusing, Strange, Technology.  Print This Post