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Van Vong - 6 years ago

Invent my ass. Copy of the German pulse jet engine

James Rogers - 7 years ago

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HackFuey - 7 years ago

Congrats your dad can build a jetboat thing.

Michael Wilkes - 7 years ago

To the untrained eye, it may seem that a pulsejet is a very loud, gas guzzling machine that is only slightly better than no engine at all.

francis white - 7 years ago

Be good on the lake for a nice quiet day of fishing.

Rj Sekula - 7 years ago

stupid

ColdDead Hands - 7 years ago

Awesome! I frigging LOVE TURBINES!!

Darren Turner - 7 years ago

Maybe if you got rid of that huge flat surface behind the driver it might go faster! It's like a huge air Brake!

Edwin Cruz-droz - 7 years ago

Why couldn't part2 be line part 1 without being like a kids show

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John Hansknecht - 7 years ago

Glad these guys don't live in my neighborhood. That's worse than idiot Harley owners that knock out their exhaust baffles.

HexDanFPV - 7 years ago

this prove that in america you can still win without doing shit

Ravaun - 7 years ago

Found this searching for pulse jets. Not everything is click bait!

Airsoft Michigan - 7 years ago

fatass kid driving jet powered kayak vs athlete

Ben P. - 7 years ago

millennial probably, means they are automatically everything you hate. hate getting fat and not fitting into your old jeans, fucking millennials. thats how that works

MilesDei - 7 years ago

There was somethin about that kid I didn't like.

ThePapino134 - 7 years ago

if the jet was on a swivel it could do tighter corners

max penrose - 8 years ago

that guy was paid to loose what a total setup f-

max penrose - 8 years ago

hit the nitrous

max penrose - 8 years ago

click bait motherfuckers

max penrose - 8 years ago

hello why the fuck is he on land

JOSE HERRERA - 8 years ago

Hi, wonder if the outer surface can be cooled with water to create a steam jet to add thrust. Maybe an auxiliary engine to power a boat when the main engine fails at the middle of the sea.

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Christopher Colter - 8 years ago

stupid ass kid will grow up to be a lazy fuck with no exercise ethics.

CrystalCry - 7 years ago

Ann Drummond I didn't, but he was your son? And he is no longer with us?

Ann Drummond - 7 years ago

CrystalCry ...did you know Matt?

CrystalCry - 7 years ago

Ann Drummond Wait what?

Ann Drummond - 7 years ago

for your information ......this was a chance for a awesome kid to create his own invention ......a TV show that was here in new zealand ...he was 12 years old ....with huge potential. ..a rep rugby player and keen motocross rider...who was tragically killed in a road accident at 16 as a passenger in a car....as his mother I was extremely proud of him and what an awesome experience he had building that kayak alongside professional people .....Maybe you need to do a little research and keep you stupid ass thoughts and comments to yourself

Caleb Guidroz - 8 years ago

Christopher Colter haha what

james - 8 years ago

woohoo yeah I hit 20 mph!

Graydon Treude - 8 years ago

wow a pulsejet put on something useless and Colin furze wasnt involved? interesting.

matthew lee - 7 years ago

gay ^

Ellenor Malik - 8 years ago

+xjet Do you admire him as much as he probably admires you?

xjet - 8 years ago

Yeah, I was doing this long before Colin discovered pulsejets. Check out my other videos showing my involvement with Junkyard Megawars and see if you can track down the Jet powered dragster edition of Scrapheap Challenge. The very first video I put up on this channel was my pulsejet-powered dragster from way back in 2006 (wow, ten years ago). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clOmc3WI5fk

tm - 8 years ago

What horrible shitshow is this.

Random Adventures - 8 years ago

gtfo!

Tom Dunphy - 8 years ago

woah! i remember lets get inventing! if only i knew who you were then!

Larz - 8 years ago

I wasn't aware that there was a jet-kayak-land-speed-record. But now I know.

Fatso Currywurst - 8 years ago

Seems good Fun mixed with the prickly bit of Danger,nice ones..

romakayak - 9 years ago

fantastic, best for for weeks. Weldone

phil123711 - 9 years ago

Why a child? Must be NZ.

TheManInDboX - 9 years ago

can someone point me to a good video showing me how these work?

Lucas Gorski - 8 years ago

Fuel combusts in the large chamber, expands and runs out of oxygen to continue combustion, the gas then contracts sucking air in through the shorter pipe. AKA the fuel pulses combust/contract

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El Hombre Mo - 9 years ago

Lol cool machine, but I don't get why people compare a machine's strength against that of human muscle. You can change the outcome of the race by altering the length.

lyn perk - 9 years ago

kayak 4 ways of motion

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJ6qOkoscQ0

Royland McSausage - 9 years ago

Let's get inventing Is from new Zealand right?

Steve Cleghorn - 7 years ago

Kulax

xjet - 9 years ago

+Nash Harcourt Harcourt Correct.

Fergus Nix - 9 years ago

I didnt realaise you were on lets get inventing love that show

xjet - 9 years ago

+Fergus Nix Yep, I've done several episodes -- mainly to do with jet engines ;-)

Cat man - 9 years ago

All of the people in the comment section is dumb as fuck.

Mariusz Cholewski - 9 years ago

A kayak seen this version? https://youtube.com/watch?v=oxP-bqwANC0

The Plasanator - 9 years ago

Meant lucky to do that

The Plasanator - 9 years ago

Luck kid great stuff

HTG Nik - 9 years ago

Always thought being a redneck was exclusive to living in North America.

Ben P. - 7 years ago

stupidity is not genetic I'm afraid, plenty of it in everyones town all over the flat earth

MainsOnTheOhmsRange - 9 years ago

Lockwood/Hiller type. German said you need valves on a Pulsejet but two smart US Americans said fuck valves,lets use a bend two ported Helmholtz resonator.

Herr Schwarz - 9 years ago

The valved pulse jets are more practical when youre using it on a flying bomb.

gittarpikk - 10 years ago

I agree about 'not real' tv... especially the electric or gas motor driving the prop at the rear in the water.... you can see the spray in the turning shots.

thetwinkleturnip - 9 years ago

+gittarpikk Plus it accelerates too quickly.

xjet - 10 years ago

+gittarpikk
No, it's the jet thrust... just look at the effect of a pulsejet on water in this video from 4:15 onwards On the set of Junkyard Megawars (Part 2) - the Pulsejet boat

gittarpikk - 10 years ago

+al h Dont need it on land run...so let off to fool viewer...there is no turbulence on water for a ram jet 2' above and parallel to water surface...but clearly a prop ...like in trolling motor

al h - 10 years ago

Nice one. So where is this phantom propellor in the launching/on land segment?? Did V1's have little propellors too? Have you thought perhaps the spray you see is turbulent air from the jet exhaust?

ronald regan - 10 years ago

at first i was like " this is stupid", then they DROVE IT INTO THE WATER. Epic times. that was awesome

Mon Saka - 10 years ago

That was great! Nice job guys.

jamie vickery - 10 years ago

Thats at oraki basen ahahahha NZ

LeanNSteerKayaks - 10 years ago

I'm more impressed by the K1 kayaker. Frankly, the fact that he was so close doesn't say that much for the power or efficiency of the pulsejet. And that type of olympic kayak isn't made for turning either. Those races are on the straight. And the kayaker didn't have a motor. The kid reminds me of a kid many years ago who tried to beat me on my bicycle with a moped scooter, but he didn't even win on the straights.

Looked like a fun project. Bet the USCG would never approve that one! Well, unless ya got a big corporation to get the rulebook tweeked, aka, the Jet Ski, in the '70's.

Wonder how it would do against Mokai, Surfango, or our own Lean 'N' Steer powered kayak? In our case, we could run the race on just a few ounces of fuel. Something tells me it would take well over 20 pounds of fuel to go five miles with this pulsejet.

The engine sound reminds me of a German V1 engine, which it is!

Cute experiment.

dadoVRC - 10 years ago

Awesome!

Beachmaster Bromwell - 10 years ago

Well done this reminds me of robots wars. Raw energy excitement

505197 - 10 years ago

I wonder how it'd go with the "exhaust pipe" in the water. Seems like it'd have more to push against.

Mon Saka - 10 years ago

Pushing against isn't what creates the power. Least not the way you are thinking. Anything more in the water just creates drag. Would be a lot quieter though. :)

ifocoeur desir - 10 years ago

i believe this is the wrong way of using a pulse jet. a pulse jet is not as inefficient as many people believe. We just use it the wrong way. In this video, i believe that the kayak was powered by a 55 lb thrust lockwood. at the speed that the engine was used, it is probably equivalent to a 14 horspower engine. this is not good. a 55 lb thrust lockwood can deliver 58.6 horsepower (not 14) if it used at 400 mph and 95.2 horsepower if the engine is used at 650 mph. My point is to operate the kayak at a low speed, but the pulse jet engine itself needs to be operated at very high speed (from 400 to 650 mph). one way to do this is using a rotary pulse jet engine. this is an actual pulse jet that rotates. Examples are available on youtube. see this link PART 2 rotary pulse jet . a pulse jet engine can even be used to power its own compressor. when fitted with a compressor, a turbo jet cannot beat a pulse jet. I understand that it has never been done before. i also undertand that a gear box will create friction, which will cause some power to be wasted when using a rotary pulse jet. But remember at high speed, a pulse jet will become 4 to 7 times more powerful without even using a compressor. If we add a compressor, a pulse jet will probably beat a turbojet.

Philip Bailey - 10 years ago

Nice job, Bruce and team!

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Allen Hiebert - 10 years ago

Didn't we see a version of this in the "Phantom Menace"?

David Bostock - 10 years ago

12 Year olds are brave!

steffankaizer - 10 years ago

that glowing red really compels me to think about some way of making steam and shooting it out the back as well

Ben P. - 7 years ago

cept a pulse jet ignites its fuel using the already hot engine from what i understand, so you would cool it off then it would just stop running. I might be wrong though, not an expert

Big Shed Idea's - 10 years ago

Rubbish, how slow & looks stupid waste of gas

Anttac221 - 7 years ago

+Master Chief even so a proper engine would require a more complex design than two pipes and a controlled air valve

Master Chief - 7 years ago

Perhaps he is saying that he can go faster with a traditional gas motor, which would also use significantly less fuel, because the natural alternative to a crappy motor is a good motor, not no motor

Anttac221 - 8 years ago

if you complete dumbass noticed most sail boats are much slower and a olympic athlete was beaten you fuck head, so are you saying youre able to go faster with a paddle?

cyberflyer - 10 years ago

Awesome job folks!!! I was only a little impressed at the speed of your rig, I thought it would go even faster then it did.. "Needs a bigger motor" Ah-Ah-Ahh!

BBGaming - 10 years ago

Not trying to be mean...But this kid needs a lesson...

Michael Bjarnarson - 10 years ago

That's hilarious, Bruce.

Jay V - 10 years ago

He should have tipped the tank upside down.

BBGaming - 10 years ago

You do realize...It was upside down

Thomas Lewis - 10 years ago

it must be NZ,they are just like the crazy Americans,always pushing the envelope.I love it.

Coptermovies com - 11 years ago

@ Patachu: do you homework- or are YOU drunk? This is a valveless pulsejet...

Patachu - 11 years ago

you know, um. a jet engine is supposed to have the intake in the FRONT and eject the gas to the REAR of the vehicle.

...were they drunk?

Patachu - 8 years ago

+Random Adventures
o b s o l e t e

BosonCollider - 10 years ago

Valveless pulsejets have a cycle of explosion -> blast wave exits the tube -> underpressure -> air gets sucked in. The underpressure phase will suck in more than enough air to properly burn the fuel, so there's no benefit in aiming the intake any other way than backwards so that the part of the blast wave that exits through the intake also contributes to thrust.

At high speeds, aiming the intake forward can also be detrimental to performance in the sense that the ram pressure can disrupt the combustion cycle.

SuperNerdDace - 11 years ago

In a pulse jet thrust you get outward airflow from both the intake and the exhaust so by having a rear facing intake they actually get more thrust. There does come a point when the engine is moving too quickly to effectively pull in air through the intake when it is rear facing but here it does not move fast enough for it to make sense to have a forward facing intake.

Patachu - 11 years ago

+xjet yeah a valveless pulse jet. doesn't change the fact the design lacks of common sense and efficiency. instead of adding a valve or some turbine somewhere to orient the airflow. ..idk, never played with such a thing so far.

xjet - 11 years ago

This isn't a regular jet engine though!

Campbell Rogers - 11 years ago

that athlete must have had no self esteem after he got beeten by a kid

Игорь Паншин - 11 years ago

Я ОДИН РУССКИЙ?

cyleleghorn246 - 11 years ago

Of course he realized the dangers, he probably asked why that wall was there, won't it slow me down, and they said "to keep you from catching fire!"

carpentersdown - 11 years ago

Sad you have to use a boy who perhaps does not realise the dangers involved.

tntexplosivesltd - 11 years ago

It would be reasonably safe, pulse jets go out pretty easily

Hans611 - 11 years ago

that flat wall behind the pilot wasn't very aerodynamic and a bit pointless....

theyeet man2000 - 11 years ago

how fast were you guys going?

DrFelonious - 11 years ago

You mean our "Neshional enthum"?

Far Queue - 11 years ago

That's what I thought about your national anthem

DrFelonious - 11 years ago

Yes, the mutilated vowels are a dead giveaway!

PC5032 - 11 years ago

What would happen if that kayak capsized and that burning hot jet pipe hit the water? Steam plus metal contracting really rapidly.... anything else?

Razorflaw - 11 years ago

Fake

Ferguson101 - 11 years ago

You seem to forget that the drag is exponential and the faster you go the more resistance there will be.... but true more efficient than rowing.

Austin Anderson - 11 years ago

0:59 jet kayak land speed record? I don't think there would be very many of those

21cElectronicsMaster - 11 years ago

Didn't we already see something like this on Star Wars: Episode I ?!?!?

Far Queue - 11 years ago

The accents sound familiar...

RadicalRC - 12 years ago

Was that kayak pulse jet the last thing the athlete ever heard? Yikes, no hearing protection. That is probably the loudest continuous sound on the planet.

DesWhiteShark - 12 years ago

make it fly

bernie powell - 12 years ago

Wicked!

Daniel Babcock - 12 years ago

No wonder they used the pulse jet for buzz bombs. First as cheap throw away rockets and to get rid of the noise.

dlwatib - 12 years ago

Engines that heat up enough to glow in the dark are just scary, especially on a kayak. Fortunately this "kayak" was more catamaran than kayak.

Pedro Baderna - 12 years ago

This kid is like Anakin on the racer pod lol

jpb1231000 - 12 years ago

Cool Kid!!!

fmx221 - 12 years ago

rip matt bro

alteredchild - 12 years ago

I'm making one on a... HOT DOG! I bet you haven't made one on a hot dog yet!

morphman21 - 12 years ago

Why a wetsuit?

DevilMaster - 12 years ago

Matt seemed a cool kid. So sorry to hear that he's dead. :-(

Firstname Lastname - 12 years ago

and it would cool the pulsejet engine and increase its trust.... But in reality, all sorts of gas turbine(i.e.jet) engines are not very efficient. For aircrafts there is no better alternative. But for land based vehicles, jet engines are unnecessary. Although they give a better torque in lower speeds, their fuel efficiency is significantly lower than gas piston engines. Diesel engines, especially the new modern designs are pretty much adequate for land vehicles.

artakisthebest - 12 years ago

What exactly do you do, or did you do for a living mr xjet? Im guessing you were some kind of an engineer.

TCskates - 12 years ago

what if you put it under water, but lengthened the intake like a snorkel. cooler piping, and more thrust underwater

womackke - 12 years ago

that is a hilarious response

kccool75 - 12 years ago

dear santa

teestiger1 - 12 years ago

umm that is slightly a kayak he is racing against

4515jonny - 12 years ago

One Question. Why mounting the pulsejet sideways?

that person from that thing - 12 years ago

nevermind

that person from that thing - 12 years ago

was there wheels in the pontoons or was it skidding on the pavement

1BustedMyth - 12 years ago

@InventorLJ You'll have to make an aeroplane instead

InventorLJ - 12 years ago

@xjet also, I am only twelve and have just what I can find at Lowe's to build these things...

InventorLJ - 12 years ago

@xjet have you made EVERYTHING? How about a rocket powered wagon? Also, can I drive your next thingy- majig?

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Vacation Videos - 12 years ago

ITS GOT A JIT ENGINE

PlokTheMasterGamer - 12 years ago

Ron Jeremy waving the flag at the finish???????

straker1999 - 12 years ago

wonder what ' health & safety ' make of that ... :o)

Stig-Rune - 12 years ago

@pyromanizak What is your problem? o.0

SaToMojo - 12 years ago

Obviously my dear professor Bruce this is design of pulsoreactor. It is always a pleasure to follow U here or on RcModelReviews. Keep the Spirit Alive. Thank You

A.M. Fortas - 12 years ago

The Beard Wins !! :)

InventorLJ - 12 years ago

I AM MAKIN ONE ON A HOVERCRAFT! BEAT THAT!

InventorLJ - 12 years ago

LUCKY DUCK!

Simo - 12 years ago

I'm sure the retiree's that bought that nice lake house across the way are appreciating the unbearably loud screams of that pulse jet engine rattling their windows...

Jason W - 12 years ago

@BrandonFound Google 'Dominion Post Matthew Drummond' Matt was close friends with my 2 younger cousins. Needless to say I don't imagine they'd appreciate reading your remark.

Pepe - - 12 years ago

that kid has such a punchable face

Michael Ellestad - 12 years ago

Put one of them on a bicycle!!!! We actually have a canoe and would love to put that pulsejet on a canoe. Awesome video and thanks for uploading

Michael Ellestad - 13 years ago

That was too cool!!! A pulse jet powered Kayak now thats a good way to motor hands free. You should strap the German V-1 on that thing.

alyinsanfran - 13 years ago

Great video! Another reason I miss home - they'd never do this over here, not with a kid strapped in! Duly subscribed after seeing the Vampire flying - in the 70's there used to be one on display at Woodbourne outside Blenheim. Beautiful plane. I've got a lot of your vids to get through!

maulzor - 13 years ago

@MarshaRandolph thats pretty funny from someone in the fashion industry, dont you have 15yo's to be using up instead of drinking haterade and watching youtube?

WarblesOnALot - 13 years ago

@mcsnowman11 G'day... Aren't we the impatient one ? Try watching the 2nd half of the clip. Read the Description ! You spat the Dummy over the Test-Run. It's an AMPHIBIOUS Jet Kayak. @xjet... Munchekin, if I hadn't flown in a Victa 120 Powered, 2-Axis Control Aeroplane, with Single-Surface Aerofoils, I'd be able to say wou were as Meat as a Mad-Axe...; but, as things stand, WOW, I'm impressed ! Your Eccentricity is approaching Legendary proportions !

Genex Films - 13 years ago

Well, i do belive that is nothing likea kayak, and it is not even on the water...

The Louder The better - 13 years ago

Great stuff, gives me a few idwea of my own

Marsha Randolph - 13 years ago

What a bright idea... use a kid in your simply experiements... and risk his life. One word....idiot!

BagpipekilR - 13 years ago

Ever take it off any sweet jumps?

jjohnston94 - 13 years ago

Actually, I'd be willing to bet he set the ONLY jet kayak land speed record.

Nalin Airheart - 13 years ago

Screw the kayak! Stap some controls onto that and let him fly!

Jack Elliott - 13 years ago

This reminds me of the Super Hydraulic International Transporterlator from cat in the hat X-)

Wesley J - 13 years ago

@resistanceleader4 You dont see them ?

taipan185 - 13 years ago

That accent makes me want to dig my ears out with a red hot knitting needle.

AzuriteT3 - 13 years ago

it doesn't go in the water? oh... it does.

jaskarn jassar - 13 years ago

he should go faster

whatuwantmom - 13 years ago

lucky kid

Austin Bank - 14 years ago

lol i loved the glasses magically moving from his eyes to his hair and back wile he was racing. impressive!! also i was curious as to what the effect would be of adding water into the jet as sorta an afterburner. basically more expanding gas more power!!

James Seddon - 14 years ago

0:07 who is the orange guy?

Greg Spiardi - 14 years ago

You are a man of extremes Xjet

startazz - 14 years ago

@TheExtremeAnimation Yeah i know i'm sorry ;-)

Bill R - 14 years ago

Very exciting and fun to watch.

startazz - 14 years ago

@TheExtremeAnimation yeah i know and i also said he would and has posted video's of it ;-) see so we didn't need you to try and tell us all about it lol,but i can sort of understsand why you would be excited about it ;-)

Skydive4ever - 14 years ago

Hehehe cool, were you ever on junkyard wars on the US side?

Douglas Smith - 14 years ago

awesome!

startazz - 14 years ago

@TheExtremeAnimation See told you Bruce post video's of the show ;-)

startazz - 14 years ago

LOL,well done Bruce and man was Steve really moving in that water in the kayak ;-) thumbs up mate.

Ryan O'Connell - 14 years ago

Wicked vid Bruce. Well done mate.

SlavjanA - 14 years ago

I remember seeing this on TV a few weeks ago. The first pulsejet you tried looked very cool, but sadly it failed. Could you make one work that looks like that fist one you tried on the kayak, and put it on a plane? And is it more powerful/does it deliver more power than your normal everyday single tube pulsejet, like the second one you tried on the kayak that worked? Thanx