Jet engine from a coke can
The precision measurements and machining is absolutely amazing
(, Sat 16 Nov 2024, 4:49, Reply)
Yeah, that’s not at all lethal.
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wheresthefish Partly filled with wrong, Sat 16 Nov 2024, 17:49,
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Seemed fake until the end. Looks like any thrust is coming from the pressure from the gas can.
Nothing in that construction would survive longer than a minute of actual use. So much of that stuff is held in place with hot glue, which would all be liquid after about 20 seconds. The solder might last 45 seconds, maybe. The fan blades might hold their shape for a whole minute, maybe, but the can housing everything would be shredded. Best case scenario: it fails without any shrapnel and only burns part your house down.
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brb Learn Ukrainian and prepare for a referendum, Sat 16 Nov 2024, 19:39,
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Looked liked CA, not hot glue?
Despite all the impressive engineering, I also wondered if it was actually a functional jet engine at the end. In all the wide shots the starter motor is clearly being used, and at the end where the caption says "Self sustaining mode" the framing carefully hides the intake end of the can, so you can't see if it is actually running without the starter, or is just a motorised flamethrower.
(, Sun 17 Nov 2024, 19:27, Reply)
Calling it a jet engine is a stretch
More like an electric fan with flames added.
*edit* My bad - I thought they'd built a motor into it - in that case, hats off!
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tarka_dall Like normal dall, only a bit more spicy, Sat 16 Nov 2024, 19:56,
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I was fully expecting them to switch to a shop bought model jet engine housed in the coke can,
or graphical fakery.
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brb Learn Ukrainian and prepare for a referendum, Sat 16 Nov 2024, 20:47,
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I don't think there's a shot where you can actually see that the starter motor has been removed.
(, Sun 17 Nov 2024, 19:29, Reply)