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snooper2

(30,151 posts) Fri May 8, 2015, 10:30 AM May 2015

Making a Jet Go-Kart Part 2 - Controls/Fuel

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Making a Jet Go-Kart Part 2 - Controls/Fuel (Original Post) snooper2 May 2015 OP

I love that guy. He's a walking talking Red Bull commercial. lumberjack_jeff May 2015 #1

yeah, lower, but he said last video he was putting a heat shield behind seat snooper2 May 2015 #2

Very cool, but my jet go-kart days are far behind me. NaturalHigh May 2015 #3

lumberjack_jeff

(33,224 posts)

1. I love that guy. He's a walking talking Red Bull commercial.

Reply to snooper2 (Original post)

Fri May 8, 2015, 10:39 AM

May 2015

But I'm seriously confused about how it's supposed to work. The air intake is the lower nozzle, right?

If so, his seat is gonna catch on fire.

snooper2

(30,151 posts)

2. yeah, lower, but he said last video he was putting a heat shield behind seat

Reply to lumberjack_jeff (Reply #1)

Fri May 8, 2015, 10:47 AM

May 2015

How much heat that will deflect

I bet that is going to get glowing red hot though

NaturalHigh

(12,778 posts)

3. Very cool, but my jet go-kart days are far behind me.

Reply to snooper2 (Original post)

Fri May 8, 2015, 11:29 AM

May 2015

I don't even like to go fast on a riding lawn mower these days.

At some point in the future, I expect to see one of these featured in the Darwin Awards.

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