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Old 20th February 2007 | 09:02
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ShyTorque

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As a kid I tried making a pulse jet from an old metal cylinder vacuum cleaner that my mother put out for the bin men. And a gallon of petrol.

Results:

Black smoke lots.
Pulse jet 0.
Garden shed bench top 0.
Thick ear 1.
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