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I'm all for awesome engineering projects, in which this project is not deficient, however if this thing can be street legal then I don't understand why so many other cars are not allowed to be. Even when this thing is working as intended. it's shooting hot flames out the back.
I'm pretty sure it's only street legal while the jet engine is turned off. Then you're just transporting a jet engine on the back of a Beetle, right?
I don't want to start another "SF vs Miami/Austin rest of the US" but! An awesome thing in the Bay-Area is all the insane stuff you get on eBay and Craigslist. I bought a Velodyne VLP-16 LIDAR for my mobile robot side project and met up with a guy in SF. He had a startup that ended up using vision only so they sold off their LIDARs.
Now I have to ask, what kind of side project requires such a high quality sensor?
It's been a long time but I remember lidar being common (or at least a divide between rich/poor college clubs) a decade ago in competitions like http://www.igvc.org/
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When I read the headline, the first thing I thought was "definitely in California." Not even a question.
It's funny that you say this because kindof "the" people who make jet powered cars are in Florida, not San Francisco: https://www.elainelarsen.com/
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That's what I thought too, but then the post says "That said, I do enjoy the occasional blast down the highway." and suddenly I'm not so sure...
I've also seen a mini-cooper on youtube with a jet in the back doing the same thing on the highway :)
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When I read the headline, the first thing I thought was "definitely in California." Not even a question.
It's funny that you say this because kindof "the" people who make jet powered cars are in Florida, not San Francisco: https://www.elainelarsen.com/
https://youtu.be/8voAgRcKfaU?t=562
The sort of thing that makes me love America (yes I know EU people they feature them in other countries).
I can't imagine how loud this thing is. I stood close to an arm sized jet engine and it's loud. Enough to push the air too that you feel it in your chest
Quite loud. Good day to bring your ear phones to the track.
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I'm pretty sure it's only street legal while the jet engine is turned off. Then you're just transporting a jet engine on the back of a Beetle, right?
i mean.... where's the law that says that it's _illegal_?
I'm out in the Valley quite regularly. People here in Michigan ask me all the time about the difference between the two places outside of weather. This is a prime example. I've tried real hard but I can't imagine seeing this ad in Detroit. If it happened the press would get ahold of it and make fun of the guy. ;<(
Detroit is an odd example given that it's 'Motor City'. Chrysler built a jet powered car back when the original Beetle was in production. Then again nowadays it's all about FCA putting the biggest engine in every model they can before they die off. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysler_Turbine_Car
He told me the entire industry will go electric once someone invents a better battery. He thought it would happen by the year 2000. Sadly he passed away before the birth of Tesla.
Any other old-timers remember the "JATO Rocket Car" posting in Dawrin Awards on Usenet? From Wikipedia entry: You all know about the Darwin Awards – it's the annual honor given to the person who did the gene pool the biggest service by killing themselves in the most extraordinarily stupid way. Last year's winner was the fellow who was killed by a Coke machine which toppled over on top of him as he was attempting to t…