https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAKekhmTRaY
Rocketman Bob Maddox built a go-kart with a triple valveless pulsejet engine. He calls this vehicle the Beast. Then he took it for a ride out in the desert, at speeds up to 90 miles per hour. Okay, what about this video is the scariest? Would it be the red-hot jet engines or the propane tank between Maddox and the engines? How about the fact that he’s driving with one hand, so he can record himself with the other? Or could it be the absence of goggles, where one insect could blind him? Well, maybe there aren’t too many bugs in the desert in February. Despite all this, it’s great to see the sheer joy of a wild man in his 70s getting his speed fix on. If you like this go-kart (and have the bucks), he will build one for you.
https://maddoxjets.com/
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I’m glad he lived.
ThyPeace, white hot metal right next to a propane tank right. next. to. him. Yoiks.
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white hot metal right next to a propane tank right. next. to. him. Yoiks.
That’s what I was thinking…
AC prefers a few more safety features, me
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ThyPeace, white hot metal right next to a propane tank right. next. to. him. Yoiks.
...and being an empty can, well...
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AC prefers a few more safety features, me
Safety, at our ages?
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You have to admire the man for having the joy of living life fearlessly.
I was fearless when I was a lot younger now I know about the scary things that can happen now. All the what-if’s and all that.
One thing I also admire was that he could get in and out that riding cart so effortlessly.
Lucky Dog
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Fearless… lol, I should be dead already… A FEW TIMES OVER! …with all the stupid stuff I got away with, I know about “fearless”.
Yes, at his age, he looks to be quite able. Impressed!
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