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posted by CoolHand on Friday May 15 2015, @03:40PM   Printer-friendly
from the need-for-speed dept.

Spotted at Laughing Squid is an link to the Jet Powered Go-Kart developed by Colin Furze.

From the linked YouTube video summary:

So it's finished and it's brilliant, it's stable it starts easy and the fuel system after a slight redesign (see website) works perfectly. Top speed so far is 60mph but i run out of airstrip so might be more in it.

More details are available at Colin's project site. Colin is also known for previously developing this Jet powered bicycle.

 
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  • (Score: 2) by looorg on Friday May 15 2015, @05:59PM

    by looorg (578) on Friday May 15 2015, @05:59PM (#183428)

    I didn't mind the sound of the old buses that much, or I was used to it -- just like I'm getting used to this now. The big upside indeed seems to be you don't smell the bus or choke at the exhaust as it goes by. From what I know, based on personal experience due to traveling between cities for work, there are different combos depending on how hybrid they are. There is the diesel engines and turbine combo, there is the natural-gas and turbines (usually denoted as being "green") once and finally then there are some with battery, diesel and a turbine. They seem to switch it around if it is a city bus (usually battery and/or gas), or if its a commuter bus out to the suburbs or more long distance between cities in which case they tend to want diesel to.

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