From the pages of jetZILLA TM - March 2003 - |
LOOK, MA - NO MOVING PARTS! Mechanically speaking, valveless pulsejets are the simplest internal-combustion engines ever - not even a reed valve to block explosion gases from leaving through the intake! In the Lockwood, there are no internal structures whatsoever [not even the flameholders found in ramjets]. There is also no fine machining required -- just sheet metal cutting, rolling and welding. Simplicity itself [but, how DOES Gary make that wonderful U-bend?]. Photo by Gary Robinson - Copyright 2002 Outwestjets |