Posted on 08/01/2017 4:25:17 PM PDT by mandaladon
A Russian inventor tested his limits by designing a homemade turbo jet-powered bicycle. Igor Negoda showcased his incredible design, which he dubbed a “jet bike,” during a test run in the Rostov Region last week.
Negoda mounted the 18kg (39lb) thruster onto the back of the bicycle, and added some extra features such as a GPS system to monitor his speed. He also built in tech to watch the engine’s RPM, thrust and temperature.
As well as mounting various other pieces of core kit such batteries and a power radio receiver to the bike, Negoda carries a mini-fuel tank in his backpack.
The inventor and speed demon first demonstrated the turbo jet’s thrust by clearing the dust and rocks from his surroundings, before taking the jet bike to an open road where he reached speeds of 72kph (45mph).
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Flame on!
Flame on!
Don’t tailgate him.
Looks like one of those ‘Here, hold my vodka’ moments.
Piker by Evel Knievel’s standards.
What could possibly go wrong?
Them Russians are always colluding with something.
I wonder if I could ask my Deplorable parents if I can put one on my bike...45 mph... I guess the Upper Tampa Bay Suncoast Pinellas Trails would be fun to use that on...or even off roading.
Bookmarked for later.
Acme Manufacturing Co. had similar technology 50 years ago.
It is unclear from the article, but it appears that this guy bought a commercially made miniature jet engine, which are available but expensive, and strapped it to a bicycle. This isn’t some stroke of rare genius, this is Wile E Coyote trying to catch the road runner engineering.
Igor Negoda “invented” this the same way clock boy “invented” his stupid clock —packaging commercial components.
At least Igor tilted the engine up and away from his rear tire.
There’s a lot more fresh engineering in that bike, than there was in clock boy’s clock.
Sounds like something from the 1920 time period.
That looks as dangerous as all get out. I bet it is blast to ride (maybe literally if the jet over heats)
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