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  • Jet-powered shopping trolley

    10/18/2004 1:51:05 PM PDT · by ijcr · 40 replies · 1,145+ views
    ananova ^ | 6th October 2004 | A.N.Other
    A Suffolk man has created the world's fastest shopping trolley - by fitting a jet engine. Andy Tyler, 35, adapted the trolley which he fished out of a river, reports the Daily Mirror. The father-of-two can travel at more than 50mph in the machine but it's so noisy that it hurts his ears. The engine is powered by gas and liquid fuel and explodes 40 times a second to propel the trolley. Andy built his own engine from a discarded stainless steel restaurant worktop. He attached the gas supply, liquid fuel and engine and added sturdier wheels, an accelerator, brake...