Jumping from an airplane is much too tame for Bob Maddox. He needs something a little more extreme. That's why he plans to strap himself to a four-engine pulse jet rocket, ride it to around 25,000 ...

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Short of replacement, what are your options when your original electrostatic precipitator fails to meet your current emissions and opacity requirements? The management of Big Stone Plant chose the ...

Imagine our surprise when we learned [Bruce Simpson], who made headlines in 2003 with his $5000 DIY cruise missile, is still alive, not illegally interned in a black ops prison, and still doing what ...

Pulsejets are a popular DIY build for the keen experimenter, much loved for their mechanical simplicity and powerful roar. However, it can be difficult to get them running smoothly and producing high ...

Pulse-jet filtration and dust collection systems are critical components in industrial air pollution control and process gas cleaning. These systems utilise pulses of compressed air to dislodge and ...

Move aside Grandpa Munster, there’s a new coffin car in town – and it’s powered by a jet engine. Oregon inventor Robert Maddox gave the Dragula coffin car - made famous in the 1960s children’s TV show ...