Because there was always that kid on the playground who could never go as fast as he wanted on the merry-go-round (the same kid could often be found during craft time eating a glue stick), Cody of YouTube channel WhistlinDiesel took it upon himself to mount a 7,000 horsepower jet
This is a video of Robert ‘Rocketman’ Maddox taking his valveless pulsejet powered green lawn chair out for a spin. The chair was actually Robert’s grandmother’s chair from the 1960’s. Heck yeah, I repurpose family heirlooms all the time. I like how there’s nothing between Robert and the road in
These are a couple clips from the Madison Regatta Governor’s Cup on the Ohio River starring racer Dustin Echols performing an unintentional backflip in his jet-powered hydroplane. That must have been exciting. Especially watching the second video with the POV footage — it looks like the boat was about to
This is a video from RED SIDE visualizing and comparing the speeds of various aircraft, beginning with incredibly slow planes like the Wright Flyer (30MPH) and ending with modern jets like the SR-71 Blackbird (2,500MPH). And to think the Wright Flyer first took to the sky only 120 years ago.
Note: Lower your volume, jet taking off. Captured on the last day of the Boeing Seafair Air Show, this is a video of an F-35 Lightning II taking off from the Boeing Field runway. Such power — I wish I could have been there. I wish I could have felt
Note: Some appropriately colorful language from the people filming. This is a video of a pilot ejecting from an F-35B Lightning II fighter jet at the Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth in Texas after a failed attempted at a vertical landing. Thankfully, the pilot is fine, but
Because the whole world is a lot of ground to cover in one night, this is a video of Santa’s little helper Robert ‘Crazy Rocketman’ Maddox (previously) demonstrating a new rocket-powered sleigh he designed for the jolly gift-bringer. So, if you were wondering why Santa doesn’t come this year, it’s
Because Halloween is just a week away, what better way to celebrate than…uh, a jet-powered coffin car? Let’s roll with it. Built by Robert ‘Rocket Man’ Maddox (previously), he nicknamed the dead pirate themed pulsejet powered death trap ‘The Halloween Machine’. I want it. Plus if I crash and die