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It appears that jet-powered novely vehicles are bit like number 8 buses - you wait ages for one and loads come at once. A photo of the jet-powered Sinclair C5 Indeed, no sooner had the jet-powered go-kart roared onto eBay, than another kamikaze vehicle aficionado decided to give wannabe Richard Hammonds the chance to burn some …

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  1. Tony

    BUT WAIT! THERE'S MORE!

    Order now and we'll include at no extra charge (just pay shipping) a jet-powered barrel suitable for navigating over Angel Falls, Venezuela!

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  2. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    oh dear

    Comes with a free Darwin award nomination as well, no doubt...

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  3. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    The doppelganger spacesuits

    I was surprised by the chap's website; although the picture looks like a crude Photoshop montage, it actually seems to be a real jet-powered C5. There are videos, with sound! The intake is on the bottom, and probably sucks up all kinds of dust and debris when it's running. That's probably not a huge problem, because the pilot will not live to see the engine fail.

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  4. Simon Brown

    the pilot won't live to see the engine fail?

    well there's a video of a test run: http://www.jetpower.co.uk/c5/media/c5.wmv

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  5. James Pickett

    Er...

    Won't the heat melt all that plastic?

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  6. Rich

    Only 100bhp

    I'd almost think a 2 stroke motorbike motor would have a better power/weight.

    I'm no expert, but isn't a straight jet a lot less efficient at low speeds than a wheel drive?

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  7. Craig Peters

    What is next?

    I suggest someone look into making a jet powered Reliant Robin!

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  8. John Stag

    100bhp!

    >"I'd almost think a 2 stroke motorbike motor would have a better power/weight.

    >"I'm no expert, but isn't a straight jet a lot less efficient at low speeds than a wheel drive?

    Ummm....yeah. But you're missing the point!

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  9. John Stag

    Rocket powered Reliant Robin

    >"I suggest someone look into making a jet powered Reliant Robin!"

    How about this one?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TN3JjUUdjWU

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  10. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    This should have been standard

    If only Sir Clive had fitted this from the beginning...

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  11. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    Burning rubber?

    "...the chance to burn some serious rubber."

    Sounds like the wheels might be placed to close to the jet-engine (or vise versa), since a jet-powered vehicle doesn't use the enigne to drive the wheels :o)

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  12. dpg

    Missed a trick there...

    Where's the reheat? C'mon, jet power C5 with afterburner - now that would be a story ;)

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  13. Daniel Ballado-Torres

    Speeding ZX80's??

    When I read 'Sinclair' at first, somehow I was thinking in the Sinclair computers from the 80's. I had forgotten the existance of the vehicle of the same name.

    Hm... but putting, say ... a ZX80 on board this jet-Sinclair as the 'pilot' would also bring this article to IT-related status!

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  14. Ole Juul

    Not a lot of varooom

    There's a little too much emphasis on the aluminum gas tank and wiring loom connectors for my taste. I found a Youtube video of this thing and it moves along smoothly but I bet it took all morning to get up to that speed. I've seen a simple electric go cart go faster and really burn some rubber. Wasn't this thing electric to begin with? This looks like a downgrade.

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