Excellent Example of Innovative Thinking

Presenting the Jet Popelled Beetle

What can you do with a GE Model T58-8F helicopter turboshaft engine, converted to jet? With Ron Patrick’s custom VW Beetle you can have lots and lots of dangerous fun exploiting all 1350 horsepower. This monster is powered by two engines (original up front, jet in back) and is perfectly street legal since you’re only using the gasoline powered engine in normal driving conditions. But if you’re feeling adventurous, fire up the jet engine - which spins up to 26,000 rpm/13,000 rpm idle - and watch the afterburner come to life.



“The car was built because I wanted the wildest street-legal ride possible. With this project, I was able to use my engineering skills (I have a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University) to design the car without the distraction of how other people have done it in the past - because no one has.”

This should so be Bumblebee's alt mode in the Transformers movie.

http://www.techeblog.com/index.php/tech-gadget/street-legal-jet-powered-vw-beetle

Note to self...

...running two fan heaters off one extension lead is a bad idea.

After the pub plug melted and FUSED to the wall socket.

And then the fuse blew.

Also note to self, using a screwdriver to prise a melted plug out of a wall socket probably isn't the safest of ideas.

EDIT: I have no idea why I typed pub to start with. Wishful thinking probably.