Bob Maddox’s stage name, Crazy Rocketman, is a misnomer. Maddox doesn’t build rockets. He builds pulse-jet engines. There’s a difference. As for the crazy part—that may be true. Maddox is the world’s ...

Screenshot from social media post of Ukrainian volunteers assembling a small cruise missile with a pulsating Trembita engine. Its task is to destroy objects and exhaust the enemy’s anti-aircraft ...

Santa’s overdue to trade in his old ride for a new Christmas cruiser. How about a jet-powered sleigh? There’s one out there. The sleigh follows on from Maddox’s earlier go-kart, known as The Beast. It ...

Click to open image viewer. SNECMA's work on pulse-jets began in 1943 with the objective of producing a simple jet engine. This artifact is an Escopette (Carbine) model and was the first of the SNECMA ...

Khris is a Mechanical Engineer and a classic car aficionado, who adores his Jags, Alfas, and old-school American muscle cars. He keeps tabs on everything from super exotics like an old EB 110 to the ...