04-28-2007, 01:00 AM
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Oddworld Administrator
Rainbow of Flavour
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: Apr 2002
: Seattle (woo!)
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This pic = awesome.
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Andy Tyler, a microlight instructor from Suffolk, put his rocket-powered shopping trolley through its paces. It reaches 50mph and, if unwelcome in his local supermarket, it does go in a straight line.
Mr Tyler, 35, built the machine for £50 after coming across the technology that powered the German V1 doodlebugs of the Second World War on the internet. The gas and liquid fuel-powered pulse jet engine glows red as it reaches 600C (1,272F) and is so noisy that it hurts his ears. The engine is made from stainless steel from a kitchen. The trolley was fished from a river near his home. “The first time I started it, the engine exploded,” Mr Tyler said.
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Spending as long as I do here, it's easy to forget that Oddworld has actual fans.
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