Maddox doesn’t build rockets. He builds pulse-jet engines. There’s a difference. As for the crazy part—that may be true.

He’s flown quite a few modified R/C planes and has an electronic Engine Control Unit for his jets. One of his most impressive projects is the 100 pound thrust pulse jet that was later attached ...

In this video, we're getting hands-on in the garage to start a pulse jet engine. Watch the behind-the-scenes fun, challenges, and the tech wizardry that goes into creating these machines!

"It'll pop your ear drums if you aren't wearing protective gear. That's a drawback to the engines." No kidding. Pulse jet technology dates to the beginning of the 20th Century when they were ...

Oregon inventor Robert Maddox gave the Dragula coffin car - made famous in the 1960s children’s TV show The Munsters - a 21st century facelift by adding two pulse jets. The engine in the ...

Maddox, an artist and cabinetmaker in Medford, Oregon, started playing with pulse jets eight years ago. He built a sweet purple pulse jet cruiser last year for a collector in the Netherlands. His ...

This unusual contraption is fitted with a single pulse jet engine with two tailpipes. According to the aforementioned source, it is capable of developing 250 lb.ft. (339 Nm) and runs on regular 87 ...

The pulse jet engine (pictured here, with air intake unit at right) was found at a hospital in Mosul, Iraq in September 2017 The Islamic State (IS) group attempted to develop high-speed drones ...

Artwork released by Wave shows several different kinds of small aircraft powered by a pulse jet engine mounted to the top of the fuselage. They’re very intriguing. Wave explained that their ...

‘It might sound a bit crazy to begin with - "Oh yeah, I'm going to be propelled along by electric jet engines", said the University of Bath graduate. These each turn spin fan blades at speeds of ...

Wave Engine Corporation, a company founded by the University of Maryland, has developed a modern digitally controlled pulse jet engine for drones and shipped the first batch to customers. The engine ...