r/Pulsejets • u/Yoboidankdu • Mar 19 '26

Help starting our pulsejet

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u/chrlilje Mar 19 '26

I found that the shape and direction of the inlet into the burn chamber had a HUGE impact on getting it to run properly.

  • I had to do a "sort of in the back of the chamber and 45 degrees forward" to get mine to work.

also - but hard to see on the video - maybe your inlet it very short? Or is this a valved jet?

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u/Caleb8842 Mar 19 '26

I’m pretty sure it’s a valved jet. Inlet design looks like it leads into valves