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Occasional posts on subjects like field recording, London sounds past and present, other websites worth looking at, articles in the press, and news of sound-related events.

Making engine noises with a jam jar

Posted by IMR on 12 December 2011

WHILE READING UP on jet engine noise I came across a reference to a Make Magazine article on building your own pulse jet from a jam jar.

How could you not want to make one? The article itself is only available to subscribers, but fortunately there’s this video on YouTube:


The jam jar jet makes a surprisingly loud noise like the revving of an internal combustion engine. Something to do for Boxing Day, perhaps.

That is a very cool find! Pyrotechnic sounds… I like this guy’s fun ‘casting style, too.

Posted by Felicity Ford on 13 December 2011