As a mechanical engineering student at Gonzaga University I’ve had to take the manufacturing process course.  In lab I had the opportunity to build a ramjet.  It’s simple and probably doesn’t even work, but was sure fun to make.  It’s my second attempt at MIG welding too so it’s not much to look at but it all held together, so I suppose that’s good enough for me.

They wouldn’t let me fire it up but I was told of a couple methods.  Both involve injecting propane gas through the top intake pipe, allowing room for air to enter as well.  One method involves simply tuning the intake diameter and introducing a flame until the chamber ignites and continues on it’s own, or drilling a hole and inserting a pulsing spark plug in the rear of the chamber.  Living in an apartment I haven’t had the chance to play with it, but I certainly will at some point, and will update my post if I do.

As with the rest of my site, it’s new and I’m still trying to figure out how thing go together.  That said, I’ve just added a new Artwork album (I hope) that contains some art I’ve done.  I love art whether pictures, paintings, music, woodwork etc, and am trying to do more of it.  Check out my Artwork album link and feel free to give critical comments…I won’t be offended