LOOK, MA - NO MOVING PARTS!
Mechanically speaking, valveless pulsejets are the simplest internal-combustion engines ever
- not even a reed valve to block explosion gases from leaving through the intake! In the
Lockwood, there are no internal structures whatsoever [not even the flameholders found in
ramjets]. There is also no fine machining required -- just sheet metal cutting, rolling and
welding. Simplicity itself [but, how DOES Gary make that wonderful U-bend?].
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