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A type of jet engine in which combustion is intermittent, with the ignition and expulsion of each charge of mixture causing the intake of a fresh charge.
‘Although the earlier M54 engines relied on unleaded gasoline only, the new M54A2 pulse jet engines burn any mid-viscosity Army fuel-including diesel, JP4, JP8 and motor gasoline-to produce a thick white smoke cloud.’
‘Those of us in the industry that are not privy to the details of the propulsion system guess the pearls are the result of a pulse jet type systems.’
‘The microlight instructor, 35, built the gas and liquid fuel pulse jet from instructions off the internet.’
‘One of the systems that goes into the AIM tank is a pulse jet air cleaner.’
‘It employed a novel pulse jet engine (which made a distinctive sound, hence the name buzz bomb) and short wings to carry its 1,874-pound warhead to targets up to 150 miles.’