Ride-on Star Wars Land Speeder gets a real jet engine

When it comes to ride-on toys for kids, the Star Wars Land Speeder is one of the coolest examples. However, with 12 volt weed motors, they certainly don't move fast. [Joel Creates] decided to fix all this by equipping his land speeder with a real jet engine.

First, the stock transmission was removed, with new wheels fitted underneath. Initially, it was configured with the front wheels steering, while the rear wheels could spin freely. An RC jet engine was installed in the center engine slot at the rear of the land speeder and was controlled via a standard 2-channel RC transmitter.

The jet engine ran, but the wheel setup caused the speeder to just donut. With the speeder reconfigured with the rear wheels locked in place, the speeder handled much more predictably. The test space was limited to a parking lot, so running at high speeds was out of the question. However, based on the limited testing done, it looks like the speeder would be capable of a decent clip with the throttle maxed out.

It's not a practical build, but it looks really fun. [Joel Creates] has big dreams of adding two more jet engines and taking it to a track for high-speed testing, and that's something we'd love to see.

RC jet engines are kind of trending on YouTube right now, appearing on everything from RC cars to Teslas. Video after the break.