Editing V-1 flying bomb (section)

===Power plant===
{{main|Argus As 014}}
[[File:V1 Launcher IWM Duxford.JPG|thumb|left|Rear view of V-1 in [[IWM Duxford]], showing launch ramp section]]
The Argus [[pulsejet]]'s major components included the [[nacelle]], fuel jets, flap valve grid, mixing chamber [[venturi tube|venturi]], tail pipe, and spark plug. Compressed air rather than a [[fuel pump]] forced gasoline from the {{cvt|640|litre}} fuel tank through the fuel jets which consisted of three banks of three [[Atomizer nozzle|atomizer]]s. These nine atomizing nozzles were in front of the air inlet valve system where it mixed with air before entering the chamber. A [[throttle valve]], connected to altitude and ram pressure instruments, controlled fuel flow. Schmidt's spring-controlled flap valve system provided an efficient straight path for incoming air. The flaps momentarily closed after each explosion, the resultant gas compressed in the venturi chamber, and its tapered portion accelerated the exhaust gases creating [[thrust]]. The operation proceeded at a rate of 42 cycles per second.{{sfn|Oliver|2018|pp=19–24}}{{sfn|Cooksley|1979|pp=32–33}}{{sfn|Guckelhorn|Paul|2004|pp=12–19}}

Beginning in January 1941, the V-1's pulsejet engine was also tested on a variety of craft, including automobiles{{sfn|Zaloga|2005|p=5}} and an experimental [[attack boat]] known as the Tornado, in which a boat loaded with a {{cvt|700|kg|0}} warhead was steered towards a target ship either by remote control or by a pilot who would leap out of the back at the last moment. The Tornado was assembled from surplus [[seaplane]] hulls connected in [[catamaran]] fashion. Ultimately insufficient Argus 014 pulse-jets were available as all production was allocated to the V-1 missile program.<ref name=":21">{{Cite book|title=German Secret Weapons of the Second World War|last=Hogg|first=Ian|date=1999|publisher=Frontline Books|isbn=978-1-8483-2781-8|page=270}}</ref> The engine made its first flight aboard a Gotha Go 145 on 30 April 1941.{{sfn|Zaloga|2005|p=5}}