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Ignition can be achieved by the mixture of the remaining hot exhaust gases with the incoming fuel and air, so that no other ignition system is required once the engine is running.
Such an engine may be remarkably efficient for such simplicity but the noise level generated by it is totally unacceptable and cannot readily be eliminated. For this reason mainly, pulse jet engines are very seldom used.