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Title: What ever happened to those rocket racers?
Post by: Penderic on April 12, 2016, 03:21:34 PM: (http://i1299.photobucket.com/albums/ag77/Penderic/Penderic001/rocket%20racer%20pics_zpswdez24fw.jpg)
Rocket powered delta wing Velocity airplanes set the world on fire! Ooops!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-T1eHDyhc8

The virtual reality gates are really cool too.
Title: Re: What ever happened to those rocket racers?
Post by: oldbike54 on April 12, 2016, 04:33:23 PM: Shh , we've moved on to antigrav stuff here in the Tulsa area , all hush hush . Area 57 is just a diversion , the real aliens landed just North of Tulsa in a small town by the name of (redacted) . Just ask the locals , evidently Bigfoot (feet?) were very advanced aliens :shocked:

Dusty
Title: Re: What ever happened to those rocket racers?
Post by: tiger_one on April 12, 2016, 04:36:54 PM: They look like modified VariEzes.
Title: Re: What ever happened to those rocket racers?
Post by: Testarossa on April 12, 2016, 05:20:38 PM: Quote
They look like modified VariEzes.

That's exactly what they were. Well, modified Long-EZs or Velocities. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocket_Racing_League (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocket_Racing_League)
Title: Re: What ever happened to those rocket racers?
Post by: atavar on April 12, 2016, 06:12:46 PM: Aww, just go build a shade tree jet bike.. :boozing:
(http://www.coolfunpics.com/slides/Rocket_Bike_Jet_Powered_Motorcycle.jpg)
Title: Re: What ever happened to those rocket racers?
Post by: Sasquatch Jim on April 12, 2016, 08:04:29 PM: Doesn't the exhaust melt the rear tire?
Title: Re: What ever happened to those rocket racers?
Post by: RayB on April 12, 2016, 08:33:03 PM: Definitely not for the twisties
Title: Re: What ever happened to those rocket racers?
Post by: Penderic on April 12, 2016, 10:30:46 PM: I knew those asbestos long-johnies would come in handy one day!

I'll race ya!
(http://i1299.photobucket.com/albums/ag77/Penderic/Penderic001/1405936462508_wps_27_Logan_on_rocket_Logan_Zil_zps6jliidxl.jpg)

Hey! Its getting crowded up here! :wink: Hello ladies!
(http://i1299.photobucket.com/albums/ag77/Penderic/Penderic001/3girls%20on%20a%20rocket_zps2dnl3i2v.jpg)
Title: Re: What ever happened to those rocket racers?
Post by: atavar on April 13, 2016, 10:05:14 AM: Quote from: Sasquatch Jim on April 12, 2016, 08:04:29 PM
Doesn't the exhaust melt the rear tire?
Nah, the exhaust goes out through the tail piece.
Title: Re: What ever happened to those rocket racers?
Post by: Shorty on April 13, 2016, 12:31:37 PM: C130 rocket project https://youtu.be/WKCl3lfAx1Q
Title: Re: What ever happened to those rocket racers?
Post by: Penderic on April 13, 2016, 01:19:00 PM: You would save money on a back-up alarm!
(http://i1299.photobucket.com/albums/ag77/Penderic/Penderic001/rocket%20car%20flame_zpsdq3mvsvp.jpg)

Back to the future!
(http://i1299.photobucket.com/albums/ag77/Penderic/Penderic001/firebird-1-rocket-car_zps35na8ql7.jpg)

And back again...
(http://i1299.photobucket.com/albums/ag77/Penderic/Penderic001/rocket%20car_zpsf7iicsl4.jpg)
(http://i1299.photobucket.com/albums/ag77/Penderic/Penderic001/rocket%20car%20rear_zps8ccuhtw5.jpg)
I always hate pulling up behind these weird looking things on wheels.

Real Rocket Power!
(http://i1299.photobucket.com/albums/ag77/Penderic/Penderic001/mythbuster-rocket-car-voiture-fuseacutee_zpslmb5yggc.jpg)

Real Fake Rocket Car! Beep Beep.
(http://i1299.photobucket.com/albums/ag77/Penderic/Penderic001/cheap-rocket-car_zps0uh6yfeb.jpg)

Real Cheap.
(http://i1299.photobucket.com/albums/ag77/Penderic/Penderic001/rocket-day-2011-035_zpsy8s5sicq.jpg)
:laugh:

Take off Hosers! :boozing:
Title: Re: What ever happened to those rocket racers?
Post by: cruzziguzzi on April 13, 2016, 01:21:37 PM: Quote from: Penderic on April 12, 2016, 03:21:34 PM
(http://i1299.photobucket.com/albums/ag77/Penderic/Penderic001/rocket%20racer%20pics_zpswdez24fw.jpg)
Rocket powered delta wing Velocity airplanes set the world on fire! Ooops!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-T1eHDyhc8

The virtual reality gates are really cool too.

Geeze, if John Denver had one of those instead - he wouldn't have been switching tanks so low.

Of course, he coulda just followed advice well given and modified the valve/location too.

I bet it'd be a treat to watch and hear one of these negotiate one of the Red Bull circuits. What was their flight duration?

Quote from: Penderic on April 13, 2016, 01:19:00 PM

Real Fake Rocket Car! Beep Beep.
(http://i1299.photobucket.com/albums/ag77/Penderic/Penderic001/cheap-rocket-car_zps0uh6yfeb.jpg)

Hell, that shoulda been on a BMW or MB

Todd.
Title: Re: What ever happened to those rocket racers?
Post by: Gliderjohn on April 13, 2016, 04:51:52 PM: Quote from CruzziGuzzi:
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Geeze, if John Denver had one of those instead - he wouldn't have been switching tanks so low.

Of course, he coulda just followed advice well given and modified the valve/location too.

It had been my understanding that Denver had the valve location change scheduled to be done in about two weeks after the crash.
GliderJohn
Title: Re: What ever happened to those rocket racers?
Post by: Penderic on April 13, 2016, 06:10:26 PM: I saw some more rocket inspired car designs from the past ....

(http://i1299.photobucket.com/albums/ag77/Penderic/Penderic001/oldsmobile-golden-rocket-dream-car-concept-1306406611-15_zpsmodpturb.jpg)
Not your father's Oldsmobile.

(http://i1299.photobucket.com/albums/ag77/Penderic/Penderic001/Rocket_car_thing_zps9y5nav30.jpg)
Bring sun protection and a sweat towel.

(http://i1299.photobucket.com/albums/ag77/Penderic/Penderic001/Gray%20Car%2003A750_zpsxoqbecoq.jpg)
Buck Rodgers and his lame buzzing, sparkle rocket comes to mind when I see this 3 wheeler.

For the kids: toy rockets attached to home made toy car racers.
(http://i1299.photobucket.com/albums/ag77/Penderic/Penderic001/rocket-car-day---some-of-the-entrants-700367_zpskylv3ikb.jpg)

Hey! We could get a group discount on some jet packs and have some fun doing some formation flying together!

(http://i1299.photobucket.com/albums/ag77/Penderic/Penderic001/jetmantech1_zpswj2aerke.jpg)
....or not. :boozing:
Title: 1963 Chrysler Turbine Car could burn Tequilia
Post by: Penderic on April 19, 2016, 10:26:03 AM: (http://i1299.photobucket.com/albums/ag77/Penderic/Penderic001/4a02e290-0514-421b-8c4f-d6a8b7eba004_zpsj2oavv5r.jpg)

Italian Body! Could use any fuel. Melt snow.

I put together a plastic car model of this car, when I was just a little NGC.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2A5ijU3Ivs :coffee:
Title: Re: 1963 Chrysler Turbine Car could burn Tequilia
Post by: oldbike54 on April 19, 2016, 10:43:23 AM: Quote from: Penderic on April 19, 2016, 10:26:03 AM
(http://i1299.photobucket.com/albums/ag77/Penderic/Penderic001/63-Chrysler-Turbine_zpshb5ebxp4.jpg)

Italian Body! Could use any fuel. Melt snow.

I put together a plastic car model of this car, when I was just a little NGC.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2A5ijU3Ivs :coffee:

Like the Rocket Racers , the Turbine Chrysler has a Tulsa connection . When I was a boy a local family had the car for a few months , part of the promotion put together by Chrysler in 1965 .

Dusty
Title: Re: What ever happened to those rocket racers?
Post by: Zoom Zoom on April 19, 2016, 11:16:59 AM: They say the motor is so smooth you can stand a nickel on end on it while running.

ZZ
Title: Re: What ever happened to those rocket racers?
Post by: Penderic on April 19, 2016, 03:34:02 PM: A mass produced turbine for public transportation! Thats the kind of hybrid I like!

(http://i1299.photobucket.com/albums/ag77/Penderic/Penderic001/turboniqueformulaj_zpsie3lnibr.jpg)
Even fewer moving parts.
Title: Re: What ever happened to those rocket racers?
Post by: HardAspie on April 19, 2016, 04:07:28 PM: Quote from: Penderic on April 19, 2016, 03:34:02 PM
A mass produced turbine for public transportation! Thats the kind of hybrid I like!

(http://i1299.photobucket.com/albums/ag77/Penderic/Penderic001/turboniqueformulaj_zpsie3lnibr.jpg)
Even fewer moving parts.

i read in some hot rod oriented magazine during the sixties of turbonique. they had a rocket turbine that was to be attached to a solid axle car's diff to add instant power, and a nifty strange rocket turbine tadpole with one drag slick at the rear. i think it was green.
Title: Re: What ever happened to those rocket racers?
Post by: HardAspie on April 19, 2016, 04:14:27 PM: check this, turbonique drag axle

http://www.hotrod.com/how-to/chassis-suspension/0512-hrdp-turbonique-drag-axle/
Title: Re: What ever happened to those rocket racers?
Post by: Testarossa on April 19, 2016, 04:50:09 PM: Here's the full story of Turbonique -- I'd never heard of this before and am awed.

http://www.the510realm.com/viewtopic.php?t=16838 (http://www.the510realm.com/viewtopic.php?t=16838)

And the infamous VW-style ad -- scroll to the bottom to see the full-page ad: http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2009/07/02/fire-bug/#&gid=1&pid=1 (http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2009/07/02/fire-bug/#&gid=1&pid=1)
Title: Re: What ever happened to those rocket racers?
Post by: twowings on April 19, 2016, 05:01:17 PM: I saw Jack McClure run his jet cart....wow! your eyes and brain simply could not fathom something that small moving that fast... :cool:
Later, in the pits, got to see him and the rig close up...the drag chute was designed to pull the driver up and away from the cart since it would offer a better chance of survival than trying to deploy so close to the ground...
Title: Re: What ever happened to those rocket racers?
Post by: HardAspie on April 19, 2016, 05:12:15 PM: Quote from: twowings on April 19, 2016, 05:01:17 PM
I saw Jack McClure run his jet cart....wow! your eyes and brain simply could not fathom something that small moving that fast... :cool:
Later, in the pits, got to see him and the rig close up...the drag chute was designed to pull the driver up and away from the cart since it would offer a better chance of survival than trying to deploy so close to the ground...

i stand in awe.
Title: Re: What ever happened to those rocket racers?
Post by: twowings on April 19, 2016, 05:16:24 PM: LOL....up close he LOOKED like someone who had just gone 300 mph six inches off the ground.....wild eyes and helmet hair!
Title: Re: What ever happened to those rocket racers?
Post by: Steph on April 19, 2016, 05:28:26 PM: Quote from: oldbike54 on April 12, 2016, 04:33:23 PM
Shh , we've moved on to antigrav stuff here in the Tulsa area , all hush hush . Area 57 is just a diversion , the real aliens landed just North of Tulsa in a small town by the name of (redacted) . Just ask the locals , evidently Bigfoot (feet?) were very advanced aliens :shocked:

Dusty

As long as you are dealing with the top floor brass, aliens are ok
http://youtu.be/PfPdYYsEfAE
Title: Re: What ever happened to those rocket racers?
Post by: Penderic on April 20, 2016, 12:19:54 AM: I hope they brought that big Hoover space vacuum cleaner with them.
(http://i1299.photobucket.com/albums/ag77/Penderic/Penderic001/spacestuff_zpsmgoeixbb.jpg)
:grin: