Author Topic: What ever happened to those rocket racers? (Read 6063 times)

Penderic · « **on:** April 12, 2016, 03:21:34 PM »

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.

oldbike54 · « **Reply #1 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

Dusty

tiger_one · « **Reply #2 on:** April 12, 2016, 04:36:54 PM »

They look like modified VariEzes.

Testarossa · « **Reply #3 on:** April 12, 2016, 05:20:38 PM »

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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

atavar · « **Reply #4 on:** April 12, 2016, 06:12:46 PM »

Aww, just go build a shade tree jet bike..

Sasquatch Jim · « **Reply #5 on:** April 12, 2016, 08:04:29 PM »

Doesn't the exhaust melt the rear tire?

RayB · « **Reply #6 on:** April 12, 2016, 08:33:03 PM »

Definitely not for the twisties

Penderic · « **Reply #7 on:** April 12, 2016, 10:30:46 PM »

I knew those asbestos long-johnies would come in handy one day!

I'll race ya!

Hey! Its getting crowded up here!

Hello ladies!

atavar · « **Reply #8 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.

Shorty · « **Reply #9 on:** April 13, 2016, 12:31:37 PM »

C130 rocket project https://youtu.be/WKCl3lfAx1Q

Penderic · « **Reply #10 on:** April 13, 2016, 01:19:00 PM »

You would save money on a back-up alarm!

Back to the future!

And back again...

I always hate pulling up behind these weird looking things on wheels.

Real Rocket Power!

Real Fake Rocket Car! Beep Beep.

Real Cheap.

Take off Hosers!

cruzziguzzi · « **Reply #11 on:** April 13, 2016, 01:21:37 PM »

Quote from: Penderic on April 12, 2016, 03:21:34 PM

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.

Hell, that shoulda been on a BMW or MB

Todd.

Gliderjohn · « **Reply #12 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

Penderic · « **Reply #13 on:** April 13, 2016, 06:10:26 PM »

I saw some more rocket inspired car designs from the past ....

Not your father's Oldsmobile.

Bring sun protection and a sweat towel.

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.

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

....or not.

Penderic · « **Reply #14 on:** April 19, 2016, 10:26:03 AM »

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

oldbike54 · « **Reply #15 on:** April 19, 2016, 10:43:23 AM »

Quote from: Penderic on April 19, 2016, 10:26:03 AM

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

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

Zoom Zoom · « **Reply #16 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

Penderic · « **Reply #17 on:** April 19, 2016, 03:34:02 PM »

A mass produced turbine for public transportation! Thats the kind of hybrid I like!

Even fewer moving parts.

HardAspie · « **Reply #18 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!

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.

HardAspie · « **Reply #19 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/

Testarossa · « **Reply #20 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

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

twowings · « **Reply #21 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...

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...

HardAspie · « **Reply #22 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...
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.

twowings · « **Reply #23 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!

Steph · « **Reply #24 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

Dusty

As long as you are dealing with the top floor brass, aliens are ok
http://youtu.be/PfPdYYsEfAE

Penderic · « **Reply #25 on:** April 20, 2016, 12:19:54 AM »

I hope they brought that big Hoover space vacuum cleaner with them.

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