Rocket Car

robster · Post by **robster** » Thu May 22, 2003 5:43 pm

I was thinking about customizing a car to use a model rocket motor any of yous ever seen it before? Think its worth it? Tell me what ya thinkn

hogjowlz · Post by **hogjowlz** » Thu May 22, 2003 5:44 pm

ya theres a few german vids where they did that and well have fun makin it go straight.

Post by **CaboWabo** » Thu May 22, 2003 5:48 pm

yup, seen the German version.
It could be done better, give the car a "guide wire" to run along and it'll leave your sight in no time.

Funny side note, the very first model rocket/plane I built was an F-18.
It launched with the wings tucked inward, instead of popping out the parachute, the final burst was to open up the wings and the plane glides back down to earth.... in theory....

what really happened was I had just 1 of my alyrons (sp?) just a touch tweeked the wrong way. When I fired the rocket engine, the plane burst up in the air about 15 feet - went directly horizontal to the ground and came right back at us at like light speed. We hit the deck, I watch in horror as my first rocket plane was going straight for a concession stand kamakazi style. About 5 feet before the structure, it took a nose dive and burried itself in the ground about 6 inches.

Since that day, my nickname was "One Shot"

robster · Post by **robster** » Thu May 22, 2003 6:33 pm

CaboWabo wrote: I watch in horror as my first rocket plane was going straight for a concession stand kamakazi style. About 5 feet before the structure, it took a nose dive and burried itself in the ground about 6 inches.

Since that day, my nickname was "One Shot"

That really sucks, was it r/c or free flight? I think it is spelled alieron but it doesnt matter.

Post by **CaboWabo** » Thu May 22, 2003 6:55 pm

it was free flight.
and ya you're probably right, I'm sure I did spell it wrong lol

I was pretty disappointed after the time I spent with it.
It was just dead, noway to bring it back so I bought another free flight with a parachute instead.

robster · Post by **robster** » Thu May 22, 2003 7:56 pm

Good idea

sessiz · Post by **sessiz** » Thu May 22, 2003 8:05 pm

I started a rocket car a couple of months ago but didn't get far with it. Too many things going on not enough time. This project got put on the backburner until we get some clear weather around here. It's getting clearer and clearer everyday

noxorc · Post by **noxorc** » Thu May 22, 2003 9:22 pm

your soft ! ! !

have you ever seen one of those engins go off sessiz?

Besides these cars, Rocketry is another hobby of mine. Member for numerious years
http://www.nar.org/

A class engin is going to go 30 - 60 ft.
B class 200 - 400 ft
C class 500 - 800 ft

So, what did you buy? and how much room to do you have ?

-nox

sessiz · Post by **sessiz** » Thu May 22, 2003 9:49 pm

I know very little about rockets, I built one in middle school tech class

Maybe you could give me a lil help.
This is the engine I got.

I was planing to do a dual rocket 4 cell dragster. The car would be a 4 cell dragster fully operational and then it would have a seperate attachment with the rockets. The rocket "pack" would have it's own pcb to control the ignition, but I'm not sure how many volts it would take to spark the engines. Fire proofing the body is also still up in the air.
Like I said before this was a lil idea I had months ago and sorta lost intrest becuase we had snow up the wazoo. I have a 1/4mile stretch of 3 laned road where I was planning to shoot it off. The other spots I thought of firing off this rocket was in the downtown area around here where they have plenty of empty wherehouses with large parking lots. Space isn't a problem.

noxorc · Post by **noxorc** » Thu May 22, 2003 10:08 pm

..cool....it's an A class.

man...you got my blood goin... I care for ya bro... I don't want anyone to get hurt.

it should have come with ignitors, take one, jam it up the hole!
Plug it with one of those colored 'stoppers'.
The ignitors take about 3volts to start. (2 AA in series).

-nox

Post by **CaboWabo** » Thu May 22, 2003 10:11 pm

and get ready to hit the deck if need be

noxorc · Post by **noxorc** » Thu May 22, 2003 10:22 pm

and there she goes...

and she went ....809.5 ft.

-nox

Post by **CaboWabo** » Thu May 22, 2003 10:23 pm

I wanna go there and play so bad dude - one day...

noxorc · Post by **noxorc** » Thu May 22, 2003 10:27 pm

CaboWabo wrote:I wanna go there and play so bad dude - one day...

where's da bro? my 24 acres of clear fields? Ride ATVs amungst the White Mountains...

Post by **CaboWabo** » Thu May 22, 2003 10:33 pm

duh - I'd be like a kid there!