Jet powered zip

sidewinder · Post by **sidewinder** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 9:59 pm

Ok, so I was looking for weird stuff on ebay and I ran accrosed a jetX engine. it's actualy more like a reusable rocket engine from the sixties. they were used to power balsa-wood gliders. They are about one and a quarter inches long and 3/4 inch in diameter. Ok, now mounting this straight enough to not turn the zip into a pinwheel will be bad enough. I think I can work out most of this but I'm wondering what he best way to spark the engine while the zips already at top speed. I'm thinking mabey a cheal board from a clone on another frequency, maybe a tiny coil to build the spark? any ideas?

ibjamn · Post by **ibjamn** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 6:01 pm

That reminded me of the movie in the Bitpimps gallery

http://bitpimps.lixlink.com/pages/phpGa ... 176&pos=47

Post by **CaboWabo** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 6:38 pm

Did me too.

I'm pretty sure a bottle rocket is about the limitations on propelling a micro with gun powder.
It got squirrely just with the bottle rocket I had on there.

sidewinder · Post by **sidewinder** » Fri Apr 27, 2007 12:34 am

yeah I think it's going to need at least a two or three inch streach and as long as I'm at it a stabelizing fin, maybe a tube body with a nose cone? kinda like the land speed record cars...or mabey I could just take one fin off of an estes rocket and add running gear...ok, i guess this isn't a zip anymore but it sure would scare the hell out'a neighborhood cats.

sidewinder · Post by **sidewinder** » Fri Apr 27, 2007 12:41 am

Hey I just noticed, ib, is that nadine Valaquez (the maid on My name is Earl)? hay crumuba! muy bien muchacho!

ibjamn · Post by **ibjamn** » Fri Apr 27, 2007 10:52 pm

Naw man, that's just Leann Tweeden.

if you like 1/10 rc........ you might like this shell........no pics of it before the bashing. And boy did I bash that body... you see the tape holding the rear together?:lol:

sidewinder · Post by **sidewinder** » Fri Apr 27, 2007 11:51 pm

Oh the coven 13 girl. cool. By the way love the photo on the truck hood nice work.

sidewinder · Post by **sidewinder** » Sat May 05, 2007 12:52 am

I guess I'm not the only crazy pryo out there, check this: [YouTube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0OFzvd65FA[/YouTube] Now to scale it down...