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On 10/6/2011 8:17 PM, J. Clarke wrote:
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--Does anyone know when these folks are going to get their ****
together and start racing? This I want to see...
http://www.rocketracingleague.com/

My God, the Marching Morons are here.

If you haven't read that novel, you should. One feature is very noisy
slow "rockets", a description which fits these aircraft.



They are not THAT loud, J.
A pulse jet is that loud.

But these guys are basically just small rocket powered winged aircraft.
(Mostly Long-EZs)

But you got the "slow" part right. At least for rockets.
They have the same airframe limits as a piston/propeller powered EZ.
Roughly 180 MPH or so.

Did you read the writeup?

"X-Racers are powered by a rocket engine that emits a long flame and a
thunderous roar heard and felt for miles."