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Speaking of air races...
--Does anyone know when these folks are going to get their ****
together and start racing? This I want to see... http://www.rocketracingleague.com/ -- "Steamboat Ed" Haas : Steel, Stainless, Titanium: Hacking the Trailing Edge! : Guaranteed Uncertified Welding! www.nmpproducts.com ---Decks a-wash in a sea of words--- |
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Speaking of air races...
On 10/5/2011 3:18 PM, steamer wrote:
--Does anyone know when these folks are going to get their **** together and start racing? This I want to see... http://www.rocketracingleague.com/ They have been talking about it for many years. But I doubt it will ever be a public event. |
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Speaking of air races...
On 05 Oct 2011 20:18:23 GMT, steamer wrote:
--Does anyone know when these folks are going to get their **** together and start racing? This I want to see... http://www.rocketracingleague.com/ YEAH! -- We are always the same age inside. -- Gertrude Stein |
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Speaking of air races...
On 10/6/2011 8:17 PM, J. Clarke wrote:
In , says... --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. |
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Speaking of air races...
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says... On 10/6/2011 8:17 PM, J. Clarke wrote: In , says... --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." |
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Speaking of air races...
On 10/6/2011 9:58 PM, J. Clarke wrote:
In , says... On 10/6/2011 8:17 PM, J. Clarke wrote: In , says... --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." \ I've heard the engines myself. (what I can hear of anything anymore) Yeah, they are a bit loud, but not that much. (sometimes being deaf is a good thing!) I heard the shuttle launch from 75 miles away once. IT wasn't very loud either At 75 miles! |
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Speaking of air races...
The nosiest thing I ever heard wasn't all that "loud".
It was an RC model jet engine. Even with ear plugs (the owner passed them out like candy) and my Micky Mouse ears, at 120,000 rpm, with all the harmonics anyone ever dreamed of, that sucker made your teeth crawl. |
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Speaking of air races...
"Richard" wrote in message m... The nosiest thing I ever heard wasn't all that "loud". It was an RC model jet engine. Even with ear plugs (the owner passed them out like candy) and my Micky Mouse ears, at 120,000 rpm, with all the harmonics anyone ever dreamed of, that sucker made your teeth crawl. One time many many years ago in another universe, I got a call from a German accented person wanting me to do some welding, and in a hurry. He brought a section of what appeared to be an antenna tower to my shop. I welded some simple things that had been damaged in shipping. I asked what it was for. He said it was a launch platform for a copy of a buzz bomb replica that they were flying at Eldorado dry lake, near Boulder City, Nevada at the big RC plane convention. I went. At that time, before bureaucracy, there were huge three and four day events on that dry lake. Lots of RVs, tents, and campers. Lots and lots of all sorts of RC stuff, some of it quite large. This rocket was about ten feet long, and a six to eight foot wingspan. It was an exact smaller replica. There were thousands of other RC planes, some quite large. Some multi engined. A lot of them got "snuffed", and were brought back in pieces by the retrieval crews. The ramp was powered actually, by long bands of surgical tubing. The flat bar rails were greased. Elegantly simple. Now to start the pulse jet. It took them about ten minutes, fiddling with this, then that. It would start, then die. Start then die. Then they got it fired and it stayed lit. They revved it up and held it. An odd sound, not any whine like I expected, or any roar like a jet. Just that putt putt putt pop pop pop........ They pulled the trip, and it went up the ramp and into the sky. It flew way farther around than any radio controlled plane at the meet. They must have had a powerful radio on it, as it went to the edges of out of sight. They buzzed the crowd low and FAST. Back and forth, all around, way up. It was something. Then in for a nice landing. Circus Circus doesn't sponsor those big meets any more because Boulder City annexed the land, and put all kinds of rules on land use on the dry lake. Thank you, bureaucrats. Circus Circus does still have some VERY large warehouses that they house their fleet of various racing machines in. It was sure nice to witness that buzz bomb replica. In flight. Steve |
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Speaking of air races...
On Oct 6, 6:09*pm, "Steve B" wrote:
"Richard" wrote in message m... The nosiest thing I ever heard wasn't all that "loud". It was an RC model jet engine. Even with ear plugs (the owner passed them out like candy) and my Micky Mouse ears, at 120,000 rpm, with all the harmonics anyone ever dreamed of, that sucker made your teeth crawl. One time many many years ago in another universe, I got a call from a German accented person wanting me to do some welding, and in a hurry. *He brought a section of what appeared to be an antenna tower to my shop. *I welded some simple things that had been damaged in shipping. I asked what it was for. *He said it was a launch platform for a copy of a buzz bomb replica that they were flying at Eldorado dry lake, near Boulder City, Nevada at the big RC plane convention. *I went. At that time, before bureaucracy, there were huge three and four day events on that dry lake. *Lots of RVs, tents, and campers. *Lots and lots of all sorts of RC stuff, some of it quite large. *This rocket was about ten feet long, and a six to eight foot wingspan. *It was an exact smaller replica. There were thousands of other RC planes, some quite large. *Some multi engined. *A lot of them got "snuffed", and were brought back in pieces by the retrieval crews. The ramp was powered actually, by long bands of surgical tubing. *The flat bar rails were greased. *Elegantly simple. Now to start the pulse jet. *It took them about ten minutes, fiddling with this, then that. *It would start, then die. *Start then die. *Then they got it fired and it stayed lit. *They revved it up and held it. *An odd sound, not any whine like I expected, or any roar like a jet. *Just that putt putt putt pop pop pop........ *They pulled the trip, and it went up the ramp and into the sky. *It flew way farther around than any radio controlled plane at the meet. They must have had a powerful radio on it, as it went to the edges of out of sight. *They buzzed the crowd low and FAST. *Back and forth, all around, way up. *It was something. *Then in for a nice landing. Circus Circus doesn't sponsor those big meets any more because Boulder City annexed the land, and put all kinds of rules on land use on the dry lake. Thank you, bureaucrats. *Circus Circus does still have some VERY large warehouses that they house their fleet of various racing machines in. It was sure nice to witness that buzz bomb replica. *In flight. Steve That would have been cool. Karl |
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