rocket racing

rijruna1 · Post by **rijruna1** » Mon Oct 03, 2005 7:27 pm

I just saw this on a news show. Wonder how much it`d cost to get a team together, any of the mega-rich among u, maybe?
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/9572408/
http://www.luxist.com/entry/1234000683061626/
Yep, i`d like a ride
cheers
rij

Mobius · Post by **Mobius** » Mon Oct 03, 2005 7:41 pm

Think three words: fiery fatal crashes!

It'll be like the old days, when guys drove cars without rollover cages, in leather helmets! Clearly those guys were heroes, or idiots, and possibly both.

will_kill · Post by **will_kill** » Tue Oct 04, 2005 6:11 am

welp..there goes the atmosphere

Iceman · Post by **Iceman** » Tue Oct 04, 2005 8:14 am

Man that looks to be awesome fun.

Wang_Lo · Post by **Wang_Lo** » Tue Oct 04, 2005 8:23 am

wow....just wow. But i dont' see any planes plastered with Viagra commercials and what not though.....

roid · Post by **roid** » Tue Oct 04, 2005 8:34 pm

OH MY ★■◆●ing GOD

welcome to the future folks

rijruna1 · Post by **rijruna1** » Wed Oct 05, 2005 4:34 am

hhhmmmm another thought passed my amused mind.
Wonder if pulsing the `burner will do as in d3?
It did bring to mind OGR for a sec when I first saw it.
heheheh & yay i beat roid to it!!!
cheers
rij

Dedman · Post by **Dedman** » Wed Oct 05, 2005 9:17 am

The first time one of those things "augers in" it will be quite a show.

roid · Post by **roid** » Mon Oct 10, 2005 7:10 am

btw the first race is september 2006.
that's only next year.

Richard Cranium · Post by **Richard Cranium** » Mon Oct 10, 2005 9:26 am

That wing design isn't going to work. At the speed they want to go they won't have enough control surface to keep them under control.

Iceman · Post by **Iceman** » Mon Oct 10, 2005 10:05 am

I believe that you are wrong there RC. Looks to me like a solid design and ... well ... the faster they go the more quickly the lift builds (see bernoulli principle). The wings have a great deal of curvature on the top surface especially at the fuselage junction. Couple that with the awesome control that the forward canards will add and I think they will fly unbelievably ...

Dedman · Post by **Dedman** » Mon Oct 10, 2005 12:16 pm

The designs in the pics look like a stylized version of the Long EZ. I believe that Rutan has tested that design with a rocket in it and it did just fine.

And Iceman, the Bernoulli principal is out dated as a model to explian lift.

Richard Cranium · Post by **Richard Cranium** » Mon Oct 10, 2005 1:12 pm

I thought the faster you go forces the effective control to the rear of the wing. Isn't that why they sweep the wings to the rear and give them larger control surface on super-sonic air crafts? (I know these are only going about 1/2 sonic speeds).

RC