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Re: V4GR Roadster Considering V1 Rocket Power ?

To: Wester S Potter <wspotter@jps.net>, Joe Amo <jkamo@rapidnet.com>
Subject: Re: V4GR Roadster Considering V1 Rocket Power ?
From: Dick J <lsr_man@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2000 09:37:32 -0800 (PST)
Do all of you guys use nitro fuel?  Can't figure
out what other kind of fumes ya'll are inhaling. 
hee hee hee

 
--- Wester S Potter <wspotter@jps.net> wrote:
> Joe, 
> I was skiing at Deer Valley alongside the take
> off ramps for the aerials
> competition.  Gave me an idea ... remember
> those ramps they had for Hot
> Wheels cars to do loops and things?  We could
> get the production people who
> do the Toyota ads to build us a "return"
> structure ... then we could have a
> full course length for stopping.  The G forces 
> could be bad at speed
> though.
> Wes
> ----------
> > From: Joe Amo <jkamo@rapidnet.com> 
> > To: Wester S Potter <wspotter@jps.net> 
> > Subject: Re: FW: V4GR  Roadster  Considering 
> V1  Rocket  Power  ?
> > Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2000 09:47:28 -0700 
> > 
> >Wes, they can figure out how to shut them off
> after 7 miles, ... and it
> will
> >stop..............., but the new rules
> instated to compare apples to
> apples,
> >requires the V1 to be sleeved down or else it
> will be competing against the
> >Thiokol powered beasts, sounds like a little
> fun, but without the challenge
> >pushing this power against mother earth, it
> sounds like you need big
> sponsors, I
> >think I will stick with my rocket powered by
> >aspirations-shoestrings-nickels-sack lunches
> and family support and keep
> trying
> >to get through someones accurately  timed
> clocks as quick as I can
> >Joe :)
> >
> >Wester S Potter wrote:
> >
> >> ----------
> >> From: Wester S Potter <wspotter@jps.net>
> >> To: FastmetalBDF@aol.com
> >> Subject: Re: V4GR  Roadster  Considering  V1
>  Rocket  Power  ?
> >> Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 23:58:52 -0700
> >>
> >> There's an inventory discrepancy on Titan
> Missle motors at Hill AFB
> twenty
> >> five miles from here.  Could be some
> floating around loose that could be
> >> acquired.  Perhaps you could contact Mayf
> and figure out how to shut one
> of
> >> those down after seven miles.........and
> stop.
> >> Wes
> >> ----------
> >> > From: FastmetalBDF@aol.com
> >> > To: land-speed@autox.team.net
> >> > Subject: Fwd: V4GR  Roadster  Considering 
> V1  Rocket  Power  ?
> >> > Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 17:32:06 EST
> >> >
> >> >
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> >> >Return-path: FastmetalBDF@aol.com
> >> >From: FastmetalBDF@aol.com
> >> >Full-name: FastmetalBDF
> >> >Message-ID: <92.1d53d4e.25e5b8dc@aol.com>
> >> >Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 17:27:40 EST
> >> >Subject: V4GR  Roadster  Considering  V1 
> Rocket  Power  ?
> >> >To: V4GR@aol.com, saltrat@pro-blend.com,
> land-speed@autox.com
> >> >MIME-Version: 1.0
> >> >X-Mailer: AOL 4.0 for Windows sub 31
> >> >
> >> >       Hi  Rich,   You could be right ; 
> there might have been reed
> valves
> >> in
> >> >those
> >> >nasty  V1  forerunners to the much larger 
> V2  rockets ,  but  I  recall
> >> >seeing
> >> >cutaway drawings which showed a " door " of
>  vanes ,  looking very much
> >> like
> >> >venetian blinds ,  and opening and closing
> in the same manner ,  mounted
> a
> >> >short
> >> >distance in from the air intake ,  and it
> was stated that their purpose
> was
> >> to
> >> >control the air flow by rapidly fluttering
> open and closed in time with
> the
> >>
> >> >combustion
> >> >sequence  .    Just my take on how the
> incoming air was handled 
> --------
> >> >they
> >> >seemed to make a lot of power with cheap
> fuel and very few parts  !
> >> >      Hope you aren' t considering mounting
> one on your roadster  !   
> It
> >> >looks great
> >> >the way it is  --------- and where do you
> find spare parts for those
> >> >stovepipes  ???
> >> >      Get hot on that  32  plym  motor 
> -----
> >> >Have  fun ,   Bruce  .
> >> >      B T W  ------  I' ll be right across
> the  Bay  from you next month
> ,
> >>
> >> >and will
> >> >probably visit  Al  Leist' s  shop again  (
>  Darrell and were there last
> >> year
> >> > ) .
> >> >
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> >> >
> >
> >
> >
> 
> 
> 
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