Rocket car is coming along finally..... weighs 27 lbs empty.
Been working on this design for awhile - making sure it's going to do what I expect it to do and going to be safe.
38mm and 54mm motor mounts in the back, thinking I could run it on anything from a G80 with an adapter (sim says 22 mph) up to a J and K motor combined (sim says 250+ mph possible but speed is obviously limited by wheels, and fin less importantly). Will work our way up slowly in power till something tells us - that's it.
I have 1500' of heavy cable to use as a guide . Eventually will run past end of cable at speed so I designed magnetic cable guide attachments that release when the car reaches the end and allow it to carry on. When we get to higher power motors, will need lots of runon space, so planning to run on the ice of Lake St. Clair (miles and miles of empty area) this winter (if the car is still running).
Parachute canister which runs off a 2 second timer attaches next to fin in rear when motors get big enough to need it.
I think it's going to work!
Been working on this design for awhile - making sure it's going to do what I expect it to do and going to be safe.
38mm and 54mm motor mounts in the back, thinking I could run it on anything from a G80 with an adapter (sim says 22 mph) up to a J and K motor combined (sim says 250+ mph possible but speed is obviously limited by wheels, and fin less importantly). Will work our way up slowly in power till something tells us - that's it.
I have 1500' of heavy cable to use as a guide . Eventually will run past end of cable at speed so I designed magnetic cable guide attachments that release when the car reaches the end and allow it to carry on. When we get to higher power motors, will need lots of runon space, so planning to run on the ice of Lake St. Clair (miles and miles of empty area) this winter (if the car is still running).
Parachute canister which runs off a 2 second timer attaches next to fin in rear when motors get big enough to need it.
I think it's going to work!