Q motor..mymymy...

[Silverleaf]

Hopefully I'm not posting old news that everyone already has seen..but I've found something to equal the awe inspiring sight of Tyra Banks in Lingerie...

https://www.v-serv.com/usr/motors/images.rr152-88000.htm

A Q motor, and the Quicktime movie is LOUD..!

 

[n3tjm]

That is a big motor... but not the biggest. Kosdon East (now AMW) has built an R Motor!!! I have even seen the tubing used for making the case.. huge! (The original motor was lost when the rocket had a supersonic prang.... it barried itself about 30 feet underground...)

 

[nomopbo]

(The original motor was lost when the rocket had a supersonic prang.... it barried itself about 30 feet underground...)

 

[PGerringer]

Holy crikeys. How would you hate to get hit by a rocket that burried itself 30 feet? Could you imagine what a car underneath would have looked like after getting hit? That would have made an ATF agents pants wet wouldn't it?

 

[n3tjm]

Yeah. It made a huge crator. It turned the hard desert earth into mud.... the impact released so much energy that it displaced the moisture from the soil.

 

[Neil]

wooo dawgies! 30 feet... Thats quite a ways! I wouldent want to be underneath THAT thing.... I wonder what would happen if it landed on concrete....

 

[rocwizard]

ahh, yes the R motor, an R17,542 to be exact. It flew to an estimated 90,000 feet, and if i remember correctly they could only recover a few pieces with a backhoe. The rest of it still lies below the surface of Black Rock.

Ky has an S20,000 in his most recent spaceshot vehicle. Built by Rick Loher. THAT is a BEASTY MOTOR folks!

If you haven't seen this already, here is a video of Ky's 2000 spaceshot on an R: https://www.ahpra.org/videos/KySShot.mpg

enjoy!

 

[n3tjm]

At supersonic speeds, anything is as hard as concrete!.... Especially a dry desert floor!

Great video. I did not know the rocket broke up? I thought it just had failure of the recovery system?

 

[rocwizard]

Yeah, the breakup was at about 40,000 feet. One of the WELDED on aluminum fins got ripped off by windshear. The rocket was going nearly Mach 4.5 at the time! :kill:


I have some designs that show potential that i guarentee will take at least Mach 6. I wonder if Ky is in need of anyone else to join his CSXT team!

 

[Neil]

I cant get it to load. What am I doing wrong? I click the link, I get a blank white page.

 

[WiK]

Neil,

Try right clicking on the link and selecting "Save Target As". This will download the movie onto your hard drive.

Phil

 

[Neil]

Thanks! Thats quite a video... Could use some editing, though. "HOLY **** ITS BROKEN UP!!!!!!" How rude!

"rated PG13, for mild language" LOL. Thats what it should say....