The Rocket Racing League-----too cool

Chuck

Looks like a rocket powered Rutan homebuilt aircraft. Faster than NASCAR. Faster than IRL/CART. Faster than F1.

Not faster than a speeding bullet!

It's looking like in the future when they get to their Tier 3 racing.

For Tier one closed courses they are talking 320 mph. It appears the rockets will coast and relight several times during a race.....just a guess but they are gonna light in the straights and coast in the turns and relight on the exit. This could be some amazing events if all goes well. I wonder what the annual budget will be for the 8 race season of a few years from now.

Chuck

Looks like reno racing with rockets in the 21st century !

humm, now to get some AMA sanctioned events at about 30 off the ground and pylons ;-)

Looking here:

Chuck

I'm not a nascar fan as I don't understand watching cars going around in circles for hours on end; I guess people will watch rocket plane racing for the crashes into the specytators huh?

wonder where the estes or quest X-racers are at?

shockie B)

Think Reno Air races, not NASCAR.

Ted Novak TRA#5512 IEAS#75

shockwaveriderz wrote:

"I guess people will watch rocket plane racing > for the crashes into the specytators huh?"

You serious? If the planes fly into the spectators, who's gonna be watching? Who's gonna be competing? Not a very good business model.

Only the cigarette companies kill their customers, I can think of no other.

Maybe they will use 'certified' motors, and we'll all be safe. ;-) It's interesting to read how the FAA has been brought in early to get things right from the beginning.

Chuck

PS that ending sentances with prepositions has to stop. :-)

.....and how many spectators have the competitors taken out at Reno? I'm guessing none. The doom and gloomers sure do show up early. NASCAR sux, but it's not cars going around in a circle, it's team competition, both physical and reactive, and a technological competition. Who knows what will arise from low atmosphere rocket development.....maybe a cool new motor for the little people. Or some cool new ideas in small airplane survivability. Without people going to the extremes in anything, us conservative little people don't benefit cuz the envelope is never stretched.

Chuck

Go ahead and say it Shockie = Weenie