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To: planekT

Maybe the Dardick will make a comeback. I don't think I have ever seen a "tround".


123 posted on 11/15/2005 8:20:56 PM PST by yarddog
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To: yarddog

When I was a kid I saw a rocket car at the local drag strip. No, not a jet car, (though I've seen those as well) a rocket car. It had three stainless cylinders. One large one, and two smaller ones. They lined it up against a Top fuel car (Funny Car).

The rocket car went by and I said wow, that was quick. I thought the funny car had broke, but when I looked back towards the starting line here it came. That rocket car set new track records for ET and MPH on that pass. I can't recall the figures but it just crazy fast.

A few years later a guy had a smaller version on a motorcycle. I read about it in some magazine. The problem was he couldn't hang onto it. These rocket vehicles seem to be limited by the human factor. I don't think they burn fuel but for about half the track, but it is one heck of a shove!

Whether this sort of thing could be minaturized down to something you could use in a rifle, I don't know. But if it could it would be interesting.


131 posted on 11/16/2005 6:03:14 AM PST by planekT
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