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Genius Mounts Rocket Launcher To Motorcycle
Hell For Leather ^ | 14 Dec 2009 | Wes Siler

Posted on 12/16/2009 7:50:30 AM PST by AreaMan

Motorcycle rocket launcher: definitely try at home

Motorcycle_Rocket_launcher.jpgStep one: make extra powerful bottle rockets by mounting model rocket engines to skewers. Step two: make custom launch tubes, spray paint, mount to fairing. Step three: mount launch controller within easy reach. Step four: commence mayhem. Congratulations sir, you've just managed to make motorcycling even more dangerous.




TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: idiocy; motorcycles; rockets
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1 posted on 12/16/2009 7:50:32 AM PST by AreaMan
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To: AreaMan

2 posted on 12/16/2009 7:53:25 AM PST by DouglasKC
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You forgot the HE tip on the model-rocket engines... C4 would work nicely.

;)


3 posted on 12/16/2009 7:53:34 AM PST by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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To: AreaMan

Funny thought, could you butch up a Prius by adding a rocket launcher or is a Prius destined to be eternally gay?


4 posted on 12/16/2009 7:55:32 AM PST by equalitybeforethelaw
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ACME brand rockets?


5 posted on 12/16/2009 7:56:07 AM PST by rahbert (If not by the power of persuasion, then by the persuasion of power - Andy Stein)
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To: DouglasKC

Ha!....all he needs is the ACME label.


6 posted on 12/16/2009 7:56:55 AM PST by AreaMan
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LOL wish I had one of these for my scooter. It would make the idiots that cut me off all the time think twice about doing it again.


7 posted on 12/16/2009 7:57:05 AM PST by Nashvegas (What do you get if you offer a liberal a penny for their thoughts? Change)
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To: AreaMan

Tard.


8 posted on 12/16/2009 7:58:16 AM PST by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously... You'll never live through it.)
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Darwin would be proud...

For a second I thought this was going to be one of those urban myths with the guy putting the rocket motor on the back to give them a “little” boost...

You know there is a reason insurance for these rice rocket riders is so high...


9 posted on 12/16/2009 7:58:20 AM PST by stevie_d_64 (I'm jus sayin')
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PING!................


10 posted on 12/16/2009 7:58:26 AM PST by Red Badger (Obama - The first ever elected lame duck..............)
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To: AreaMan

seriously, this can have real military applications, esp urban areas. get in, fire, and get out quickly.


11 posted on 12/16/2009 7:58:52 AM PST by camle (keep an open mind and someone will fill it full of something for you)
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Works better than a horn, I’ll bet. “Outta my way!”


12 posted on 12/16/2009 7:59:52 AM PST by ZX12R
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Here's a quick question for model rocketeers. Most cities, and possibly even states, ban bottle rockets, but allow model/sport rockets. Why the difference? Compare a bottle rocket with a model rocket using a pre-packaged Estes-type motor. Both have a launch phase and both have a small explosive to pop the chute/recovery mechanism (not all model rocket engines have the recovery charge, but most do).

Does this fellow's re-do on the legal model rocket engine turn it into an illegal bottle rocket? I'm guessing the skewer is the launch rail, not attached to the rocket motor itself, but I'm not sure based on the original post.

13 posted on 12/16/2009 8:00:28 AM PST by IYAS9YAS (The townhalls were going great until the oPods showed up.)
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To: equalitybeforethelaw
or is a Prius destined to be eternally gay?

You just might be on to something here.

14 posted on 12/16/2009 8:00:46 AM PST by CholeraJoe (I'll try to be nicer, if you'll try to be smarter.)
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To: DouglasKC

Would be much more interesting with a ..............

15 posted on 12/16/2009 8:01:15 AM PST by Red Badger (Obama - The first ever elected lame duck..............)
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What a market niche. This guy will go far if he survives.


16 posted on 12/16/2009 8:01:53 AM PST by Steamburg ( Your wallet speaks the only language most politicians understand.)
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The guy should maybe pre-record his own obituary, cuz if he shoots one of these at the wrong person, he’s gonna end up dead.


17 posted on 12/16/2009 8:02:00 AM PST by bigbob
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Whoops. This “both have a small explosive to pop the chute/recovery mechanism” should be “both have a small explosive - the bottle rocket for oohs and ahhs - and the model rocket to pop the recovery mechanism.”


18 posted on 12/16/2009 8:02:25 AM PST by IYAS9YAS (The townhalls were going great until the oPods showed up.)
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To: AreaMan
Chuck Norris is way ahead of all of you:



You can't see it in the pic, but this puppy also had a mortar launcher on the back. Uber-awesome.
19 posted on 12/16/2009 8:04:08 AM PST by bamahead (Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master. -- Sallust)
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To: AreaMan

Darwin award candidate.


20 posted on 12/16/2009 8:06:38 AM PST by beethovenfan (If Islam is the solution, the "problem" must be freedom.)
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