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FW: V4GR Roadster Considering V1 Rocket Power ?

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Subject: FW: V4GR Roadster Considering V1 Rocket Power ?
From: Wester S Potter <wspotter@jps.net>
Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2000 00:01:04 -0700
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From: Wester S Potter <wspotter@jps.net> 
To: FastmetalBDF@aol.com 
Subject: Re: V4GR  Roadster  Considering  V1  Rocket  Power  ?
Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 23:58:52 -0700 

There's an inventory discrepancy on Titan Missle motors at Hill AFB twenty
five miles from here.  Could be some floating around loose that could be
acquired.  Perhaps you could contact Mayf and figure out how to shut one of
those down after seven miles.........and stop.
Wes
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> Subject: Fwd: V4GR  Roadster  Considering  V1  Rocket  Power  ?
> Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 17:32:06 EST 
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>       Hi  Rich,   You could be right ;  there might have been reed valves
in 
>those
>nasty  V1  forerunners to the much larger  V2  rockets ,  but  I  recall 
>seeing
>cutaway drawings which showed a " door " of  vanes ,  looking very much
like
>venetian blinds ,  and opening and closing in the same manner ,  mounted a 
>short
>distance in from the air intake ,  and it was stated that their purpose was
to
>control the air flow by rapidly fluttering open and closed in time with the

>combustion
>sequence  .    Just my take on how the incoming air was handled  --------  
>they
>seemed to make a lot of power with cheap fuel and very few parts  !
>      Hope you aren' t considering mounting one on your roadster  !    It  
>looks great
>the way it is  --------- and where do you find spare parts for those 
>stovepipes  ???
>      Get hot on that  32  plym  motor  -----
>Have  fun ,   Bruce  .
>      B T W  ------  I' ll be right across the  Bay  from you next month , 

>and will
>probably visit  Al  Leist' s  shop again  (  Darrell and were there last
year 
> ) .
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