mayf,
We could outlaw diesel fuel being even close to the propellant ... question
I had was about ignition ... what would a solid impact do to the whole
thing? Hate to have a re-run of the Toyota commercial shoot disaster on the
salt. No tellilng when that hole will heal.
Wes
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> From: "Lawrence E. & Cathy R. Mayfield" <lemay@hiwaay.net>
> To: Wester S Potter <wspotter@jps.net>,land-speed list
<land-speed@autox.team.net>
> Subject: Re: FW: V4GR Roadster Considering V1 Rocket Power ?
> Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 18:27:41
>
>
>Heck, thats easy! Titan uses hypergolic propellants, just shut them off and
>they quit. Now stopping would be really tricky...turn the motor facing
>forward and light it off again until zero velocity is reached. Really
>simple (8^))! Thgis is the way we go to the planets and Beyond (spoken like
>Carl Sagan...). The tank for this wouldn't have to be to big either, but
>those full space suits for fuel transfer would be killers in the heat.
>Also, remember Little Rock....
>
>mayf
>At 12:01 AM 2/24/00 -0700, Wester S Potter wrote:
>>
>>----------
>>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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>>> From: FastmetalBDF@aol.com
>>> To: land-speed@autox.team.net
>>> Subject: Fwd: V4GR Roadster Considering V1 Rocket Power ?
>>> Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 17:32:06 EST
>>>
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>>>From: FastmetalBDF@aol.com
>>>Full-name: FastmetalBDF
>>>Message-ID: <92.1d53d4e.25e5b8dc@aol.com>
>>>Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 17:27:40 EST
>>>Subject: V4GR Roadster Considering V1 Rocket Power ?
>>>To: V4GR@aol.com, saltrat@pro-blend.com, land-speed@autox.com
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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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>
>
>
>L.E. Mayfield
>124 Maximillion Drive
>Madison, Al. 35758-8171
>ph: 1-256-837-1051
>
>http://home.hiwaay.net/~lemayf
>
>lemay@hiwaay.net
>
>Sunbeam Tiger, B9471136
>Sunbeam Alpine Bonneville Land Speed Racer,
>'66 Hydroplane Drag Boat (390 FE)
>
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