Rocket Rat Rod?

[slacker]

Strap a pulse rocket to almost anything and it'll go faster. I guess an old cruiser is no exception to this rule. I'm sad this isn't a RRB member. Make sure to check out the YouTube video and eBay auction in the article.

I wonder how hard it would be to get a rocket bike through license and emissions?

http://www.bikeradar.com/news/article/v ... bike-16541

 

[Boardtrack fan]

:shock: :shock: :shock:

 

[spinman]

can we use this to get Bin Laden??

 

[sensor]

hmmmmmmmm.....didnt they send those across the channel in ww2?

 

[xddorox]

hmmmmmmmm.....didnt they send those across the channel in ww2?

Yep, same type of engine as the V1. They called them "Buzz bombs" because of the sound made by the engine.

 

[karfer67]

wow i wonder how it would steer with the engine on the side of the bike?

 

[slacker]

My dad actually built a model V1 rocket when I was a kid. He used a bicycle pump and an old Model-T spark coil to fire it up. The noise was terrifying. It would fly short distances as a fixed wing plane (rather dangerous) or longer as a tethered plane.

 

[stephen]

I love stuff like this! I wonder how it's power is started because pulse jets need a certain amount of air pressure going through the air intake to start working.

Another interesting thing would be a bike powered by a motorjet!
(That's a jet where the compressor is powered by a piston engine instead of a turbine)