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Rocket Bike Powered by Roofing Tar

By Paul Crowe

Rocket BikeNow that we have guys building rockets like SpaceShipOne, everyone’s getting into the rocket powered game. Tim Pickens happens to be a rocket designer with Orion Propulsion and he got the bug to strap on some thrust but all he had available was a bicycle, so he was off to the garage and wheeled out with this. Actually his first one was a little 35 pound thrust rocket which proved he could do it without getting killed so, like any true garage builder he added power. Next up was a 200 pound thrust rocket which gives 5 second 0-60 times. The rockets use roofing tar for fuel, go figure. Anyway, looking ahead, … a 2000 pound thrust rocket in a pickup truck. Stay tuned.

Source: Popular Science

Posted on January 26, 2006 Filed Under: Alternative thinking, Idle hands, Science frontiers, Workshop & Tools


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