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Good day, folks...another question to pose, where I couldn't find an answer previously posted. I'm (mostly) rebuilding my A-stamp, with the early gold shocks...the era when they only had a hard nylon washer to "seal" the caps to the bodies. I've got 2 of 4 shocks that are (still) leaking, ...

Nailed it!..that wasnt one run...we made three runs all exactly the same,...speed only varied 3mph between all three runs...car performed flawlessly, ask Thumbs!

Here it is at "The Max Q"

About a week left. Get your vote in!

Straight as an arrow 8) Almost boring it is so well behaved :lol: Excellent work getting it dialed in so well! Lol, yup...the Diamond 💎 One drove it for that run and another run...2 out of 3 on Saturday...says he never had to turn the wheel....A new engine is coming in today...a composite solid roc...

Frankentruck wrote: ↑Mon May 22, 2023 4:47 pm What was the speed in these last runs?

64mph in 3.5 sec

Here it is...BIG POWER!...I have to convert car to 12v to fire it...didn't come with igniter so another delay...hopefully this weekend I can set that place on its ass

It has been a while since I flew high powered composite rockets. Are Aerotech motors still available? I used to love the "feel" of a G motor launching. Composites have a visceral power compared to powder. Yup, Aerotech still available too...I will be scoring some soon when I figure out wh...

1911Colt wrote: ↑Tue May 23, 2023 7:42 am Coincidentally, this was on TV this past weekend:

I'm about 10 minutes from the old jump site. I have considered seeing if I could launch a Bandit into the canyon

Gotta love technology.....

The sixteen cars I went with in Montluçonnaise 2023 all made at least a few laps of run during the event... https://i.imgur.com/bN5DWwO.jpg https://i.imgur.com/f7ODn3l.jpg And this included the Big Bear, the Super Wheelie and the Hunter (I still need to mount a video of the runs :-) )... The Big Bea...

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All wired for 12volts, F26 Composite engine installed
Houston....we a have a go for main launch

Did i mention the Bronco has a 9 inch wheel base?

...time for 2 motors!