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Frankentruck wrote: ↑Tue Aug 29, 2023 3:48 pm What is the smoke puff at the end? Hitting the brakes?
Probably the parachute ejection charge.
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I thought they were using rocket motors without the parachute ejection charge. Just all 'go' power in the motor.
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Frankentruck wrote: ↑Tue Aug 29, 2023 3:48 pm What is the smoke puff at the end? Hitting the brakes?
Its the ejection charge for the parachute
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coxbros1 wrote: ↑Tue Aug 29, 2023 4:34 pm .
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The car went 85mph in 1.7 sec in that video with a small 13lb thrust composite rocket engine....2 days prior I ran a 23lb engine for 1.4 seconds....thing was ballistic but I didn't get a start on my GNSS some didn't get a read....got lots of new engines I will be testing in the near future...stay tuned!
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Building my own engines now...after initial cost for the housing, the reloads are much cheaper...have some runs coming...and several that Thumbs hasn't posted🤷‍♂️...but none with this new engine combo....also, I have yet to wreck the car with the Camaro body or custom Factory Works chassis....dozens of runs so far
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I think you sent me a dupe that I didn't post and that was it. I'll check. This was today.
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Pretty lil run!...that was 19lbs of thrust and 1.7 sec burn...tommorrow morning doing 22lbs with 2.1 secs...car weighs 2.4lbs...want to know why i cant record speed?...got two meters ....Dynamite and SkyRC gnss...they say 14mph
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Dude do they roll over after 100? 114? Just speculating.
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So the end of run tumbling... it's like you need a ramp at the end and some James Bond style deployable wings. Just sayin'.
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coxbros1 wrote: ↑Sun Oct 01, 2023 8:57 pm Pretty lil run!...that was 19lbs of thrust and 1.7 sec burn...tommorrow morning doing 22lbs with 2.1 secs...car weighs 2.4lbs...want to know why i cant record speed?...got two meters ....Dynamite and SkyRC gnss...they say 14mph
I wonder if it's the duty cycle or refresh rate of the testers ? Maybe they just don't test frequently enough for that kind of acceleration?
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The "braking zone" looks pretty brutal. Is the chassis holding up well?
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