1990-1993
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| AWESOME EXPRESS III |
I spent a couple of years developing a number of solid fuel rocket motors with differing thrust levels & burn times. Following many successful static motor tests, I built a series of 3 radio controlled model cars named "Awesome Express" - each being a little more ambitious than the last. They served as an ongoing test bed for my engine development & helped my ambitions towards land speed records. Testing at air strips & beaches a great deal of knowledge was gained, and by the time I got to the third and last model I had progressed to Liquid Fuel engines.
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| Preparing to fuel it up. | |
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| Oxygen venting off during Lox delivery. | |
At twelve feet in length (3.6 metres) Awesome Express III was powered by my purpose built LOX - Kerosene regeneratively cooled rocket engine, it also had full parachute deployment, steering control etc. On trials it reached a peak speed of approximately 200 mph, possibly a record for a model car.