I thought that was an urban legend... http://www.snopes.com/autos/dream/jato.asp
Viggy On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 5:33 PM, [email protected] <[email protected]>wrote: > Back when I was in the Air Force I learned a story about this dude who > bolted two JATO rockets in the trunk of his car. He chose a long, straight > stretch of road and ignited the rockets. > Long story short: the rockets lasted longer than he expected and the > speed attained was greater than he expected. > he ran out of brakes ;he ran out of tire; at some point the car became > airborne because of the incredible speed and still kept going until the > side of that once "distant" mountain stopped the car in an instant. > What they were able to reason of the remains pulled from the mountainside > is that they had some of the steering wheel with some of his teeth in it. > I have seen JATO (incidentally that stands for jet assisted takeoff) > rockets in action on C-130s with a heavy load to be air - dropped at > destination (usually battle front) before landing somewhere close by. > C-130s aren't made to land with such a load,but they can take off, with and > probably only with the assist. > Why am I mentioning this? 'CUse Kurt mentioned the rocket launchers which > reminded me of JATO takeoffs in 'Nam, and the fool who launched his car, > not thinking how much weight those little rockets lift off the ground > attached to the side of a C- 130 that couldn't take off without them, and > would have to jettison the load regardless, if they want to make a safe > landing. > Each of the four turboprop engines,btw, put out 1,500HP. > So 3,000HP isn't enough to get it off the ground... > I wouldn't like to see one break loose,much less be hit by one... > But if you think about it, you'd be dead before you knew it. No pain. > Better'n falling on a grenade. > > > *Sent via DroidX2 on Verizon Wireless™* > > > -----Original message----- > > *From: *paul annen <[email protected]>* > To: *[email protected]* > Sent: *Wed, Mar 28, 2012 17:36:31 GMT+00:00* > Subject: *Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Road Rage in Brazil > > i still think the best thing to carry would be a morning star... but i > also make chainmaile... if this happened to me i would have to be pulled > off the guy in the car by the cops... > > On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 11:12 PM, Kurt Nolte <[email protected]>wrote: > >> "but ultimately a bike just isn't the vehicle for revenge." It is... once >> you've installed the rocket launchers and flamethrower!!! >> >> My kit arrives next week. So excited. >> >> #MadMax #RoadWarrior >> >> Kurt >> Who needs to tweet less. >> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en.
