Rocket Launching Motorcycle

jairust on YouTube shows himself driving around town launching rockets from his motorcycle.

I made rocket pods for the sides of my ’06 CBR that shoot homemade rockets with the push of a button. Some of the rockets in the video did not fly very well but I have got the problem under control so watch for another video!! Pay attention to the last two clips they are special!!!

Some may call him a dumb-ass, I think it is kind of cool but pointless. The rockets appear to be standard model rocket engines that when launched go in any random direction. Probably It’s a bad idea to show yourself on YouTube doing dangerous and illegal activities on public roads.

A rig like this would not be hard to make. When I was a kid, I made missiles out of model rocket engines. My design included fins mounted directly on a rocket engine with a nose cone attached to the top of the engine. The nose cone was filled with gun powde, the nose would explode when the ejection charge went off (it helped to remove the clay from the top of the engine). Production costs were too high for a kid so I only made a few, but they launched horizontally and made spectacular explosions.

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About Greg Smith

When Greg is not writing on his blog Greg In The Desert, he is working at his full time job at Intel Corporation in Rio Rancho, New Mexico. You can find him on the internet at Flickr or Twitter.
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One Response to Rocket Launching Motorcycle

  1. Chris says:

    That is so ridiculous.

    I’m jealous.

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