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    The Rocket Sled that Made Winter Cry

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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_IsNotLarryGaga GitEmSteveDave_IsNotLarryGaga
    12/26/08

    In reply to The Rocket Sled that Made Winter Cry
    He's also made a rocket powered toilet, and a different kind of sled, which was still rocket powered: [www.the-rocketman.com]



    Video here: [www1.nrk.no]


    Found all of this on his website: [www.the-rocketman.com]

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    Image of ripfire ripfire
    12/26/08

    In reply to The Rocket Sled that Made Winter Cry
    For 2009, I think we should compile "10 Gadgets That Have No Business Using a Rocket Engine"
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    Image of scarbrtj scarbrtj
    12/26/08

    In reply to The Rocket Sled that Made Winter Cry
    Rocketman... amazes me! High-flying bird.


    Whenever you're ready... return to Paradise. (I cry at night.)

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    Image of cso1982 cso1982
    12/26/08

    @scarbrtj: elton fan are we? nicely done though.
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    12/26/08

    @cso1982:
    Big one. Funny you got that. A couple years ago my wife & I were leaving Bluepoint Restaurant in Atlanta late at night. Going up the stairway, some guy had bumped into my left shoulder and was sort of not making the most clear path for me to exit. I turned and immediately knew it was Elton. We exchanged hello's; he was actually very gracious. He humored me for several minutes, even invited me to eat with him!
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    Image of Bos'un's Mate Bos'un's Mate
    12/26/08

    In reply to The Rocket Sled that Made Winter Cry
    Now that's one way to climb back up the effin' hill.
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    Image of NotSoSiniSter NotSoSiniSter
    12/26/08

    In reply to The Rocket Sled that Made Winter Cry
    if your not as ambitious, you can just spray the bottom with no stick cooking spray. :D
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_IsNotLarryGaga GitEmSteveDave_IsNotLarryGaga
    12/26/08

    @NotSoSiniSter: That wasn't no stick cooking spray. It was a non-caloric, silicone based, kitchen lubricant.
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    Image of discounteggroll discounteggroll
    12/26/08

    In reply to The Rocket Sled that Made Winter Cry
    how does one measure speed on a sled? wind resistance? or is it just one of those "fauxdometers" that has a sticker of an odometer slapped on it?
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    12/26/08

    @discounteggroll: I'm guessing the object that appears to be a gauge is either showing burn time for the rocket fuel or how much thrust it's making..
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    Image of ksat ksat
    12/26/08

    Not to be mean or anything, but, I hope this guy died doing this so he can become the next winner of the 2008 Darwin Awards!


    Idiot!

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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    12/26/08

    @ksat: Well it's no Chevy Impala so I'm guessing he's still kicking..
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    Image of Mark Wilson Mark Wilson
    12/26/08

    @discounteggroll: Peemeter.
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    Image of snoop-blog snoop-blog
    12/26/08

    @discounteggroll: there is a mathematical formula to get the speed. It would literally take 5 mins of web search to find it. measure your distance and use a stop watch to time how long it took to go the measured distance. Here is one "rate=distance/time". Or in this case it would be "mph=distance traveled/hours it took to travel it". That would actually be easy to do for someone who could build a rocket sled.


    With that said, it's important to know that not even your car's speedometer is 100% exact. Things like rim/tire size can easily offset the reading slightly. My brother put super swamper tires on his truck and that gave it difference of 2mph. So nothing really noticable.

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    Image of Bos'un's Mate Bos'un's Mate
    12/26/08

    @discounteggroll: Chip log and an hour glass?
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    12/26/08

    In reply to The Rocket Sled that Made Winter Cry
    Man, I've destroyed a few Flexible Flyers in my day, without having any rockets strapped to them.


    Pretty sure I'd have shared the same fate as Sonny Bono if I had one of these as a kid...

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    Image of Dr. H. F. Danger Dr. H. F. Danger
    12/26/08

    In reply to The Rocket Sled that Made Winter Cry
    Rocket man


    burning out his fuse up here...


    alone

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