Does the new turbojet powered packs count? 10 minute endurance, 20x that of
a rocket and only uses kerosene as propellant.
K
On Fri, Feb 12, 2021 at 12:24 AM Michael Kelly <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Yes, I think all “successful “ ones used hydrogen peroxide. The Bell
rocket belt weighed 125 pounds, and carried 5 gallons (57.97 pounds) of 90%
H2O2, enough for almost 30 seconds of flight (depending on the weight of
the pilot). For the 2006 XPRIZE CUP in Las Cruces, NM, we had “The
Rocketman” do a flight with his updated Bell rocket belt derivative. He
had been doing this at sporting events worldwide for some time, where he
did a spectacular flyover of the crowd during the opening ceremonies. Our
FAA inspector would have none of that, none of what he had done lots of
times before. So Rocketman was constrained to doing a yawn-inspiring 30
second hop on the runway, way away from the crowd. I did learn a lot about
the flight characteristics from him. It was a bitch to fly. Today a
digital flight control system from a $25 drone would make it trivial.
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On Feb 11, 2021, at 4:31 AM, Dr Edward Jones <RocketPioneer@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
Referring to personal reaction motor packs, who knows the best
propellant mass fractions attained?
Have all "successful" rocket packs employed H2O2 monopropellant?
Is there any hope of my buying one "as advertised" in the 1950s?
Nostalgic for the future in the Land of Enchantment,
Edward Jones