The Original Rocket Cars

These are the original rocket powered Match-Box cars. Here are some other instructables like it:
Rocket Cars and Rocket Fun
Kipkay's

Step 1 Get Materials

1 Package Of Mini-Rocket Engines, 7 Dollars (A10-3T OR A10-PT)
1 Roll Of Duck Tape, Free
A Few Matchbox Cars
An Electric Model Rocket Igniter

Comments

[pieman12]

put like 10 mini rockets on...

[hossweightlifter]

i put 3 on and it went in the air.........

[masterchief442]

Where can I get the mini-rocket motors? (like at a hobby shop for example)

[Frindledon3]

Hobby Lobby,Walmart,Micheals,

[roland985]

 More than one car? a race perhaps is in order?

[Colonel88]

Or you can use bottle rockets as well.

[caco caco]

were i can find the mini roket motors??? ( name of the sotore or mall , etc )

[airsofter1]

Wallmart

[tomcat955]

make it so it lites m80 boom by by car

[caco caco]

if i make that one with a car that have more size and more mini rokets

[patapon]

why 7 Dollars?

[Sgt Fenix]

i tried this, but all i had were c6-3's XD

[Paperworker99]

what happens if you add a model rocket engine.

[Hobo I Ar]

'What happens if you add multiple model rocket engines

[Paperworker99]

yes srry

[nkk07]

hmmmmmmm :

[SeMi_AuToMaTic]

kind of like in the kids movie over the hedge.

[computer_guy]

hey, lets try that!!!!! lol jk

[ReCreate]

i haven't hear of that...i think

[zjharva]

yeah!

[zjharva]

that would work or you could tape the small one to the big one in series, the charge that pops the parachute out would ignite the big one.

[Aar000n3y]

...Except not. First, the physics of that would not work as the motor is on top, which would just make the car spin. Second, even if you somehow got it balanced with the motor's placement, the car has no way to keep it self straight, so it would just spin around anyways.

[nkk07]

ur pig wont work because...errr physics?

[Aar000n3y]

Actually those are explosives on the pig, but that still wouldn't work quite as planned in real life either...

[Cartuner55]

HAHA THAT picture is hilarious!!!

[krapkiller2335]

that pic iz soo funny

[nkk07]

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[Aar000n3y]

They are explosives. He wants bacon to fall from the sky, so he attaches explosives. Why would they not be explosives?

[nkk07]

i meant i know there explosives even b4 ur stupid comment i knew it all along.:p

[Aar000n3y]

... Whoops I guess I thought from your comment about physics that you thought they were rockets, and your next comment kind of just went over my head.

[codydean]

not if u drilled a hole in the back of the car with a drill press and put the roket in tha hole

[Aar000n3y]

From my last post: 'Second, even if you somehow got it balanced with the motor's placement, the car has no way to keep it self straight, so it would just spin around anyways.' Real rockets fly straight because they're designed to. They're aerodynamic and they have fins so they can fly straight.

[zjharva]

thats part of the fun of these!

[Aar000n3y]

We're talking about making a rocket car fly up into the air. His idea for doing it wouldn't work, and that's what my post was about. I know rocket cars don't really go straight, but to get air born they would need to go straighter.

[zjharva]

ohhh. yeah this would never fly in the air

[tynow]

wat if you put a small tube on the car and ran a wire through leading to a ramp and when it gets to the ramp there the wire ends and the car slides of the wire and onto the ramp

[DeathByPancakes]

I can just imagine if it did. *Imagining 3 year olds with rocket cars up their noses*

[nkk07]

*imagining you with rocket car up nose*

[nkk07]

what else can i use other than rocket motors? please tell me!:)

[gunny]

Try adding some stabalizing wings to it