Nutters build submarine, plan 'V2'-esque rocket next

anyone else thing there's a long slot on top of that sub that can hold this thing lying flat then raise it to fire? :p


Maybe they're planing to invade Sweden :D
 
they are planning to send someone into space, hence building a rocket. Think this is the first of 4 they are building. Depending how testing goes
 
I thought Top Gear's rocket (with the shuttle reliant on it) was the largest amateur rocket?

Certainly looked taller than 9m.
 
Saw a documentary about that sub, guy had spent everything on it and was sleeping inside as he'd sold his house to finance it. It worked, although did leak a bit!
 
paradigm said:
I thought Top Gear's rocket (with the shuttle reliant on it) was the largest amateur rocket?

Certainly looked taller than 9m.
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How about this:



Rocket Record: The Largest, Heaviest Amateur Rocket Ever Launched

Steve Eves broke two world records Saturday, when his 1/10th scale model of the historic rocket—built in his garage near Akron, Ohio—lifted off from a field on Maryland's Eastern Shore. The 36-ft.-tall rocket was the largest amateur rocket ever launched and recovered successfully—and at 1648 pounds, also the heaviest. Eves' single-stage behemoth was powered by nine motors—eight 13,000 Newton-second N-Class motors and a 77,000 Newton-second P-Class motor. (Five Newton-seconds is equivalent to about a pound of thrust.) All told, the array generated enough force to chuck a Volkswagen more than a half-mile—and sent the Saturn V more than 4440 feet straight up. It was arguably the most audacious display of raw power ever generated by an amateur rocket​
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