Thread: JATO Rocket

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Does anyone remember the thread on CHR a few years ago (If I remember right) about the JATO rocket that smashed into the side of a cliff?

Someone on another site dug this up.

http://iowahawk.typepad.com/iowahawk...real_acme.html

Interesting (funny) reading. AAhhhhhhh the good ol' days.

Neat stuff Pro!!! Hey if Evel Keneival believed in him...... (Hmmmm, what would that mean????)

If I remember right it was a Darwin awards winner. The guy attached it to an Impala for a ride into a cliff.

It was debunked as a hoax I now read. here is the Darwin article.


http://www.darwinawards.com/darwin/darwin1995-04.html

I remember these little babies - they were used by the USAF in short runway situations. They're actually rockets (not jets) JATO sounded better that RATO? They were a "one-time-use" and actually kinda dangerous. I never saw one go off prematurely, but heard stories about them shooting down the flight line. I know that expended JATO bottles were lined up outside base ops in Tule (Greenland) and used for ashtrays.

Check out this Mythbusters http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ORXv_1XlDY
for a great video of similar rocket approach to making a car go real fast! the likelihood of anyone really doing this? Well - you be the judge after watching the Mythbusters..

Regards All,
Glenn

I can get a couple of these. GE J79 Turbo Jets with after burners.

Originally Posted by dmw56

I can get a couple of these. GE J79 Turbo Jets with after burners.

If fuel prices were a little better I might be tempted

What's fuel burn on those?
A couple thousand gal/hr full afterburn?

jato>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTf0n...eature=related