Ed Hilary on being 1st to top Mt Everest,
(& 1st to do a surface traverse across Antarctica,
in good Kiwi style - riding a Massey Ferguson farm
tractor - with a few extemporised mod's to hack the task).
You asked who was the first not who was the first to race I don't know if he raced then was DSQ'd or just not allowed to race it?! I think the next use was a Chaparral?
#aerogandalf "There is one big friend. It is downforce. And once you have this it’s a big mate and it’s helping a lot." Robert Kubica
You asked who was the first not who was the first to race I don't know if he raced then was DSQ'd or just not allowed to race it?! I think the next use was a Chaparral?
The photo JAW posted was Fritz von Opels rocket car
Took balls back in the day. All experimental...look at the wing shape http://www.stradsplace.com/photos/Fritz ... 20Opel.jpg
JAW didn't the RAK stand for rocket assisted something.
Yeah, it goes back a fair way..
Do check out ol' Adolf's mate - Dr Porsche's T80 Mercedes-Benz LSR winged design from 1940,
built - but not run in a record attempt due to the war, it still exists - in the M-B museum collection.
(@ Strad, rocket in German, is rakette, & Dr von Braun for sure - knew how to make/run one, or two)..
"Well, we knocked the bastard off!"
Ed Hilary on being 1st to top Mt Everest,
(& 1st to do a surface traverse across Antarctica,
in good Kiwi style - riding a Massey Ferguson farm
tractor - with a few extemporised mod's to hack the task).
Yeah, it goes back a fair way..
Do check out ol' Adolf's mate - Dr Porsche's T80 Mercedes-Benz LSR winged design from 1940,
built - but not run in a record attempt due to the war, it still exists - in the M-B museum collection.
(@ Strad, rocket in German, is rakette, & Dr von Braun for sure - knew how to make/run one, or two)..
You should post some pictures, what a story, thank you.
The photo JAW posted was Fritz von Opels rocket car
Took balls back in the day. All experimental...look at the wing shape http://www.stradsplace.com/photos/Fritz ... 20Opel.jpg
JAW didn't the RAK stand for rocket assisted something.
Have a closer look, wing is not "inverted", but AoA is def' - in 'downforce' mode..
"Well, we knocked the bastard off!"
Ed Hilary on being 1st to top Mt Everest,
(& 1st to do a surface traverse across Antarctica,
in good Kiwi style - riding a Massey Ferguson farm
tractor - with a few extemporised mod's to hack the task).