OMG ! @11 just wereing disposable plastic gloves to handle the H2O2 !! Those were the days! 😁
@630lsr
8 ай бұрын
Yes, those were the days. You can't even purchase HTP any more.
@malakiblunt
8 ай бұрын
Thanks So much for this Dick - love seeing the beautiful workmanship and hearing about your design process . - Such a shame the gas company never let the car run again - Rocketry seams such a perfect match for Landspeed cars - so much more elgant than Nobels jet jugerenaughts !
@630lsr
8 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed the film. Now read the book SPEEDQUEST available on Amazon Books. Lots of detailed information.
@morris2450
9 ай бұрын
Amazing video...and told from one of the men that made it all happen. Thank you for your story.
@630lsr
9 ай бұрын
Thank you for watching. It is hard to believe we did that more than 50 years ago. It really seems like only yesterday.
@Commander-McBragg
10 ай бұрын
Awesome!
@630lsr
10 ай бұрын
Now you should read the book - SPEEDQUEST
@sandyhanson6082
Жыл бұрын
I'm sure it could have gone faster! Maybe into the 700s?!
@630lsr
Жыл бұрын
We had detuned the rocket from 22,000 pounds thrust because Goodyear, who owned the tires, would not allow us to go over 700mph that first year on the salt. Since the rocket car accelerates the full run, 20 second burn, we achieved a 660mph peak speed in the mile. We actually had planned to run the car again the next day to push the record a little higher, but a snowstorm hit overnight and the Bonneville racing season was over.
@sandyhanson6082
Жыл бұрын
@@630lsr Thanks for the info! True,the Budweiser rocket car didn't have rubber on the wheels.
@charlie-obrien
Жыл бұрын
How cool is that? I had just turned eleven when The Blue Flame broke and set the Land Speed Record at Bonneville. Gary Gabelich became my hero for that year and my friends and I went as far as building our own "Blue Flame" racer and ran on our street, which was on a pretty steep hill. We were never beaten and it ended with a spectacular crash! I'm pretty sure we still hold the Land Speed Record (for modified wagons) in Orchard Park NY 1971. Gary and I shared the same habit of drawing rocket cars and dreaming about the future. Congratulations to him and the entire Blue Flame crew and designers!
@630lsr
Жыл бұрын
Yes, the imagination of youth fuels the world of adults. I raced little balsa wood models using CO2 cartridges for "rocket power" back then. Take a look at my book, SPEEDQUEST, for the whole story and all the participants.
@atomicbonds6790
Жыл бұрын
Wow. As a kid, I would look in the Guinness Book Of World Records and see that grainy black and white picture of the Blue Flame with the speed record printed under it. Blew my mind. Thank you for making and sharing this piece of history. Incredible.
@630lsr
Жыл бұрын
Thank you. For the complete story with all the contributors, check out my book SPEEDQUEST available on Amazon. It was a gas!
@ericv8319
Жыл бұрын
That kinda sounded like natural gas was the first choice fuel.
@630lsr
Жыл бұрын
My job at IGT as a research engineer was natural gas combustion research. That choice to use LNG (liquid natural gas) was obvious. Since the natural gas industry was beginning to promote LNG as a fuel in motor vehicles and aircraft, they agreed to sponsor The Blue Flame.
@ericv8319
Жыл бұрын
@@630lsr Hi Dick, what I meant was it kinda sounded like the motor ran purely on LNG. Anyway, given the energy density of LNG versus propane, would propane have been a viable fuel? Propane would have been easier to keep liquid reducing the storage weight.
@630lsr
Жыл бұрын
@@ericv8319 Since I was doing research with LNG, sponsored by the American Gas Association, the industry sponsorship was the clincher.
@ericv8319
Жыл бұрын
@@630lsr That's what Dad said, Dad was Dix Erickson. What was the actual ratio of thrust obtained from the HTP/LNG combination? That is, how much came from the HTP and how much came from the LNG, Dad said most of the thrust came from the hypergolic reaction but the LNG still added a significant amount.
@630lsr
Жыл бұрын
@@ericv8319 Although The Blue Flame HTP/LNG rocket was designed to produce 22,000 pounds thrust, but because Goodyear was limiting us to a maximum speed of 700mph, we had to reduce thrust to approximately 15,000 pounds. Running on just the HTP, at first, we reached 500mph. Adding a limited ratio of LNG we hit a peak of 660mph in the middle of the mile speed trap. We would have gone faster the following day, but snow closed the course for 1970. Dix was a great help on the project. Later, he helped with our American Honda sponsorship for the Honda Hawk motorcycle LSR streamliner.
@andyb.1026
Жыл бұрын
Great video , as an Aerospace eng I like the Tech info,, looks like the vehicle was well within its design limits. Why didn't they push the record higher ? Regards from Bonny Scotland 😊
@630lsr
Жыл бұрын
The AGA sponsor was happy to get the record, period. They were more concerned about negative publicity if The Blue Flame would crash trying to go faster. Actually, we were prepared to raise the record on the next day, October 24th, but it snowed and the LSR season was over on the salt flats. The Blue Flame went on a national and European tour for a year, then stored away from view. Finally, it became the feature exhibit in the Sinsheim Germany auto and technical museum.
@atomicbonds6790
Жыл бұрын
@@630lsr Those tires must have been pretty special, to handle the centrifugal forces. Especially having the trust in them to operate at higher speeds.
@630lsr
Жыл бұрын
@@atomicbonds6790 Goodyear did a terrific job on the tires. They tested the tires on our wheels at up to 850 mph.
@630lsr
Жыл бұрын
Waiting for Rosco McGlashan to really push the record over 1,000 mph.
@andyb.1026
Жыл бұрын
@630lsr I wish him only well and the best of Scottish luck,, but is it really wise to take such a massive step above the current record ? One small step at a time. Bloodhound will never move again, The Britts are skint & have no Balls, so no threat from them.
@THEWRENCH343
Жыл бұрын
Nice little shot of Doug Rose of Green Mamba fame. Thank you for this terrific video!
@630lsr
Жыл бұрын
Doug Rose was a good friend, and lived in Milwaukee. He was on our list of potential drivers for The Blue Flame, but since both his legs were below-knee amputated following a race accident, the AGA sponsors were concerned of negative publicity should he be injured in our car.
@billenright2788
Жыл бұрын
Man this takes me back. I made a model of this badass thing. Thrust went faster but these guys had a WAAAAAAY higher 'cool factor'.
@630lsr
Жыл бұрын
Check out my book, SPEEDQUEST - Inside The Blue Flame, available on Amazon for the full story. We were going to try to go even faster the next day, but it snowed. 630.388 mph (1,014.656 kph) kilometer record lasted 27 years until Thrust SSC got it.
@hefflewes
Жыл бұрын
Great Dick. Inspiring
@markbartlett6287
2 жыл бұрын
I remember watching this very video as a child. It sparked a life-long fascination with the cars and men who could set new land speed records. It was good to be able to see it again.
@630lsr
2 жыл бұрын
I am glad you enjoyed my film. You will like the book - SPEEDQUEST - Inside The Blue Flame - even more.
@brain8484
2 жыл бұрын
The British returned
@630lsr
2 жыл бұрын
They only went 3 miles per hour faster in 1983 - until 27 years later when the sound barrier was firmly blasted by Andy Green. Good job, that!
@chrisdespain6949
2 жыл бұрын
I was intrigued by this vehicle when i was young in early 70's,made so many drawings of this car also.
@630lsr
2 жыл бұрын
Why don't you look at my book "SPEEDQUEST - Inside The Blue Flame. It is loaded with data and design details.
@geeder9086
2 жыл бұрын
Awesome video... awesome car & crew!
@630lsr
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you. More information on The Blue Flame project in my book - SPEEDQUEST Inside The Blue Flame.
@alainbelanger4547
2 жыл бұрын
Really impressive acheivement Man and speed
@630lsr
2 жыл бұрын
Glad you liked it. Read the book - Speedquest - Inside The Blue Flame - to get the whole story
@alainbelanger4547
2 жыл бұрын
It's was First page picture off Blue Flame in Color memories
@Ruckweiler73
2 жыл бұрын
Fascinating film. Had graduated high school in June and to me as a car guy this was quite an effort and always wondered about the details. Remember seeing pictures of Gary racing in "Hot Rod" magazine with the plume on his helmet when he drove the Beach City Chevrolet Corvette funny car.
@630lsr
2 жыл бұрын
Read the whole story in my book "SPEEDQUEST-Inside The Blue Flame" available on Amazon. It was a blast!
@fabtram
2 жыл бұрын
I'm hoping you can help me out. My father was in news, KSL at this time. We were out there on a very cold windy day and have pictures taken with the Blue Flame. From the video, it didn't look to be a cold windy day. When might this memory of mine have taken place? Did they run the Blue Flame after the day it broke the land speed record?
@630lsr
2 жыл бұрын
All of the film was shot weeks before we set the record. We arrived on the salt flats on September 14, 1970. The AGAs film crew made a number of film shots in the first two weeks and then left. October 23rd was a very cold and windy day. We barely got the 2 runs for the record in the morning before it began a freezing rain. The next morning there was snow in the ground (and the car). That was the end of the Bonneville season and the last time The Blue Flame ran. Check out my other video The Blue Flame - Speedquest.
@imagepictures
2 жыл бұрын
I was just at the 50+1 anniversary celebration on Sunday; we filmed the event. I would love to have this video on our Hometown TV station any chance of getting it on the station? Thanks Pete Malinger
@630lsr
2 жыл бұрын
I can email it to you via wetransfer.com. It allows me to send large MP4 files. You can then download and save on a jump drive. Or, have the TV station email me and I can wetransfer it to them. I hope you had a good time at the party, which I missed.
@imagepictures
2 жыл бұрын
And I did enjoy it thanks
@jonnyjetstreamer997
2 жыл бұрын
I think I remember seeing this car on a display at Brookfield square shopping mall somewhere in early 70’s ?? Can someone verify what year that may have been??
@630lsr
2 жыл бұрын
I believe we displayed The Blue Flame at Brookfield Square in early 1971, shortly after we set the world land speed record. Afterward it was on a national, and then world tour for 2 years.
@jonnyjetstreamer997
2 жыл бұрын
@@630lsr thank you so much for your reply! I can remember seeing that car there as a 10 year old like it was yesterday! So cool to make that connection to the past!!
@630lsr
2 жыл бұрын
@@jonnyjetstreamer997 You can see it again - at the Technik Museum in Sinsheim Germany where it as been prominently displayed for decades. Check out my book - SPEEDQUEST - to get all the details on The Blue Flame.
@carlmalone4011
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for putting this together. Very well done and great film footage.
@630lsr
2 жыл бұрын
check out the book for the complete story with details. Amazon books
@630lsr
2 жыл бұрын
Instead of the moving ground surface, the model was modified and placed in the test chamber mounted above the thickness of the flat plate boundary layer. Dr. John Lee of OSU consulted with Dr. Paul Torda and grad student Tom Morel of IIT on the transonic test procedure. The result? The Blue Flame, running in the transonic speed region (660 mph peak speed) was the most stable 500+ mph land speed record vehicle up to that time (1970). A job well done.
@williamkearns6144
2 жыл бұрын
I was an undergraduate student in Aerospace Engineering at Ohio State with a part-time job (mostly doing drafting work) at the Aero Lab when the wind tunnel tests were being conducted. The original plan was to have a conveyor belt running at 600 mph to simulate the car running on the road, but the belt formed waves at high speed and that plan had to be dropped and a flat plate used. We were all super excited when the Blue Flame broke the record!
@630lsr
Жыл бұрын
I really enjoyed working with the Aerospace Engineering staff at The Ohio State University. We made critical decisions based upon the data derived from the transonic wind tunnel test. The result was the best handling LSR vehicle ever in t he 600 to 700 mph range.
@phil20_20
2 жыл бұрын
This is great stuff! It sure brings back memories. Would love to see all you guys get together and go for another record someday. Maybe pass the tourch! 😆
@tedsmith6137
3 жыл бұрын
I seem to remember years ago seeing footage of the car at a drag strip, doing a demo run. A fixed camera was looking at the car side on, a whoosh and it was gone.
@630lsr
3 жыл бұрын
Several photographers had that experience. We should have had a "countdown" to help them.
@Dg-zj6jo
3 жыл бұрын
x15 program ha wow
@tweakiepop
3 жыл бұрын
One of the best Top Trump cards! Seeing the other vehicles nearby makes you realise just how much this design was before it’s time.
@630lsr
3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, and that was 50 years ago.
@LatifL16
3 жыл бұрын
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@1978garfield
3 жыл бұрын
Any comment on Ray Dausman's daughter's book?
@630lsr
3 жыл бұрын
Read my new book, check out my web page: www.speedquestbook.com for a more complete story on the design, construction, and racing The Blue Flame to the world land speed record. It is called SPEEDQUEST - Inside The Blue Flame on Amazon Books.
@1978garfield
3 жыл бұрын
This is so cool. I saw The Blue Flame at The National Museum of Transportation in St. Louis when I was a kid. I have been fascinated with it ever since. I just discovered Ken Carter and found you in the comments. That is how I found this video. Thanks for sharing!
@ensatina62
3 жыл бұрын
At 8 years old this was my thing the "Blue Flame" when I was 16 driving my moms blue station wagon .... it was the ""Blue Flame" found out at around 87 mph the aerodynamics caused it to start getting squirrely . Now sending this video to my grandson.... good luck world. Thanks.
@630lsr
3 жыл бұрын
Get the book - SPEEDQUEST-Inside The Blue Flame - at my web page: www.speedquestbook.com
@Jmach1P
3 жыл бұрын
Is that Norman Rose as Narrator ? ( Desiderata / Deteriorata )
@630lsr
3 жыл бұрын
I don't know. The film was created in New York City by Film Counselors. Check out my book - SPEEDQUEST-Inside The Blue Flame - on Amazon. My webpage is: www.speedquestbook.com
@pyrusrex2882
4 жыл бұрын
Elon Musk likes this
@630lsr
4 жыл бұрын
SpacEx goes vertical - which we tried (successfully) to avoid.
@630lsr
4 жыл бұрын
As a kid in school I read about John Cobb and the earlier land speed record holders in the pre-World War 2 era in the Encyclopedia Britannica. The drag racing jet cars got my interest in the 1950s and 1960s. Then, they went to Bonneville. Now, I am looking forward to the Aussie Invader rocket car of Rosco McGlashan to take the next big step advancing the supersonic record - hopefully in the next year or so. My team mates and I were disappointed when the weather ended our 1970 runs. There was still a little more speed available. Worse, we were not able to return with the rocket the next year at full thrust. But, we set the first absolute land speed record over 1,000 km/h, and that was GREAT!
@stephenjenkins10
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks Mr Keller for posting the fascinating story of The Blue Flame. When I was a kid at school in Belfast in the 1970’s the story of The Blue Flame setting the Land Speed record was one that really interested me. I was too young to remember the 1960’s and the famous ‘Battle of Bonneville’ when the record was swapped between Art Arfons and Craig Breedlove in ‘Spirt of America.’ To me The Blue Flame was always the.best looking Land Speed record holder, and in many ways marked the end of a golden era of land speed record attempts between 1963 to 1970. Indeed after The Blue Flame took the record in 1970 not much more happened in land speed records until Thrust2 took the record back to the UK in 1983 and even then they were I ‘only’ around 4 mph faster than ‘The Blue Flame.’ It has only been comparatively recently in history when ThrustSSC took the land speed record beyond the sound barrier that things have started to get exciting again. I certainly hope that we do get to see ‘Bloodhound’ get a crack at the record in the not too distant future. Loved the video. You Sir are a true legend.
@paulderyck2573
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for posting this rare footage; a great record of your unique achievement. At the time, i never saw any film footage of the Blue Flame, just a couple color px, but that was enough to sparkle my admiration for the car. I was particularly fond of the color scheme.Could you tell us more about i? I.e. who designed it, who did the paint job?
@630lsr
4 жыл бұрын
The paint scheme was designed to simulate the color of a natural gas flame, such as seen on a kitchen gas range. We had an outstanding master painter in Milwaukee, Emil "Butch" Brinza. His shop for several years was Concours Paint Works. Originally he was contemplating a fish-scale look but finally decided to keep the smooth fade from blue to white in a pearlescent finish. You just have to go to the Technik Museum in Sinsheim, Germany to see the real deal.
@paulderyck2573
4 жыл бұрын
Dick Keller Thanks for the answer! Didn’t know it’s in Germany now(how did it end up there btw? I will definitely go and visit the Technikmuseum.Thanks again for posting this wonderful footage.
@630lsr
4 жыл бұрын
@@paulderyck2573 The (new) owners of The Blue Flame (IGT) didn't want it to run again and sold (gave) it to a Belgian North Sea gas executive for his private collection. Later, he donated it to the Sinsheim museum. We plan to participate in a 50th anniversary celebration there October 23, 2020.
@georgeszaslavsky
4 жыл бұрын
awesome vid thanks for sharing
@630lsr
4 жыл бұрын
50 years ago! Thanks for watching. Go see The Blue Flame at the Sinsheim Museum in Germany.
@groomlake51
4 жыл бұрын
Bring back rocket cars!! I remember as a young child watching these cars
@630lsr
4 жыл бұрын
The X-1 was the first successful rocket dragster which we ran for 2 years until we started working on The Blue Flame. The X-1 rocket was later installed in the first Pollution Packer dragster which unfortunately crashed at the Darlington Speedway track, killing Dave Anderson. Unfortunately, later accidents resulted in a ban on the rocket dragsters.
@groomlake51
4 жыл бұрын
Dick Keller my father Donnie Holm was one of the first guys to make a machined billet cylinder head for fuel and alky cars in 81-82 . Some say Ken Vinny was first some say my dad was. I was way to young so it’s up in the air. I remember watching rocket cars as a young child on the west coast like OCIR and Baylands. I remember a go kart rocket and a rumor about it taking flight. Any truth to that most say it’s a urban legend
@groomlake51
4 жыл бұрын
Dick Keller you videos are so cool I watch them over and over again. Thanks for the great content
@630lsr
4 жыл бұрын
@@groomlake51 There were two or three rocket go-karts back in the 1970s. Turbonique produced a small rocket that was used on at least one go kart. I believe there was at least one other using a bespoke hydrogen peroxide rocket motor. I am not aware of any crashes of these mighty mites.
@630lsr
4 жыл бұрын
@@groomlake51 Also check out Sam Hawley's "Land Speed Legends" KZitem videos. He did The Blue Flame parts 1, 2, and 3 which are excellent.
@groomlake51
4 жыл бұрын
Wow!!! Where has this vid been all my life🦾😎🚀
@630lsr
4 жыл бұрын
This is the story of we 3 guys in Milwaukee and our land speed record project. The news media focused on the driver, naturally, who we hired to drive The Blue Flame, period. The natural gas industry focused on their message - see "Break the Record". When we lost the ownership of The Blue Flame, we lost our moment in LSR history, and the car is in the Sinsheim Museum in Germany where it is honored as the first over 1,000 km/h. 50th anniversary this year! Thank you for your comment.
@Anonymous-ux3tu
4 жыл бұрын
Nitrogen powered rocket?
@630lsr
4 жыл бұрын
The Blue Flame's fuel is LNG - liquefied natural gas - the same fuel (visible blue flames) in your kitchen gas range. We used the cryogenic liquid natural gas because it has higher energy density than compressed natural gas (smaller fuel tank). Hydrogen peroxide, decomposed into oxygen and water, provided the oxygen to burn the natural gas.
@Anonymous-ux3tu
4 жыл бұрын
@@630lsr the narrator clearly said nitrogen.
@630lsr
4 жыл бұрын
@@Anonymous-ux3tu The X-1 prototype rocket dragster was a monopropellant hydrogen peroxide rocket. The word "nitrogen" in the film always referred to the high pressure nitrogen gas used to pressurize the hydrogen peroxide propellant tank. The nitrogen was in the small spheres in the front of the X-1. With The Blue Flame the larger pressure spheres in the nose cone were pressurized with dried air. Again, this was to pressurize the hydrogen peroxide oxidizer tank. The LNG tank, being cryogenic, was pressurized with helium gas.
@rainrainwebdesign
4 жыл бұрын
Great to see this ... have been a fan since I was a child and i saw it in the 1978 guiness book of world records. Always loved the design. Great that you were able to document this and thanks for publishing it.
@630lsr
4 жыл бұрын
Glad that you like the film. This is the 50th anniversary year of our setting the last world land speed record by an American car and driver. Three guys from Milwaukee, in our 20s, got an idea and were thinking outside the box - set the world record on our first try. We will be celebrating this Fall in the Sinsheim Museum where The Blue Flame resides.
@TheDeJureTour
4 жыл бұрын
1970... the last time America broke the record, could put a man on the Moon, heck, could put a man in space! Sad times we live in these days.
@630lsr
4 жыл бұрын
We, the U.S., put a man on the Moon in 1969. Three guys from Milwaukee, Reaction Dynamics, set the absolute world land speed record in 1970. Gary Gabelich bravely drove our creation to set the kilometer record, unbroken for 27 years, at 630.388 mi/h. Now we are going back into space with private industry like Spacex leading the way. Maybe those times are coming back. Check out my Speedquest film for our full story.
@TheDeJureTour
4 жыл бұрын
@@630lsr I envy you guys. I was born in '81, but a lot of times I wish I had been born in '51...
@630lsr
4 жыл бұрын
@@TheDeJureTour We grew up in the '40s and '50s when hot-rodding was just beginning. Also, the space program was "taking off" at the same time. We naturally wanted to be the fastest on the ground. Breedlove and Arfons were our inspiration for the speed record. A really fun time to be young and without limits.
@drayvelharris8348
4 жыл бұрын
i'd like to know the purity of the hydrogen peroxide formula. I believe the space shuttle uses %80 pure mixture
@630lsr
4 жыл бұрын
I am not certain what the HTP concentration is on the space shuttle. Initially, The Blue Flame used 90% concentration HTP as the oxidizer with the LNG fuel. Later, after a change in the catalyst screens from pure silver to silver-plated nickel raised the catalyst melting temperature, we raised the HTP concentration to 98%. This increased the rocket motor specific impulse and thrust, adding about 50 mi/h to the top speed.
@paulygood6665
4 жыл бұрын
At 7:13, I love that Fuel altered in the background
@630lsr
4 жыл бұрын
Good eyes. That beautiful fuel altered was a contemporary of the X-1 - and sort of illustrates the "out of the box" leap we were making with our rocket project. As I have stated elsewhere, several of the LSR racers back then bought military surplus turbojets and tried to see how fast they could go. We decided how fast we wanted to go and built our powerplant (rocket) to go that fast. We did it!
@runhardhooah
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this, sir! Early in the wee hours of this morning I finished the long stretch of I-80 (which I wish had an unlimited speed limit lane on it) while heading west into Nevada, and I stopped into the Bonneville Sinclair right there. I grabbed a Blue Flame post card! Curiosity led me to this video, and it's some really cool history. The post card says 622.407 mph, but the video says 630.88. Any idea why?
@630lsr
4 жыл бұрын
During the course of the land speed record project, which formally began in August 1968, the American Gas Association's public relations writers were always talking up the "magic mile" when referring to the world land speed record. The absolute world land speed record is the fastest world land speed record. The kilometer and mile records are timed simultaneously, the kilometer speed traps are inside the mile. The PR guys were so anxious to get the news out after our record runs, they ignored the kilometer speed whish was faster. Joe Petrali the USAC/FIA chief steward noticed the error in the days following the publicity burst, informing the AGA, but the horse was already out of the barn so to speak. The jet cars always ran faster mile speeds because they were accelerating through the whole mile. The Blue Flame reached its peak speed in the middle of the mile (about 660 mph) and coasted through. Because the kilometer was offset to one end of the mile, it was substantially faster. I have been trying to correct this mistake for the last 50 years.
@runhardhooah
4 жыл бұрын
@@630lsr Well either way, this was an awesome accomplishment. Presumably y'all just had to hope there wouldn't be some strong crosswinds that cropped up out of nowhere? Though I'd imagine the forward momentum of the vehicle would make it hard for a strong wind to have much of an effect.
@630lsr
4 жыл бұрын
@@runhardhooah Actually, the day before we set the record, October 22, all runs were cancelled due to cross winds. We ran on the 23rd, then the morning of the 24th it snowed. Season over.
@runhardhooah
4 жыл бұрын
@@630lsr That's miraculous. But wasn't there still going to be some chance that a crosswind or gust could come out of nowhere on a perfectly calm day?
@630lsr
4 жыл бұрын
@@runhardhooah Actually the weather at the Bonneville Salt Flats is highly predictable, coming from west to east, for the next 12 to 24 hours. We had a few days earlier in our stay on the salt with high wind conditions as well. Also, it is advisable to run at sunrise before the sun heats up the air causing more likelihood of winds.
@robtrobinsonrobinson3383
4 жыл бұрын
I remember Dick Keller working with stuntman Ken Carter in preparation of a Rocket car jump at Westgate speedway in 1983 .. That particular 3500lb motor is still around..
@robtrobinsonrobinson3383
4 жыл бұрын
Very nice
@alexmahaffey7003
4 жыл бұрын
Hats off to Chuck.
@630lsr
4 жыл бұрын
Chuck Suba was a terrific racer. He also was a great engine tuner and chassis builder in his own right. Also, a good friend of Pete and me. While his death was a great loss personally, he went out at the very peak of the drag racing game.
@alexmahaffey7003
4 жыл бұрын
At least he won’t be forgotten. And it seems that the stories and deeds for which he’ll be remembered aren’t the typical run-of-the-mill sort. Not to mention the technical strides he and his experience no doubt helped to usher into the world of unreasonably fast vehicles, and all that entails. Keep the stories going Mr. Keller! My hats also off to you, sir.
@therlinjames6407
4 жыл бұрын
Love this video, as a kid "The Blue Flame "was it for me. I actually made a model of it using a Estes D engine, it went well until the end and it got air borne.
@630lsr
4 жыл бұрын
Glad you liked it. I shot my video on 16mm Kodachrome film - there was no video tape then. I was building balsa wood "rocket" models as a kid, too. We used CO2 cartridges bought at the army surplus store after the War for power. To keep it on the ground we used a fishing line through 2 small eye screws under the car. Worked every time.
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