loophole?

[GeoVW72]

i do not know if anyone has thought of this, but the rules state that a car has to be wheel powered. they do not say that it cannot be assisted in any way like with a rocket or jet. just thinking outside the box

[chicagonative17]

I think the rules mean wheel POWERED, so... the power has to go to the wheels. Therefore a rocket assist would not qualify.

Ian
HobbyTownUSA

[PocketAce]

you can make the power go to the wheels via a rocket. See that jet car prototype for the previous competition, for example. All he did was to make the exhaust gases of the turbine spin some kind of wheel/propeller, that transformed that force of the gases into wheel movement. The challenge is in finding a material that can resist to the extreme heat that those rocket engines generate. I tried it myself. It was fun, I found out that pretty much all metals can melt. :)

[NotWalkinBlind]

Here's Eddie Weeks' turbine car... as far as I know, he never took it to a competition...

http://www.corpcomp.com/weeks1/Car/Car.html

[PocketAce]

I wonder what happened with his car. It was a sweet concept.

[NotWalkinBlind]

His email addy is shown at the bottom of that page... why not email him and ask?