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If you were going to build rocket boots, how would you do it?
Posted on 3/30/21 at 7:28 pm
Posted on 3/30/21 at 7:28 pm
1) Material for the boots? What lightweight material provides best ability to protect the body from the exhaust?
2) Solid rocket boots or liquid fuel boots? What fuel to use? If liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen, how to keep the fuel supercool with a miniaturized cryogenic storage unit?
3) How much fuel to use? Say, you wanted to achieve an altitude of 10,000 feet with a body weight of 180 pounds?
4) What would you use for directional thrusters?
2) Solid rocket boots or liquid fuel boots? What fuel to use? If liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen, how to keep the fuel supercool with a miniaturized cryogenic storage unit?
3) How much fuel to use? Say, you wanted to achieve an altitude of 10,000 feet with a body weight of 180 pounds?
4) What would you use for directional thrusters?
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Posted on 3/30/21 at 7:34 pm to UndercoverBryologist
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UndercoverBryologist
Hi Elon. Sorry about your rocket this morning.
Posted on 3/30/21 at 7:36 pm to UndercoverBryologist
I’d tie rockets to a pair of boots.
Posted on 3/30/21 at 7:37 pm to tonydtigr
For the initial launch, I was thinking that a larger "stage" boot using solid rocket fuel burning for 50 seconds would provide thrust to get up to 10,000 feet.
Once that stage has burned, you can jettison the spent solid rocket section and with a smaller set of boots use liquid propellant (stored in an external tank attached to the chest).
To cut down on launch weight, you could scrap the thrusters and just use fiberglass wings for directionality.
Once that stage has burned, you can jettison the spent solid rocket section and with a smaller set of boots use liquid propellant (stored in an external tank attached to the chest).
To cut down on launch weight, you could scrap the thrusters and just use fiberglass wings for directionality.
Posted on 3/30/21 at 7:45 pm to UndercoverBryologist
Why stop at the boots? 
Posted on 3/30/21 at 7:46 pm to UndercoverBryologist
Well, you're gonna need rockets and boots.
Posted on 3/30/21 at 7:46 pm to UndercoverBryologist
Posted on 3/30/21 at 7:49 pm to HoboDickCheese
We might get there. First we need to get off the ground.
I want to be able to load 2 AIM-9 sidewinders and 2 AGM Strikes to the fiberglass wings and be able to launch using a HUD-based system. But I suppose that's going to add to the weight of the system.
I want to be able to load 2 AIM-9 sidewinders and 2 AGM Strikes to the fiberglass wings and be able to launch using a HUD-based system. But I suppose that's going to add to the weight of the system.
Posted on 3/30/21 at 7:55 pm to UndercoverBryologist
Fiberglass is so last decade. Go with Vibranium or Adamantium if you can find it. Either is probably equivalent to the price of lumber right about now
Posted on 3/30/21 at 7:57 pm to HoboDickCheese
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Fiberglass is so last decade. Go with Vibranium or Adamantium if you can find it. Either is probably equivalent to the price of lumber right about now
Gonna need some Chemical and Aeronautical Engineers in the thread to tell me what the best propellant to lift these items off the ground would be.
I might settle for an aluminum frame.
This post was edited on 3/30/21 at 7:58 pm
Posted on 3/30/21 at 7:57 pm to UndercoverBryologist
Make sure you've got all your affairs in order is first priority on this adventure.
Posted on 3/30/21 at 7:59 pm to bamabkj
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Make sure you've got all your affairs in order is first priority on this adventure.
Sometimes you got to go balls out in life.
This post was edited on 3/30/21 at 8:00 pm
Posted on 3/30/21 at 8:15 pm to UndercoverBryologist
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best propellant to lift these items off the ground would be.
You’ll need to create a miniature arc reactor. Also you don’t want aluminum wings, any missiles fired will melt said wings I would think. That’s why I recommended the two nonexistent metals, you may want to just keep flying commercial
Posted on 3/30/21 at 8:27 pm to UndercoverBryologist
Mentos & diet coke liquid fueled rocket boots
Posted on 3/30/21 at 8:50 pm to UndercoverBryologist
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2 AIM-9 sidewinders
I machine parts for those. Yes, it will add a lot of weight.
Posted on 3/30/21 at 8:50 pm to UndercoverBryologist
Veeery carefully
Posted on 3/30/21 at 8:57 pm to UndercoverBryologist
This guy needs to be on your design team 
Posted on 3/30/21 at 9:25 pm to UndercoverBryologist
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If you were going to build rocket boots, how would you do it?
i would make sure i had rocket gloves as well, really gonna be tough trying to stick the landing if I accidentally do the splits on the way down
Posted on 3/30/21 at 10:20 pm to UndercoverBryologist
Start with these.
Posted on 3/30/21 at 10:45 pm to UndercoverBryologist
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Gonna need some Chemical and Aeronautical Engineers in the thread to tell me what the best propellant to lift these items off the ground would be.
I have the book of notes from the spacelab program director. If you can replicate the shuttle's weight, I have exact fuel mixtures and pressures for an array of payloads. That guy only had a mechanical and industrial engineering degree though.
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