[RocketsNW] Man hospitalized after homemade rocket explodes

[Dave Randall]

Not sure I would have ever considered that contraption a rocket...

On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 6:21 PM, Robert Krausert
<lawndart.robert at gmail.com> wrote:
> Lucky? I think he's now marked. If ever decides to get into rocketry, that
> could be interesting. Especially if he got into TRA research.
>
> Mr. LCO, wht is the required minimum distance to launch my J?
>
> LCO; Oh just three hundre... Wait. Aren't you the muffler rocket guy?
>
> Guy; Yes. Yes I am
>
> LCI; In that case 6000 feet out.
>
> Cheers,
> Robert
> ----- Original Message ----- From: <kmcgoffin at worldaccessnet.com>
> To: "Robert Nech" <rnech at yahoo.com>
> Cc: "NW Rocketry" <rockets at rocketsnw.com>
> Sent: Monday, February 01, 2010 5:27 PM
> Subject: Re: [RocketsNW] Man hospitalized after homemade rocket explodes
>
>
> Gunpowder, match heads, and gasoline in an old muffler pipe.  Wow!  Now
> why didn't I think of that sooner?  It's just so...brilliant!  Oh wait, I
> just drank a half-case of beer.  Maybe I should drop it for now and see
> how good an idea it is after I sober up tomorrow.  ;-)
>
> One lucky idiot.
> +McG+
>
>
>>
>> http://www.mlive.com/news/detroit/index.ssf/2010/02/sledding_fail_clarkston_man_ho.html
>>
>>
>> Sledding fail: Independence Township man hospitalized after homemade
>> rocket explodes
>>
>>
>> By Jonathan Oosting | MLive.com
>> February 01, 2010, 1:40PM
>>
>>
>>
>> Calling to mind any number of Home Improvement episodes, police say a
>> 62-year-old Independence Township man was hospitalized Sunday after
>> strapping a homemade rocket to his back while sledding.
>>
>> Fox 2 reports the rocket -- a combination of gunpowder, match heads and
>> gasoline stuffed in a motorcycle muffler -- exploded during a downhill
>> ride at a party he hosted.
>>
>> â?oApparently, he has this sledding party every year, and he always does
>> outrageous things at it, but heâ?Ts never blown himself up before,â?
>> Oakland County Undersheriff Mike McCabe told the Detroit Free Press.
>>
>> As you might imagine, authorities believe alcohol played a role, but no
>> charges have been filed as the investigation continues.
>>
>> The Oakland Press reports the man suffered second-degree burns on 18
>> percent of his body and is in stable condition at POH Regional Medical
>> Center.
>>
>> Fox 2 has a photo gallery of the accident remnants, but unfortunately no
>> known video exists. If it did, we imagine it would look something like
>> this:
>>
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