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Started by maduncle, March 24, 2011, 11:10:56 AM

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Maets

#175
May 18, 2011, 11:53:10 AM

r_is_for_rachel

#176
May 18, 2011, 02:22:44 PM
just so you know, rocket pack number 4 (with it's shiny sticker)was on display at WOTW steampunk festival last weekend as part of the Contraptions Exhibition in the pantry of Chepstow Castle :)

Xenos

#177
May 19, 2011, 04:10:17 AM
Quote from: Maets on May 18, 2011, 11:53:10 AM
This weekend in Somerset, NJ  http://www.oneiroievents.com/thesteampunkworldsfair/

Unfortunat...  There is no WAY I can make that, although I'd LOVE to!  Perhaps next year-assuming we're not all killed by the Zombies first...
Don't let these shakes go on, it's time we had a break from it. Send me to the rear! Where the Tides of Madness swell, and men sliding into Hell...

Oh please don't let these shakes go on...

maduncle

#178
May 19, 2011, 06:20:54 AM
Quote from: r_is_for_rachel on May 18, 2011, 02:22:44 PM
just so you know, rocket pack number 4 (with it's shiny sticker)was on display at WOTW steampunk festival last weekend as part of the Contraptions Exhibition in the pantry of Chepstow Castle :)

Photo please?
"Lockstock stonedead shock of a Dog Fenn frown"

r_is_for_rachel

#179
May 19, 2011, 06:44:53 AM
Quote from: maduncle on May 19, 2011, 06:20:54 AM
Quote from: r_is_for_rachel on May 18, 2011, 02:22:44 PM
just so you know, rocket pack number 4 (with it's shiny sticker)was on display at WOTW steampunk festival last weekend as part of the Contraptions Exhibition in the pantry of Chepstow Castle :)

Photo please?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/31481670@N06/5724742904/#in/pool-1693543@N23

maduncle

#180
May 19, 2011, 11:43:02 AM
Quote from: r_is_for_rachel on May 19, 2011, 06:44:53 AM
Quote from: maduncle on May 19, 2011, 06:20:54 AM
Quote from: r_is_for_rachel on May 18, 2011, 02:22:44 PM
just so you know, rocket pack number 4 (with it's shiny sticker)was on display at WOTW steampunk festival last weekend as part of the Contraptions Exhibition in the pantry of Chepstow Castle :)

Photo please?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/31481670@N06/5724742904/#in/pool-1693543@N23

yay!
"Lockstock stonedead shock of a Dog Fenn frown"

Maets

#181
May 19, 2011, 01:23:46 PM
Quote from: r_is_for_rachel on May 18, 2011, 02:22:44 PM
just so you know, rocket pack number 4 (with it's shiny sticker)was on display at WOTW steampunk festival last weekend as part of the Contraptions Exhibition in the pantry of Chepstow Castle :)
Ahh!  Mighty number 4.  Someday songs will be written and stories told of Mighty Number 4. :)

Great to see you are spreading the word on The Rocket Pack Collective.

helios

#182
May 19, 2011, 03:21:05 PM
Oh man, that is some shiny pictorials.
In smoggiest day, in sooted night
no ignorance shall escape my sight.
Let those who worship ignorance's might,
beware my power... Brass Goggles light!

VampirateMace

#183
May 20, 2011, 04:00:06 AM
Off Topic: How I Xenos and maduncle's posts:
Quote from: Xenos on May 19, 2011, 04:10:17 AM
... Perhaps next year-assuming we're not all killed by the Zombies first...
Quote from: maduncle on May 19, 2011, 06:20:54 AM
Photo please?

On Topic:
I want to build a rocket pack now... just another one of a thousand or so things on my to do list... but I do know where there is a empty canister for some type gaseous substance, now what to do about every other part...

maduncle

#184
May 20, 2011, 12:40:51 PM
Quote from: VampirateMace on May 20, 2011, 04:00:06 AM
Off Topic: How I Xenos and maduncle's posts:
Quote from: Xenos on May 19, 2011, 04:10:17 AM
... Perhaps next year-assuming we're not all killed by the Zombies first...
Quote from: maduncle on May 19, 2011, 06:20:54 AM
Photo please?

On Topic:
I want to build a rocket pack now... just another one of a thousand or so things on my to do list... but I do know where there is a empty canister for some type gaseous substance, now what to do about every other part...

Good start!

Nozzles:
- anything round and flared, funnels, trumpets, drink bottle tops, etc

Frame:
- anything you can comfortably wear, backpack frame, old farm weed sprayer frame, etc

Old hose can be used to connect part A to part B.

Best of all - have fun building it!
"Lockstock stonedead shock of a Dog Fenn frown"

VampirateMace

#185
May 20, 2011, 10:15:46 PM
Quote from: maduncle on May 20, 2011, 12:40:51 PM
Quote from: VampirateMace on May 20, 2011, 04:00:06 AM
Off Topic: How I Xenos and maduncle's posts:
Quote from: Xenos on May 19, 2011, 04:10:17 AM
... Perhaps next year-assuming we're not all killed by the Zombies first...
Quote from: maduncle on May 19, 2011, 06:20:54 AM
Photo please?

On Topic:
I want to build a rocket pack now... just another one of a thousand or so things on my to do list... but I do know where there is a empty canister for some type gaseous substance, now what to do about every other part...

Good start!

Nozzles:
- anything round and flared, funnels, trumpets, drink bottle tops, etc

Frame:
- anything you can comfortably wear, backpack frame, old farm weed sprayer frame, etc

Old hose can be used to connect part A to part B.

Best of all - have fun building it!

Actually on further examination and investigation there are some safety concerns (i.e. the tank may not actually be empty) related to the tank. But I do now have some idea of what I want my jetpack to look like...

Thomas MSwift

#186
May 20, 2011, 11:37:07 PM
  Definitely use caution in verifying that your tank has no volatiles, flammables, cryogenics, or other noxiousities (is that a word?) within before you use it!
  Having more friends is a good thing for me...fragmenting the ones I have does NOT appeal to me as a means!
"The realm between planets is filled with the luminiferous ether."

Dr cornelius quack

#187
May 21, 2011, 11:28:04 AM
Adding a pair of solid fuel boosters to the build.


Sticks to be installed later.

I'm just an old traditionalist when it comes to these things.
Such are the feeble bases on which many a public character rests.

Today, I am two, separate Gorillas.

Herr Döktor

#188
May 21, 2011, 11:51:50 AM
Quote from: Dr cornelius quack on May 21, 2011, 11:28:04 AM
Adding a pair of solid fuel boosters to the build.


Sticks to be installed later.

I'm just an old traditionalist when it comes to these things.


Light blue touchpaper and retire.

To the South Downs, preferably.

(and possibly the North Downs, the South Coast and parts of the Home Counties simultaneously)

;)

Dr cornelius quack

#189
May 21, 2011, 12:10:03 PM
S'pose I need a trad style firing system now?

Hmmmm?
Such are the feeble bases on which many a public character rests.

Today, I am two, separate Gorillas.

Capt. Dirigible

#190
May 21, 2011, 01:55:08 PM
Quote from: Dr cornelius quack on May 21, 2011, 12:10:03 PM
S'pose I need a trad style firing system now?

Hmmmm?

I have the very thing!

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I say, Joe it's jolly frightening out here.
Nonsense dear boy, you should be more like me.
But look at you! You're shaking all over!
Shaking? You silly goose! I'm just doing the Watusi

Herr Döktor

#191
May 21, 2011, 02:09:47 PM
Quote from: Capt. Dirigible on May 21, 2011, 01:55:08 PM
Quote from: Dr cornelius quack on May 21, 2011, 12:10:03 PM
S'pose I need a trad style firing system now?

Hmmmm?

I have the very thing!

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Aye, Robot!

As they say in Yorkshire.

;)

Mr Addams

#192
May 21, 2011, 04:04:44 PM
Quote from: Dr cornelius quack on May 21, 2011, 12:10:03 PM
S'pose I need a trad style firing system now?

Hmmmm?

I was thinking that, if you were taking the low tech traditional approach, in the best tradition of Heath Robinson, the firing system should be a candle, in the obligatory "Willie Winkie" candlestick, attached to a hinged arm, that can be moved under the fuse by pulling a piece of string.

Dr cornelius quack

#193
May 21, 2011, 04:24:15 PM
Robot Impregnated??????? :o

Not sure I like the sound of that.

Still, If you're looking for an automated bang?

Mr. Addams, already got one of them.

Such are the feeble bases on which many a public character rests.

Today, I am two, separate Gorillas.

Mr Addams

#194
May 21, 2011, 09:01:34 PM
Well than Dr Quack,
I really think that you should take your inspiration from Mr Heath Robinson and include as much kitchenware, string, and broken wood (Repaired with string)  as possible.

Personally I would like to see a rocket pack designed in the style of W Heath Robinson.
I Could not find a rocket pack, but here are a couple of pictures for inspiration

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Dr cornelius quack

#195
May 22, 2011, 06:36:11 PM
Something like this, you mean?


First go at a fit up for the bits made so far.

Still much work to do, but I'm pleased with it so far.
Fortunately, there is never any shortage of old bits of string at Quack Towers.
Such are the feeble bases on which many a public character rests.

Today, I am two, separate Gorillas.

Mr Addams

#196
May 22, 2011, 06:51:36 PM Last Edit: May 22, 2011, 10:27:15 PM by Mr Addams
I must confess that I have now been inspired to create a rocket pack in the style of W Heath Robinson myself.

I just have to find A Blowlamp, A pair of wooden Cupboard doors, several yards of rubber hose, part of a bicycle, and an old Tea Kettle.
Oh, and lots of string!

I also forgot, several brass or copper musical instruments.

Dr cornelius quack

#197
May 22, 2011, 07:01:45 PM
Don't get me started on blowlamps.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/25319679@N05/2390142290/#
Such are the feeble bases on which many a public character rests.

Today, I am two, separate Gorillas.

Dr cornelius quack

#198
May 27, 2011, 10:21:57 PM
Looking at Blackreaper's Plague Doctor mask in another thread make me think that something similar with adaptive 'beak' geometry might give a certain 'Anglo-French' look to a Rocketeer's helmet.
Such are the feeble bases on which many a public character rests.

Today, I am two, separate Gorillas.

Dr cornelius quack

#199
May 30, 2011, 06:05:19 PM
Firing system.


Details to add, but the structure is there.

Curly wire? Curly wire? Who's got the curly wire?
Such are the feeble bases on which many a public character rests.

Today, I am two, separate Gorillas.
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