Video Powerboat – Fort George Canyon/Fraser River Jetboating mishap – Playing on the Fraser River Father’s Day ’09. Merrily bouncing upstream for about the 3rd time…this time, however, the wave built under the boat just as a the trough dropped out. The driver did…
Ryan Bavetta’s Rocket Board doesn’t actually use a rocket, but it does look like one. The home-brew prop-powered skateboard carries a 3.7 HP model airplane engine which powers a propellor in a standard house-fan cage. It doesn’t use gasoline or kerosene but proprietary Glow Fuel, a dangerous sounding mix of methanol, nitromethane and oil. The setup is enough to spin the prop at up to 10,000 RPM which, as you can see, can easily shift a person.
What we love best about this video (apart from its entertaining professionalism and the freakin’ rocket board) is that it shows … Details