Caught up in the let’s - attach - a - skyrocket - to - everything - and - see - what - happens craze in Germany in the later 1920s , one whiz total up with a rocket - propelled motorcycle .
Well , a rocketcycle , to be precise .
Undoubtedly inspired by the popular success ofMax Valier’srocket cars and skyrocket sled , the inventor decide to utilise garden rocket to power the bicycle rather than propel the bicycle directly . In a magazine publisher article entitle “ The Rocket Drive , ” he suggested position eight unanimous - fuel roquette ( to be supplied by Friedrich Wilhelm Sander , the same firework manufacturer that create the rockets used by Valier ) tangentially in the flange of each wheel . The discoverer also thoughtfully provided a provision of substitute rocket as well as rockets for brake ( the “ Brems - Rak . ” in the diagram ) , though how the latter were to have been applied is a little unclear .
https://gizmodo.com/the-first-person-to-sacrifice-his-life-for-the-dream-of-5926220
It was hoped that the thing would attain speeds of up to 500 km / h ( over 300 miles per hour ) , which would surely have been exciting . It ’s potential that the follow instance showing the bike and passenger heading off into distance ( to a crowd of terrorize - looking viewer ) might not have been terribly far off .
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