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92lowrider

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I was recently at Yanks Air Museum in Chino Ca. They had a Rocket engine in there Display case ( I have pictures not able to post)Its a Harley Davidson Rocket engine built for a drone carried by a F4.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AQM-37_Jayhawk

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Is this it?


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The article I read said that the engine was built by Rocketdyne but credited to HD in some cases due to a series of corporate buy outs. I like to stap one to my bike to see how fast it would go.

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Thats the drone, But the engine is about 2 ft long and 6" Dia. I dont know if Yanks air museum has it on its website?

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1Big'n wrote:

The article I read said that the engine was built by Rocketdyne but credited to HD in some cases due to a series of corporate buy outs. I like to stap one to my bike to see how fast it would go.


THAT, my friend, would require a set of stones to be proud of.


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