Super Sled Ride

The Rocketman

Make Magazine recently featured inveterate "Rocketman" Ky Michaelson and his rocket powered super sled he scaled up from a miniature "radio flyer" (sic) sled model. The Rocketman and Make Magazine have the photos and details of his test run on the sidewalks of his Bloomington, Minnesota neighborhood. The Rocketman is better known for his record breaking rocket powered cars, hot rods, dragsters, trucks, motorcycles, snowmobiles, go-karts, skateboards, hang gliders, boats, outboard motors, and wheelchairs. The 250 lb. thrust sled was built in 2001 along with a 750 lb. thrust luge. Three years ago he also built and launched the first amateur rocket to space. His website has all the photos and details of his rocket powered exploits. He also hosts the "Most Comprehensive Website on Rocket and Jet Belts". Now the "Radio Flyer" company did manufacture a ski sled in the 1970s, but the iconic American downhill sled was the "Flexible Flyer Sled". Unfortunately Flexible Flyer sleds no more but has relegated itself to "the largest American manufacturer of consumer swing sets and hobby horses". Radio Flyer does still manufacture their signature coaster wagons; and me, that's what I'd like to see The Rocketman rocketize next.

Super Sled Ride

MAKE: Blog: Rocket powered sled

The Rocketman

Most Comprehensive Website on Rocket and Jet Belts