Rocket Racers
The Rocket Racing League is utilizing a highly modified Velocity XL FG airframe and an Armadillo Aerospace 2,500 pound thrust liquid oxygen (LOX) and ethanol rocket engine in both its Mark-II X-Racer and Mark-III X-Racer demonstration vehicles. The Mark-II utilizes a standard fixed-gear Velocity XL airframe, modified for the addition of rocket propulsion. The Mark-III airframe was more extensively customized during manufacture explicitly for rocket racer use, with canopy top, center seat and control stick, and other enhancements in addition to the rocket propulsion added to the Mark-II.
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