A lot better model rocket man than full scale! They don't put me in books for my work on testing the Centaur rocket motor! Just as well they didn't put me in jail. And then there was the incident sliding my Sprite sideways between two Semi's on a rain slicked road.... I was young and really stupid, but then what is new.
Never did figure out just how to fry those 'Gators on the test stand. Thank goodness that PETA didn't catch on to what we did. The 'Gators loved the warm concrete on the blast baffles! OOPS! But nothing left for the BBQ. Fried 'Gator spread over a few acres of swamp is hard to collect.
In those days I drove an Austin Healy Sprite. The 'Gators lolling by the river paralleling the road were half again as long as my car. I was VERY careful to keep it in tune and filled with gas!
It is amazing wht a couple of hurricaines will do to the finish on a car. Ah, the fond ? memories. The white Sprite ended up Mustang Poppy Red at the insurance companie's expense. Cool! until I got that ticket for street racing....
Again, young and stupid.