After reaching a speed of 114 miles an hour with an RC plane, he wanted to go further and break that record. To do so, he looked towards rocket power, and started a new build.

There is a mantra, spoken all day around the little, hot-and-cold rocket plane: “Build a little, test a lot, get more funding.” This is what DeLong tells me.

Rocket Plane Build Aims For High Speed Flight. ... The thrust line was a little low, however, and a major pitch-up just after launch meant the plane only reached around 62 miles an hour.

Little is known about the vehicle, including what kind of motor is being used. A picture from Lockheed Martin (above) shows a canard configuration rocket plane ascending a launch rail from a 2008 ...

Everyone knows that a kid’s favorite toy is a big, cardboard box. Our trip to Toy Fair showed that several companies are taking the concept farther and designing elaborate, chic and cool ...

This Rocket-powered Plane Could Fly From New York to Sydney in Less Than 90 Minutes. Stefanie Waldek. Fri, ... So it comes as little surprise that Stargazer will be a rocket-powered aircraft.

It wasn't an elegant-looking aircraft, with short stubby wings, a little bump of a one-man cockpit and a 50-foot fuselage that barely expanded upon the tube that held its rocket engine. It was ...

Radian’s solution is a rocket-powered sled that runs along a two-mile rail and accelerates up to Mach 0.7 — 537 mph (864 kilometers per hour) — before releasing the space plane, which then ...

Radian’s solution is a rocket-powered sled that runs along a two-mile rail and accelerates up to Mach 0.7 — 537 mph (864 kilometers per hour) — before releasing the space plane, which then ...

Stratolaunch's Talon-A is a little smaller than a school bus, ... The company is building a second rocket plane, Talon-A3, scheduled to enter service in the fourth quarter of this year.

Radian’s solution is a rocket-powered sled that runs along a two-mile rail and accelerates up to Mach 0.7 — 537 mph (864 kilometers per hour) — before releasing the space plane, which then ...