2008-10-05

Rocket Racing League


The Rocket Racing League (RRL) is a futuristic sports league combining the exhilaration of racing with the power of rocket engines

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Rocket Racing League

The Rocket Racing League is a proposed racing league that would use rocket powered aircraft. The formation of the league was announced by Granger Whitelaw two time Indy 500 winning team owner and Peter Diamandis, founder of the Ansari X-Prize, on October 3, 2005, in partnership with the Reno Air Races. According to Diamandis, the purpose of the league is to "inspire people of all ages to once again look up into the sky and find inspiration and excitement."

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Rocket Racing League - Teaser


Rocket engines are provided through multiple engine manufacturers who serve as technology partners to the League, augmenting its own staff in the primary technology areas of airframe, avionics and engine integration. Currently the two engine technology partners are Armadillo Aerospace and XCOR Aerospace.

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Test flight of RRL Rocket Racer with Armadillo Aerospace eng

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XCOR Rocket Racer flight test

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