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How Did Opel Build The World's Very First Rocket Propelled Car

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HISTORY In the 1920s, Opel was designing and building the world’s very first rocket-propelled car it was named the Opel RAK 1. They encountered some issues with the car losing traction and the front lifting off. So to fix this problem the put very large wings on either side of the car this kept the car on the ground as it reached speeds of 45mph. Later version tripled that speed. But unfortunately putting upside-down wings on a car didn’t become popular until the 60s.

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