Rocket City Rednecks: Episode Guide
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Bomb-Proof My Pick-Up
Travis has an innovative idea to make Humvees more resistant to roadside bombs, and it involves beer cans... lots and lots of them.
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Moonshine Rocket Fuel
If you thought it was expensive to fill your car's gas tank, imagine what it takes NASA to fuel a rocket. That's why the Rednecks want to find an alternative energy resource to power a rocket...moonshine!
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Junkyard Iron Man
The Rednecks want to build a lightweight, bullet-proof exoskeleton suit that can augment human strength and fire weapons. But can they do it?
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20,000 Kegs Under the Sea
It's their riskiest project yet and it almost ends tragically. The guys turn their sights to underwater exploration -- building a homemade submarine out of a 4 x 4 plastic container farmers use to store fertilizer... and beer kegs, of course.
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Hillbilly Armageddon
The Rednecks figure out how to defend the planet from an incoming asteroid, using a trebuchet, a frozen watermelon, and a rifle-wielding robot.
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Rednecks on the Red Planet
The Rednecks convert a beat-up old RV into a simulated interplanetary spaceship outfitted with a satellite control station, basic supplies and a "pee reactor" that converts urine into drinking water.
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Close Encounters of the Redneck Kind
The Rednecks build a massive radio telescope out of junkyard parts, in an attempt to pick up signals from distant galaxies.
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Backwoods Spy Satellite
The guys borrow a high-altitude weather balloon from a nearby university, and "MacGyver" together the spy aircraft using a fishing bucket, Michael's iPhone and a remote-controlled helicopter.
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Rocket-Powered Bass Boat
One of Travis's projects as a space industry engineer is to create a cheap source of energy for interplanetary exploration. The guys think they've got a simple solution - a solar-powered rocket engine.
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Hillbilly Moon Buggy
Travis and the guys compete in NASA's Great Moonbuggy Race — an international competition to create a human-powered lunar vehicle designed to fit aboard a space capsule.
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Double-Barreled Rocket
With the Space Shuttle program ended forever, the Rednecks realize that Space Exploration is now the domain of private enterprise. So they decide to build a man-capable model rocket . Can the boys - using redneck thinking - actually launch their 700-pound "Big Ass Rocket" and its crash test dummy... without a massive explosion?
Tornado-Proof Outhouse
After 170 killer tornados tear through the South in just two days, the Rocket City Rednecks build a "tornado-proof outhouse" that can withstand F5 winds.
Hillbilly Fireworks
The Rednecks design the ultimate Fourth of July extravaganza - shooting off fireworks as well as other rocket-propelled patriotic displays. Using videogame consoles, Xmas light controllers, and homemade rockets, the boys launch kitchen devices, reclining chairs and even a toilet seat rocket at a party that combines beer, patriotism and high explosives.
The War Wagon
Using Pete and Travis's experience in military armor they create a fully-armored war-wagon mounted with a flame thrower and a giant cannon, suitable for hunting deer or chasing off invaders.
Trailer Power
Energy prices are so high that the Boys want to find a way to create a home that's totally off-the-grid. It takes redneck ingenuity to create an entire power system that combines solar, water, and human power... and make a Redneck Trailer become the house of the future.
Slingshot Into Orbit
Some people think that slingshots could be used to launch things into space. The Rednecks experiment with the physics of slingshots and trebuchets, then rig a "Super-treb" with a pulley system and weather balloons... It looks more like a massive slingshot than a launch vehicle. Will it have enough force to fire a missile?
Hillbilly Hovercraft
Old sci-fi magazines once promised a Jetsons-style Hovercraft for everyone - but a redneck would prefer a "loungechair hovercraft." The boys test out designs for a hovercraft. They settle on a design that hovers with a lawn-mower engine - and a rocket attached to the back. They strap Travis into their homemade design... and fire him off.
Radar-Proof Pickup
The military's use of stealth aircraft gets Michael thinking - can he avoid another speeding ticket with a "stealth vehicle" that should be invisible to radar? The Boys test their concepts out on a motorized shopping cart, and then they outfit an old truck with their newly-devised "invisibility panels" - challenging the local Sheriff to catch them speeding with his radar gun.
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