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Political Cynic |
a 1/10th scale Saturn V making it just over 36' tall http://www.bing.com/videos/sea...&fsscr=0&FORM=VDFSRV [B] Against ALL enemies, foreign and DOMESTIC | ||
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| Prep, Confirm, Roll |
amazing NRA Certified instructor, and Range Safety officer OpSpec Training http://opspectraining.com Grayguns - http://grayguns.com | |||
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| Crusty old curmudgeon  |
1,600 lbs. and 10,000 lbs. of thrust. That is way beyond cool. Jim ________________________ "If you can't be a good example, then you'll have to be a horrible warning" -Catherine Aird | |||
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| Do No Harm, Do Know Harm |
That had to be an expensive 30 seconds. Still cool. Knowing what one is talking about is widely admired but not strictly required here. Although sometimes distracting, there is often a certain entertainment value to this easy standard. -JALLEN "All I need is a WAR ON DRUGS reference and I got myself a police thread BINGO." -jljones | |||
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The Karmanator |
Estes?  | |||
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Not really from Vienna |
Be lucky it didn't come down in that power line visible in the last seconds of the video. | |||
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Coin Sniper |
So we have back yard hobbyists that can out do Kim Jung idiots missile program. Cool... Pronoun: His Royal Highness and benevolent Majesty of all he surveys 343 - Never Forget Its better to be Pavlov's dog than Schrodinger's cat There are three types of mistakes; Those you learn from, those you suffer from, and those you don't survive. | |||
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Ammoholic |
Out does Hezbollah/PLO by far. Jesse Sic Semper Tyrannis | |||
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| Get my pies outta the oven!  |
Wow. That was more like a surface to air MISSILE than a model rocket. Do you think they had to clear this with the FAA beforehand? | |||
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| Never miss an opportunity to be Batman!  |
Damn....North Korea just stole the plans for it.  North Korea has apparently given up on the Top Gear Reliant Robin Rocket design: | |||
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| Political Cynic |
as a modeler myself, we get launch waivers every weekend to 6500 AGL and at Black Rock, NV its unlimited up to and including outer space I have no idea what Steve paid for this, but yeah it was pretty expensive - guessing probably $100k for the whole flight [B] Against ALL enemies, foreign and DOMESTIC | |||
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| Ammoholic |
How much are these then? Jesse Sic Semper Tyrannis | |||
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| Member |
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| Peace through superior firepower  |
Thank goodness the real thing didn't accelerate that quickly. E'rebody'd be kilt! | |||
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| Political Cynic |
if I remember correctly, the one that went to orbit was almost a million dollar shot [B] Against ALL enemies, foreign and DOMESTIC | |||
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| Loves His Wife |
Whoever that guy is that was closest is none to bright. If that thing exploded on take off he'd be a crispy critter. I am not BIPOLAR. I don't even like bears. | |||
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| Peace through superior firepower |
Solid fuel, or liquid? | |||
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| Member |
Solid 320 lbs of solid propellent motors Agree it would leave one with a bit of spine compression if riding along... | |||
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| Peace through superior firepower |
Not so 'splody, then? | |||
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| Member |
..Well as long as theirs no o ring failure...but doubt its as complex as Morton/Thiokolvariety..you could have it burn uneven and blow pressure through unplanned route causing whole thing to rotate tearing itself apart,, | |||
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