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Run_em_Hard
11-16-2006, 06:47 PM
Thought that I would share with you all what I just seen. In a nut shell we strap a Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster to the ground and light it off!!!
http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g289/run_em_hard/100_0042.jpg http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g289/run_em_hard/100_0041.jpg http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g289/run_em_hard/100_0040.jpg http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g289/run_em_hard/100_0039.jpg

rrrr
11-16-2006, 06:49 PM
Dayum! You work at Thiokol?

BreastManWins
11-16-2006, 06:53 PM
I've seen brush fires more impressive than that. Now if you got closer... :D

HavasuSelect
11-16-2006, 06:54 PM
Do you think you can schedule another one of those tests in Havasu for the 4th of July? :crossx:
Awesome pics! Must have been a "blast" to watch.

Run_em_Hard
11-16-2006, 07:01 PM
A little bit of cool info...
149 ft long
12 ft Diameter
1,252,000 lbs total
1,107,000 lbs propellant
2,600,000 lbs of thrust
Two of these get the 4.5 million lb space shuttle moving 3,000+ MPH

Run_em_Hard
11-16-2006, 08:06 PM
Here is a couple really good videos
http://www.myfoxutah.com/myfox/pages/Home/Detail?contentId=1511105&version=2&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=VSTY&pageId=1.1.1

Tom Brown
11-16-2006, 09:32 PM
I'd like to mount a couple of those to a 29' DCB.
Cool pics. :)

MudPumper
11-16-2006, 11:46 PM
Wonder what would happen if you put one of those on a treadmill????

73kona455
11-17-2006, 06:00 AM
Wonder what would happen if you put one of those on a treadmill????
it would be Bye Bye treadmill :rollside:

smalls
11-17-2006, 06:39 AM
Environmental Pollution!

Liberator TJ1984
11-17-2006, 07:45 AM
if you just lit the SOB off just to see where it went :skull:
kinda like one of those 4th of July Screamers , they have a slang name for them down here in the South :crossx:

AZKC
11-17-2006, 08:47 AM
Kick the tires and light the fires :220v:
http://www.***boat.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=20011&stc=1

RandyH
11-17-2006, 09:57 AM
Why test it now, after 100 plus missions? Seems like something must have changed? :confused:
RandyH

Kachina26
11-17-2006, 10:10 AM
if you just lit the SOB off just to see where it went :skull:
kinda like one of those 4th of July Screamers , they have a slang name for them down here in the South :crossx:
They called 'em that here in Ca too. Maybe it's cause my grandparents were Oakies.