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02-11-2010, 08:31 PM
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I dunno if anyone has seen this before, me and my mates were doing an engineering project this last month on Morton Thiokol, the company responsible for making these solid rocket boosters for NASA... i just thought this was EPIC....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNBen...eature=related if you like horsepower, its worth watching. |
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02-11-2010, 08:44 PM
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Cruising...
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You see a rocket booster, I see a land speed record!
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02-11-2010, 08:46 PM
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Racing improves the breed
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Breathtaking stuff
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02-11-2010, 08:49 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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Awesome
I always find the Saturn V engine test impressive too, you have to wonder how they ever kept it fixed to the ground. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3sVuFjJlp4
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02-11-2010, 08:53 PM
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Brendan
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Thrust!
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02-11-2010, 09:28 PM
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71Mach1
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Give him the size 11 frozen chook for doing the best burnout on the night...
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02-11-2010, 09:46 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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And the dimmensions of the rocket booster were determined by the width of two horses backsides.
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02-11-2010, 09:55 PM
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That should get ya down the shops pretty quick.
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02-11-2010, 10:00 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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It would go better with a supercharger....but what type?
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02-11-2010, 10:47 PM
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OCD keeps me busy...
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Ugh, caveman have come a long way.... lol
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02-11-2010, 10:55 PM
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Typical.
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02-11-2010, 10:56 PM
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No wonder my watch is wrong.
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02-11-2010, 11:13 PM
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I'm more impressed they found a dyno that could measure up to 22 million horsepower...
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02-11-2010, 11:14 PM
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Meh, 22 million actual horses pulling something would be equally impressive.
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02-11-2010, 11:26 PM
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earth's either spinning a little quicker or slower ... just depends which way they pointed it.
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02-11-2010, 11:35 PM
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What i dont understand is all these yrs later and development of rockets there still hasent been another person to land on the moon.................
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03-11-2010, 02:31 AM
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let it burn
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03-11-2010, 10:32 AM
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Adapt or perish...
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Don't need any draglines or excavators of you got one of those handy...
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03-11-2010, 11:29 AM
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22 million! The best I have had control of was 6000Kws
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03-11-2010, 11:53 AM
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i got a feeling that, that motor didn't have a cat converter fitted..
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03-11-2010, 01:32 PM
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Is it capable of producing 1.21gigawatts?
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03-11-2010, 02:05 PM
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Still gonna need a flux capacitor!!!
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03-11-2010, 02:11 PM
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Where to next??
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Would have loved to see them leave something big and heavy (bus?) 20 metres behind it and watch it get blown out and over into the next valley.
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03-11-2010, 03:56 PM
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Lucky, lucky bastard!
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I could take it...all that power and it barely moved an inch :P
Quite amazing, would have loved to be there in person to witness the sound and feel the heat!
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03-11-2010, 04:31 PM
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Where do you buy one of them exhaust i want to put one on my falcon.That will make it go.
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03-11-2010, 04:40 PM
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ive seen civics that hit vtec go faster!
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03-11-2010, 05:08 PM
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Afterburner + skids =
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Mars is now NASA's new frontier.
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03-11-2010, 09:07 PM
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let it burn
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03-11-2010, 09:15 PM
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Afterburner + skids =
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Well I reckon it is possible, especially if Buzz Aldrin can get his Mars Cycler idea to come to fruition.
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03-11-2010, 09:26 PM
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i think it comes down to profitability.. who is willing to lay down mega bucks to get us to go to and settle on mars
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22 Million Horsepower
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