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lakeroadster
When in doubt... build hell-for-stout!
Last launch we did there my Cygnus Probe Ship Ground hit maybe 30 yards from the pad. We walked over to it, the end of the body tube was on fire, and the Kevlar chord was burning, and there was a small grass fire. I easily stomped out the fire and then dumped a couple gallons of water on the grassy area that
was affected.
The rocket flew on a F42T-4. The chute deployed pretty much a fraction of a second before ground hit.
But if it had landed 60 yards away, and if we had difficulty in finding it.... then?
It's not worth the risk. Discretion is the better part of valor, or something like that.
Well, a fire would have helped you find it.
We all applaud your good judgement, and thank you for flying - or not flying - safely.
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good point, and with a booster and sustainer possibly igniting two separate grass fires, yeah, a bit risky situation. Would need to be a pretty large perimeter.
mostly I was making a joke to paraphrase a scene from Attack of the Clones when General Yoda rescues the surviving Jedi on Geonosis.
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lakeroadster
When in doubt... build hell-for-stout!
I haven't really caught up on all the sequels... it'll happen if they ever make it to Roku / Hulu.
Thanks for the comments, all are welcomed.
I'll say; you appear to be twenty years behind. Of course, there's no rule saying this has to be a priority; to each his own.
lakeroadster
When in doubt... build hell-for-stout!
Well, if we're being timekeepers, technically we are all years behind.. except for Marty, Doc and the fella running the controls in The Time Machine.
Drat! You win this time, oddroc scum, but I'll be back!
Never going to happen unless Disney goes under in a big way.
Also, the only Disney-era Star Wars movie worth watching is Rogue One.
lakeroadster
When in doubt... build hell-for-stout!
And they're on their way....
There's always that discount video box in the middle of the aisle at Walmart...
Buy up all the PHYSICAL CONTENT you can before everything disappears under the IP rights of digital streaming. You will have to pry my original Original Trilogy VHS tapes out of my cold, dead hands. HAN SHOT FIST!
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They were very expensive headphones.
I believe it looks more like a Danish pastry without the icing and jam. The tall hairy guy might Like it.
Will be looking forward to this one flying. I’m building a Titan III E based on a BT 70 and it’s getting a bit heavy. May have to upsize to a 29mm.
lakeroadster
When in doubt... build hell-for-stout!
The Wookies name is Chewie, but his close friends know him as Mikey... he won't eat it, he hates everything...
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