Yuri didn't use Open Rocket, chaos ensues.....
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Putin would say "We meant to do that".
rfjustin
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In 1986, when I was an intern on the movie "Hairspray," we had a cast and crew Fourth of July party on a pier in Baltimore's harbor. One of the teenaged actors brought some bottle rockets. We shot several of them into the harbor. They would disappear for a second; then you would see a little flash of light deep under the water. Amazing that they kept burning underwater. Those suckers must burn really hot!
dr wogz
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I had a neighbour do this with a fair sized 'fireworks' rocket.. fired in the St. Laurence river with a 'boom & splash about 500' feet ou!!
NateB
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I did the same as a kid growing up and also as a kid grown up.
BP and whistle mixes both create the oxygen they need for combustion. The cardboard tubes are stout enough to contain the pressure of the motor burning (usually) and keep water out long enough for the burn and delay phase. Fun stuff for sure.
MidOH
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How many million dollars did we just watch?
(Use 2018 dollars, not the worthless paper we have now)
(Use 2018 dollars, not the worthless paper we have now)
I loved the smoke bubbles!
heada
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A lot of state DNR enforcement officers take a dim view of that practice. It is illegal in every state I know of and carries heavy fines. Additionally, BATFE views them as "explosive devices" which are not viewed as good things. I'm not saying I didn't do it as a kid but now I'd steer clear of it.
Yeah, I have no desire to run afoul of the authorities, especially with my known involvement in rocketry, which is legal.
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Reminded me of bath night when I was a kid.
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"Dangit Yuri!! I thought you ran this in OR?!?!"
That would be an example of a "missile destroyer".
I learned an interesting fact about this missile. It was named "October," after the month in which Sputnik launched.
There will be a movie coming out about the attempts to recover this missile to see what went wrong. It will be titled, "The Hunt for Wet October."
There will be a movie coming out about the attempts to recover this missile to see what went wrong. It will be titled, "The Hunt for Wet October."
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To me it looks like it starts burning at both ends before it hits the water. Did they forget their forward seal disk?
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I'd guess RSO pushed the big red button, but blowing the forward closure off didn't snuff the motor.
Needs a little nose weight 
Can you imagine what the pucker factor was on that ship when it started cartwheeling. Don't go stable, don't go stable, don't go stable.....
