Whoops

13 responses to “Whoops”

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   Erik Charlton

   May 18, 2009 at 5:38 am

   Fantastic!

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   mrsoeil

   May 18, 2009 at 8:16 am

   hey half of it is still goin’

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3. 

   Elsie esq.

   May 18, 2009 at 8:20 am

   Incredible. The lower stage having done its job is destroyed. A real expendible launch vehicle.

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4. 

   Steffe

   May 18, 2009 at 9:35 am

   Bummer. But not a bad shot of the exploding rocket.

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5. 

   Deadhead Daisy

   May 18, 2009 at 12:15 pm

   Houston we have a problem…great capture!

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6. 

   Todd Huffman

   May 18, 2009 at 3:55 pm

   I told you, don’t pull his finger.

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7. 

   ChrisRudge

   May 18, 2009 at 9:27 pm

   Kapow!
   Cool sharp image..

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8. 

   rwoodworkr

   May 18, 2009 at 11:07 pm

   J.B. Weld probably won’t suffice for this fix.

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9. 

   jurvetson

   May 19, 2009 at 1:16 am

   heh… merely a flesh wound….

   thanks y’all. One in a thousand shot… maybe two… based on how many I have deleted recently… =)

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    itchy day

    May 19, 2009 at 8:49 am

    Shame about the rocket, congrats on the shot though.

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11. 

    Niall Oswald

    May 19, 2009 at 11:58 pm

    Reminds me of this:
    

    One of the first rocketry shots I took with my digital SLR 🙂 . It would be interesting to quantify the energy released in a hybrid CATO compared to a solid. The burn rate/pressure characteristics of APCP, tendency to extinguish on depressurisation and casing design probably have a role to play. With an N2O hybrid the possibility of rapid decomposition exists, whilst an APCP motor is very unlikely to release a large amount of it’s total energy rapidly.

    I’m sure you’ve seen similar – I’ve seen APCP motors which have gone ‘bang’ at ignition without consuming noticeable quantities of propellant.

    This:
    

    Was also a rather spectacular HyperTek M failure – not explosive, a slow burn-through.

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12. 

    TomiTapio

    May 23, 2009 at 10:27 am

    Made for a cool shot, though.

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13. 

    OscarFalcon

    May 29, 2009 at 7:35 pm

    That is such an incredible capture.

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