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Testing the skidmark propellant with a small motor today at NASA Ames. The sparks are molten titanium.

Next weekend, I plan to launch the V2.1 with the largest version of this motor available, the N2801, which is well over 100x this one.

And it’s illegal in California, so off to the Nevada desert we go. It should also be the loudest launch I have heard…. Will try to capture that somehow on video.

3 responses to “Titanium Sponge Bath”

  1. and jumping the moon… Jumping Over the MoonThis little Binder Thug shows a few fiberglass repair patches from a supersonic shred on a green J500, after having survived a J350 in the desert: Kicking Up Dirt…and a ballistic crash back to the NASA tarmac last time, when the on-board computer failed at launch detect.

  2. What a great dof! Magic!

    Great picture. Didn’t read the caption yet, just: GREAT PHOTOGRAPH!!!

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