Disco Inferno

7 responses to “Disco Inferno”

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   jurvetson

   Nov 21, 2010 at 3:56 am

   mixing propellant…. and the brass powder motor mix (the blue burst at the video start):

   

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   Black&Color

   Nov 21, 2010 at 4:23 am

   Playing with fire…

   Nice photo!

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   solerena

   Nov 21, 2010 at 4:31 am

   great show: the multicolored lights-fireworks and music… and very hot temperatures…

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   jurvetson

   Nov 21, 2010 at 4:31 am

   thanks… the Smores were yummy too.

   In the video, you see 6 grains of a P motor burned in two batches (they were flight rejects because of embedded air bubbles). Over the summer, RocketMavericks launched four of those P motors clustered together…. twice…

   

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   solerena

   Nov 21, 2010 at 6:38 am

   and some resemblance with PhotonQ’s picture below…@photonquantique

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   JadedJulia

   Nov 21, 2010 at 8:56 am

   YAY!!!

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   jurvetson

   Nov 21, 2010 at 10:49 pm

   yeah, the hyrdrochloric acid micro-droplets in the exhaust can be a bit brisk if inhaled. Best not to breathe anything you can smell. I wrote a little propellant primer here.

   Benign pyromania? When WIRED wrote about us, they titled it "Pyro Geek Hobbyists Experiment With Homebrew Rockets"

   sol – great visual pairing!

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