KaBoom!

9 responses to “KaBoom!”

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   jurvetson

   Oct 29, 2013 at 2:43 am

   walking to the far away pad, through the lush alfalfa
   

   Our motto: Aim for the sky and try not to miss
   

   The video team, that captured the video
   

   I have to say I understand the agony in the voiceover… It reminds me of the opening video to the Olympics, with the thrill of victory and… dooooooooh…..

   This is pretty cool. You can see individual o-rings (top) and motor grains, and all the elements of careful assembly unraveled (.26 seconds after the main shot above)
   

   Each sparky grain, infused with titanium sponge, continues to burn, but slowly at low pressure
   

   Erik and I were wearing our Nest t-shirts, and thinking this would have been the perfect testing ground for their new smoke detector. Oh boy, would it!

   Scorched insulating liner from the motor
   

   And the remains of my loaner motor case (already replaced – thanks!) and fire extinguisher…
   

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   Erik Charlton

   Oct 29, 2013 at 3:20 am

   Amazing! Great shots Steve…but sad day. The good news is that there is always another day to fly again. I’ve already begun the rebuild =0

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   Dabbler

   Oct 29, 2013 at 5:34 am

   Great documentation of this "Boom goes the dynamite" episode! Sorry for your loss 😉

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   Niall Oswald

   Oct 29, 2013 at 10:36 am

   Well caught!

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   Lawrence Sinclair

   Oct 29, 2013 at 10:46 am

   An awesome #fail!

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   scleroplex

   Oct 29, 2013 at 7:09 pm

   not a good weekend!

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7. 

   mebooyou

   Oct 29, 2013 at 8:13 pm

   wow!!

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   msamaclean ©

   Oct 29, 2013 at 8:50 pm

   Oops! Great capture.

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9. 

   brentdanley

   Nov 29, 2013 at 3:15 pm

   Rud, lol.

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