Now this is a sport I could get behind
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@MattSpeller
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@gjacobse said:
@MattSpeller
Ever launched a D motor out of a 10 foot copper pipe with no nose cone, fins or anything else?giggles
That's a good one
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@gjacobse said:
@MattSpeller
Ever launched a D motor out of a 10 foot copper pipe with no nose cone, fins or anything else?I had a Mosquito. It got launched once, it ended up in the jetstream. Wasn't much more than an empty tube with fins and a nose cone glued on.
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@travisdh1 OMG - the Mosquito...
with a nail-cone
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We had some Estes rockets when I was little. I remember one of ours kept exploding. I did the math and figured out it was the sound barrier where it was blowing up.
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My dad had the best stories ever, though. He used to machine his own rockets and make his own fuel. A lot like in "October Sky." He once set the barn on fire when he was a kid trying to launch a new rocket in a rain storm from inside the barn.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@Nic said:
They do have an alternate sport that is like battlebots where the drones fly in a cage and the last one flying wins. I don't know if they allow projectile weapons though, or just disabling through contact.
Make a faraday cage and deploy a tiny nuclear device to get a huge EM pulse. Instant kill.
You can generate an EMP quite cheaply, without the need for a nuke...
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@scottalanmiller said:
My dad had the best stories ever, though. He used to machine his own rockets and make his own fuel. A lot like in "October Sky." He once set the barn on fire when he was a kid trying to launch a new rocket in a rain storm from inside the barn.
He has told me that story. Hilarious.
