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Old 10-09-2007, 01:38 PM   #1
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well it trys.
thats some SERIOUS thrust outa those 4 rocket motors, they look HUGE
should have spent allitle more money on glue
http://www.break.com/index/x-wing-mo...nch-fails.html
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Old 10-09-2007, 01:45 PM   #2
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lol
awwwwww shhhhhhhhiii......
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Old 10-09-2007, 02:43 PM   #3
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Looks like someone needs to brush up on their thrust and drag coefficients and structural integrity calculations...
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Old 10-09-2007, 02:50 PM   #4
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At least they were short burning rockets. Think if they would have burned twice as long! There would have been serious danger to it, although that looked quite sketchy as is.
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R2, that thrust vectoring sensor is acting up again, R2?.....
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Old 10-09-2007, 02:56 PM   #6
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it wasnt a thrust vectoring sensor! get it right!
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Old 10-09-2007, 02:58 PM   #7
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it wasnt a thrust vectoring sensor! get it right!

Cut me some slack, 1977 was a looooooooong time ago!:-P
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Old 10-09-2007, 03:11 PM   #8
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at least ya got the year right
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Old 10-09-2007, 03:13 PM   #9
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at least ya got the year right
I remember standing in line for 4 hours to watch it.
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Old 10-12-2007, 02:04 PM   #10
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heres the unedited video of what really happened at the launch
http://www.break.com/index/what-real...ng-launch.html
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Old 10-12-2007, 05:24 PM   #11
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damn those tie fighters!!

didn't they check to see if the skys were clear of emeny fighters first?

Them's some BIG rockets on that thing! I guess that's what happens when you don't build your rig with duct tape! :-P
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