The Most Unique Rocket Launch You’ll Ever See:

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  1. paddoboy Valued Senior Member

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    The Most Unique Rocket Launch You’ll Ever See
    by NANCY ATKINSON on FEBRUARY 12, 2015

    Have you ever heard of a girandola? I had not until we came across this video — which is pretty incredible! This might be one of the most unique things I’ve ever seen.

    Girandolas are flying horizontal wheels and are a favorite of pyrotechnicians.

    But as rudimentary as the setting looks in the video, girandolas are high precision, finely tuned instruments. According a group of fireworks professionals called the Pennsylvania Organization of Recreational Chaos (PORC), “you must have every driver (rocket motor) fire at the same time and be precisely tuned in order for the girandola to fly. There is very little room for error or it will not fly.”


    http://www.universetoday.com/118941/the-most-unique-rocket-launch-youll-ever-see/#more-118941
     
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  3. paddoboy Valued Senior Member

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    The Most Unique Rocket Launch You’ll Ever See
    by NANCY ATKINSON on FEBRUARY 12, 2015
    There is a 5 minute video at the link.......
    This video is amazing!!!!!

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    My question is WHY?

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    Merry Go Round of Death...

    That was my first though XD
     
  8. cosmictotem Registered Senior Member

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    Everyone was standing pretty close when it ignited.

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