LandShark

They call them land sharks. And they keep you alert all weekend.

Here's a P motor CATO from earlier. They are also affectionately called an Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly.

(photo by Ian Kluft)

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Peter Kaminski says:

Yikes!
Posted 46 months ago. ( permalink )

Paul Watson says:

Took me awhile to figure out what the heck it was. It does make a pretty spiral though.
Posted 46 months ago. ( permalink )

Telstar Logistics says:

Nice euphemism. Kind of like "Controlled flight into terrain" -- FAA-speak for slamming into a mountain.
Posted 46 months ago. ( permalink )

"Unscheduled Rapid Disassembly" - ha ha :) a bit like Pan Am's classic "negative profit" expression!

i love politely optimistic circumlocutory acronyms like this... most policemen / women in the UK speak like this at all times ;)

now is the time i quit moaning about when the catherine wheel fell of the clothes pole in the garden...
Posted 46 months ago. ( permalink )

zenera says:

Extraordinary moment!

I flickrzenned this as one of the greats of Flickr!

Do post it to the Flickrzen Group pool, Tag it: flickrzen and tell it's story, thank you!
Posted 46 months ago. ( permalink )

john curley says:

really amazing!
Posted 46 months ago. ( permalink )

nep says:

Great series of shots.
Posted 46 months ago. ( permalink )

thepretenda says:

wow!!!
Posted 46 months ago. ( permalink )

Jef Poskanzer says:

Negative structural coherency.
Posted 46 months ago. ( permalink )

allanimal says:

Cool. Looks like Physics to me!
Posted 46 months ago. ( permalink )

jurvetson says:

I just posted a video of a supersonic shred on Revver. The rocket screamed to Mach 2 on a L-size motor, and the pressure wave ripped the fins off making it temporarily unstable (corkscrew). You can hear the warning siren (something I was used to hearing by that point… =) and the chatter of people spotting the fins and other chunks as they rained down around us. A classic Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly.

Other videos:
• Russian Roar ending with “Remember, mortgage before motors.”
• Big Rocket with N2000 motor
• Videocam on Rocket launched near Stanford
• My first launch… with Baking Soda & Vinegar
=)
Posted 44 months ago. ( permalink )

jybikerboy says:

Sweet shot. Love that trail. I can almost smell the smoke.
Posted 25 months ago. ( permalink )

ann.inspain says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Champagne Moments, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.

This is just an amazing shot
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

Manon van der Lit says:

Nice phenomenon...never seen something like that.

--
Seen in Champagne Moments (?)
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

Lady Wulfrun says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Appetite for destruction!, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.
Posted 19 months ago. ( permalink )

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