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ALRIGHT.
LET'S START ATTACHING SOME ROCKETS.
FOR OUR FIRST TEST, WE'RE GOING TO ATTACH 10 ROCKETS --
FIVE ON EACH SIDE.
THAT SHOULD GIVE US EQUAL BALANCE PROPULSION.
THE CRITICAL FACTOR HERE IS SIMULTANEOUS IGNITION
OF ALL THE ROCKET MOTORS.
NOW WE WIRE!
ATTENTION TO DETAIL IS CRITICAL
AS WE WIRE EVERY CONNECTION PRECISELY,
AND HOPE THAT EACH OF THESE IGNITERS
GOES OFF AT THE SAME TIME.
I AM CURIOUS TO SEE IF ALL 10 ROCKETS FIRE SIMULTANEOUSLY.
AND IF THEY DO, WILL IT TRACK STRAIGHT?
THAT'S THE BEHAVIOR I'M GONNA BE LOOKING AT FOR THIS TEST.
THE TEST COURSE FOR OUR JUNIOR 'JANDRUM TRIAL RUN --
JUST LIKE THE BEACHES AT NORMANDY,
WE HAVE OUR STRIP OF SAND,
OBSTACLES OF BARBED WIRE, STEEL SPIKES CALLED
CZECH HEDGEHOGS, AND FINALLY THE IMPREGNABLE SEAWALL --
IN THIS CASE, MADE OUT OF CARDBOARD BOXES --
AND OF COURSE, TINY HEROIC SOLDIERS.
THAT LOOKS BEAUTIFUL.
IT DOES.
ALL THESE LEADS ARE HOOKED UP TO OUR BATTERY
THAT WILL FIRE UP OUR ROCKET MOTORS
AND SEND OUR MINI-PANJANDRUM ON ITS WAY --
WE HOPE.
WE ARE HOT. YOU READY TO GO?
WE'RE READY TO GO. ALRIGHT.
HERE'S HOPING FOR 10 ROCKETS ALL AT ONCE.
IN...
Both: ...THREE, TWO, ONE!
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-WHOA! -WOW.
WOW! [ COUGHING ]
THAT WAS BEAUTIFUL!
OH, IT SMELLS LIKE THE FOURTH OF JULY.
IT DOES, ALL THAT BLACK POWDER.
OH!
LOOK, IT'S BURNED A TRACK. YEP.
IT'S ALL STICKY. YEAH.
WE LITERALLY WERE BURNING RUBBER.
YEAH.
THAT TEST YIELDED SOME GENUINE INFORMATION.
LOOKING AT THE HIGH-SPEED CAMERA FOOTAGE,
WE CAN CLEARLY SEE THAT WE DIDN'T QUITE ACHIEVE
OUR GOAL OF SIMULTANEOUS IGNITION.
THAT ROCKET RIGHT THERE LAGGED BEHIND
BY A FRACTION OF A SECOND,
CAUSING OUR JUNIOR 'JANDRUM TO VEER TO THE RIGHT.
ALSO, IT SEEMS THAT THE NEARLY 75 POUNDS
OF COMBINED THRUST PRODUCED BY OUR 10 ROCKET MOTORS
WAS A BIT TOO MUCH POWER FOR OUR 7-POUND PANJANDRUM.
I'M KIND OF INCLINED TO TRY IT AT, LIKE, 60% --
LIKE THREE ROCKETS ON EACH SIDE.
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE IT DOWN A NOTCH
AND TRY TO DIAL IN THIS THRUST-TO-WEIGHT RATIO.
Both: THREE, TWO, ONE!
Savage: HERE IT -- WHOA, WHOA!
AND IT'S GONNA PIROUETTE.
LET'S SEE IF IT STICKS THE LANDING.
OH, THE RUSSIAN JUDGE
IS GONNA GIVE IT A BIG SCORE FOR THAT.
WELL DONE, EVERYBODY.