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Old February 22nd 09, 04:45 PM posted to rec.aviation.homebuilt
gorgon
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Default DO NOT DO THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Sorry Leon, but I don't believe you either, and it's very irresponsible to
spin such nonsense on a public form. Someone might very well try it.

But I will leave it to the general readership to test this myth....



I agree that it would be irresponsible for someone to suggest doing
something as audacious as what Leon reported. So.in the spirit of
being audacious......


Believe Leon.....I was there.......If the garage door hadn't been
open, all the windows would have been gone. It did take the hearing
quite some time to return to normal. I also learned about something
called stepedial reflex, where the ear locks up to prevent damage from
loud, sudden noise. The hearing does return...sometimes.
There was a similar event involving tieing a similar bag to a large
sagebrush and launching an Estes rocket next to it. We learned how
Hollywood fakes large explosive fireballs that day.....just use an
excess of C2H2.

And then there was the whole model V2 rocket episode that we won't go
into. It seems that a 20 guage shotgun shell fits the old BT-20
rocket bodies.

As I ALWAYS admonish my high school students. NEVER DO THIS AT
HOME......Go to a neighbors house.