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Poetry Corner
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"Sherman, set the Wayback Machine for..." Wed Aug 25, 2004 10:00 pm Subject: Ejection Baffles: Verse and Song I dredged this up from: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OldRockets/message/22031 --- Over on OldRockets, CenturiGuy wrote: > "Bill Eichelberger" said: < Clusters are cool, and unless you build a tank-like USS America, this should get it moving up the rod. (Heh heh. I said "ROD".) [snip] Laser cut wood gets me HOT! (Okay, it doesn't, but it sure looks cool.) > "A double-D cluster! FIRE, FIRE!" < As for the "diffuser", I think that you might be talking about Centuri's ejection baffle system, lauded in verse and song and indeed capable of keeping your chute from cooking at the wrong temperature.> "Haiku for an Ejection Baffle" Baffled ejection Charge rendered harmless Now heat dissipates. Las Vegas lounge lizard: "When I get hot, and start to blow my top I just baffle my ejection... Hey! Hot gases blow away, vented into day - Light as a feather my rocket lands..." (Okay, that's more like "Beat" poetry, but you get my... *drift.*) "You better / *reef* your 'chute..." Cheers, --Jay Last edited by CenturiGuy : 05-15-2006 at 10:52 PM. Reason: Additional "Fiddly" HTML coding |
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Variations on a Theme
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With your permission..... Baffled ejection White hot charge rendered harmless Heat dissapated I knew all those English classes would come in handy.
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Bill Eichelberger NAR 79563 http://wallyum.blogspot.com/ I miss being SAM 0058 Build floor: Centuri Design Contest F-150 Hurricane Estes - Low Boom SST Semroc - Gee'Hod, Shrike, SST Shuttle In paint: Canaroc Starfighter Scorpion Estes F-22 Air Superiority Fighter, Solar Sailer II Semroc Cyber III Ready to fly: Estes - Multi-Roc, Solar Sailer II Semroc - Earmark, Snake Jumper |
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OK, it's probably been awhile since anyone's posted this one, so for all those who haven't seen it before, The Unsafe Rocketeer's Poem:
I shot a rocket into the air - It fell to earth, I knew not where Until next day, with rage profound The man it fell on came around. In less time than it takes to tell He showed me where that rocket fell And now, I do not greatly care To shoot more rockets in the air. Obviously, someone not following SOME portion of the safety code there, eh?
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Baffled ejection: The heat of a thousand suns Is white-hot no more. No *wonder* I chose engineering instead of English!
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John Thro, NAR #84553 SR I was too old when I started! Now I'll *never* become a BAR! Last edited by JRThro : 05-16-2006 at 10:44 AM. |
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How about a limerick?
Okay, here goes.... You may think that I am a liar, But I once lit a rocket afire. Though no wadding was dealt it, The 'chute never melted! That rocket ain't baffled - but I are! Q: How does one baffle a rocket? A: I'm not sure but I'll bet something like this would work: Confuse-A-Cat
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John Lance Ladd Yoyodyne Propulsion Systems Grovers Mill, NJ Established 1938 lladd.netau.net Last edited by Tweener : 05-16-2006 at 07:10 PM. |
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Please, don't tell me that I started this insanity. And again I apolagize for and misconseptions your may have about oh....... anything. JP
Thanks for the laughs, JP |
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