09-27-2010, 03:59 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Fairbanks, Alaska
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Originally Posted by Royatl
Mutual of Omaha has a "WildKingdomTV" channel on YouTube. It has about 88 episodes. You might go there and see if they've posted that episode.
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Interesting--thank you for this link (and for the information on "Hatari")--I'll see if those episodes are on there.
The monkey net rockets in the episode looked like heavy-duty, factory-production items designed to be transported through rugged terrain rather than one-offs. The electrical firing system was a rugged-looking metal unit like the old metal Centuri one, but bigger. The metal launcher stands also appeared to be very robust. The paper-cased rocket motors were loaded into the rockets' body tubes, which I'm pretty sure were metal. All of the pieces of the outfit looked like items that were designed to be reused many times (except the rocket motors, of course) in remote areas with little or no servicing required. |