♪♪ 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! ♪♪ -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.
