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Motor fresh out of the packet - but date code indicated that it was from 2007. Motor popped on ignition - blowing both ends out. This was reported to Estes & replacement rocket kit supplied along with instructions for disposal of remaining two motors (as they are suspected bad)
F-1 Rocket Engine,
Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum,
Washington, Disctrict of Columbia,
United States of América
Looking up the tailpipe of a Thor Eagle rocket engine at the international Space Hall of Fame in Alamogordo, New Mexico. View on black
The regenerative cooling skirt fails to withstand the pressure and curls up, giving the inside of the nozzle a rather weird shape. Thus, the exhaust plume never develops and fills the nozzle correctly. Photo by Thomas Pedersen