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[Chris Bergin - NSF] WOW! OLM Water Deluge System conducts its first full test! That was super impressive. No more rock tornados, I'd say! (video.twimg.com)

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[–] FaceDeer@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago

That bird had a bit of an experience.

[–] ifitaintbroke@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

Wow! That was way more powerful than I expected! Hopefully not powerful enough to crack the concrete underneath 😂

[–] clothes@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Did we already know that the jets would be angled sideways? I was expecting vertical jets to maximize the upward force, but maybe it's more complicated than that.

[–] TheHolm@aussie.zone 4 points 1 year ago

you really do not want to create a bidet for superheavy. They just need to create steam gap between exhaust and seel.

[–] TheHolm@aussie.zone 3 points 1 year ago

What about deluge on top of OLM ring? Is there any new about it?

[–] troyunrau@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

Wow, very cool! (pardon the pun)

[–] Sigmatics@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

Thanks for linking the video directly!