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NOVA: Yeah, it feels like we're about 300 feet of the ground. [BURN] So basically 150 degrees is really what gives you lift?



JACK: Well, anything will give you lift but you don't want to ever exceed more than 200 degrees in it because then you'll start burning the top. The crown, it's called, at the top there.





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