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To: Para-Ord.45

No doubt, but it doesn’t explode. And neither did the Hindenburg.


20 posted on 05/06/2008 9:11:33 AM PDT by Anitius Severinus Boethius
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To: Anitius Severinus Boethius

You have to work very hard to initiate an explosion.

Coincidentaly, Mythbusters episode recently on Tv tried just that:

http://mythbustersresults.com/episode88

If the trail of gas from the leaking gas tank of a moving vehicle is lit, the fire can catch up to the tank and blow up the car.

busted

Through small scale tests, the MythBusters discovered that gas burns at just over 3 miles per hour, which is as fast as a brisk walk. Next, they lit leaking gas trails from both a remote control car and a regular pickup, and the flame did not catch up to either. A car going at the low speed of 20 miles per hour could easily outrun the stream of fire. Finally, they let the gas catch up to the tank, and it did not explode. In order to create an explosion, the Mythbusters filled the tank with enough gasoline to get an ideal fuel/air mixture for combustion. Even so, they could not make the gas tank explode so this myth was completely busted.


21 posted on 05/06/2008 9:23:33 AM PDT by Para-Ord.45
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