Re: was Car Craft Ramblings, now Alky fuel

[adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Sandwich Maker)]

" From: Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>
" 
" On Thu, 5 May 2005, Sandwich Maker wrote:
" 
" > " Hindenburg?
" >
" > remember also that all of the fire and nearly all of the damage was
" > caused by burning -diesel-fuel- from the zep's engines.  h2 is lighter
" > than air, superheated steam is lighter than air...  -that- fireball
" > lifted up and away very rapidly.
" 
" I think the magic formula for the spectacularly foolish fire was
" three fuels:
" 
" * nitrocellulose dope over the skin 

yup

" * the obvious fart bag of flammable H2

also coated with something -really- flammable, to make it h2-tight

" * magnesium frame once the fire got REAL HOT

not mag but aluminum, 'dural' iirc.  a common aircraft alloy of the
day.

" Just proves my theory that most failures have multiple underlying
" causes; car wont start because all your battery cables are bad, so
" your battery won't charge. Carb fire because of leaky old hoses,
" dripping carb, hot battery cables, etc.

that's true.
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