From: adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Sandwich Maker) To: mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: was Car Craft Ramblings, now Alky fuel " 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. ___________________________________________________ ___________________ __ Andrew Hay the genius nature internet ---------------------------------------------------- Not long ago in Dog years, a researcher reopened the Hindengerg Disaster to see why the Dirrigable went down in flames. He was able to obtain from a Collector, a sample of the Original Fabric outer covering scavenged from the wreck and had tests run on it. Since the designers wanted to keep the Bag cool, they used Aluminum Powder for reflectivity - and a composition in the 'Dope' that came back as : Gun Powder...... yep > read that right. The researcher travelled to Germany to read from the Original Build Book on the Hindenberg & check the chemical composition he had found against the Build requirements. Yes > the chemistry is correct > same as Gun Powder. So > with the Static Electricity that these Airships generated > and a spike near the tail rudder > the ships skin ignited. Aluminum Powder + Hydrogen = Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster fuel . Yes > that is what fuels the Space Shuttles Booster Motors - 'Mother of All Blow Torches'. That Hindenberg was graced to even make it out of the Hanger let alone to New Jersey before Igniting. Yep > them Germans aint' dum at all sometimes nither! Wanna buy a used '60 Corvair ? Brien. NEW YORK eagle registry #501 eagle kammback registry