the hindenburg
#11
Re: the hindenburg
Originally Posted by jeffsciv23
im lazy can i get some cliffs on what the hindenburg was? im thinking somethign about a blimp right? or is that completley different
maybe its because i grew up in manchester (lakehurst naval base is where it blew up, and lakehurst is inside my town) that i thought everyone knew what it was
#13
Re: the hindenburg
Originally Posted by ghettoturbo
german blimp that blew up over here
#14
Re: the hindenburg
Originally Posted by CspecRun
I didn't realize it blew up in america...Did alot of ppl die when it happened or just the crew? Is the paint you guys are talking about the cause of it blowing up??
aluminum paint coated the hindenburg, with an iron oxide based primer on the inner lining, something about porosity?
#15
Re: the hindenburg
I bought some thermite back in the day and still got some magnesium ribbon. You can start the magnesium with a lighter, and the thermite with magnesium, but it blows out pretty quick. Thermite burns really ------- fast.
How they built the hindenburg just sounds ------- stupid. Did it seem so stupid at the time?
How they built the hindenburg just sounds ------- stupid. Did it seem so stupid at the time?
#18
Re: the hindenburg
i thought the US had a stranglehold on he production. germans couldnt' get any, they use h instead. static charge builds up on anything that air passes over (slightly more complicated than that tho), then when the guiding cable touched down on the us side, sent a spark up the rope. spark + highly flamable gas = boom.
ever shot roman candles at acetylene filled balloons?
ever shot roman candles at acetylene filled balloons?
#20
Re: the hindenburg
again, i *thought* that the us was the only country at the time capable to produce that much he. the germans couldn't so they had to use h. you know, like the us had the atom bomb before anyone else, we could mass produce he before anyone else too. since the us could use he to make balloons for war and such, we didn't share.