the hindenburg
06-14-2008, 12:46 AM
#21
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Re: the hindenburg
Originally Posted by onlyflash944
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?
06-14-2008, 01:40 PM
#23
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Re: the hindenburg
The reason it was filled with Hydrogen is because the us has the only natural deposits of helium in the world, and we wouldn't give it to them because the **** party might use it for military purposes, google the "Helium control act".
Doesn't matter though, the paint is what actually burned and caused the whole disaster, even if it was filled with helium the same thing would have happened because the diesel fuel from the engines would have still caught fire and the airship would have still crashed.
Doesn't matter though, the paint is what actually burned and caused the whole disaster, even if it was filled with helium the same thing would have happened because the diesel fuel from the engines would have still caught fire and the airship would have still crashed.
