• We’re currently investigating an issue related to the forum theme and styling that is impacting page layout and visual formatting. The problem has been identified, and we are actively working on a resolution. There is no impact to user data or functionality, this is strictly a front-end display issue. We’ll post an update once the fix has been deployed. Thanks for your patience while we get this sorted.

does this seem smart to you?

i couldn't help but laugh. but i wonder with that big of an explosion if the guy was ok... if not, than i am a bad man.
 
Originally posted by: destined
i couldn't help but laugh. but i wonder with that big of an explosion if the guy was ok... if not, than i am a bad man.
Click to expand...

Lots of singed hair at least. You see when they cut to the wide angle shot of everything burning, it's actually a jump-cut. Time had passed and the fire had plenty of time to spread.
 
That's what happens when you let fumes build up.

My dad scared the crap out of me when I was a kid with a burn barrel.

Dropped in a little gas, went to put the gas can away. Literally just walked to put the can away, came back & lit it.

Emptied the entire drum (lawn debris, wood, etc.) 20 feet into the air.

Viper GTS
 
That's the thing about gas. It's not so much the liquid that's flamable as it is the fumes.

Ever see the episode of American Chopper with the ant hill or bee hill or wahtever it was when they started their lawn on fire? Sheesh.
 
Funny vid.

On a similar note, we used to launch aerosols (butane canisters for blow torches) out of clay tubes for fun. We'd put a large pile of weed killer + sugar at the base of the tube (angled at 45 degrees), light it and slide the can down the tube when the fire was going. The pressure within the can would be massive and eventually the base would give resulting in one hell of an explosion and launching the can (usually whole but minus the concave base -that turned convex from the pressure!-) a good hundered feet or so into the air. The clay tubing would rarely survive. Once we couldn't get this can to pop and we didn't want to go back to it so we left it there. About a month later my pal's dad was having a bonfire at the same spot. The can exploded and a brick (full sized london one) was launched about fifty feet, flying past his head.

We weren't popular.
I miss those days 🙂
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

TRENDING THREADS

Back
Top