The Hindenberg

[morkinva]

I just saw a PBS special about it, apparently its a few years old.

Did you know there is compelling evidence that the skin of the airship was responsible for the disaster, and it would have crashed no matter what gas was used? Who knew! Text

 

[notfred]

I don't doubt that the fabric was flammable, but it's seems ridiculous to say that the hydrogen wasn't a major contributor to the fire. I'll give them more credibility when they build two 1/50 scale models, and fill one with hydrogen and one w/ helium and set them on fire.

 

[her209]

hydrogen = flammable

 

[compudog]

Interesting read. Maybe, as the article suggests toward the end, we will see more hydrogen fueled devices in the near future.

 

[morkinva]

Well on the show, the guy had an actual part of the skin found on the airfield. He put it between 2 electrodes and applied a charge supposedly equal to that which the skin experienced that night 60 years ago, and it burst into flames

 

[Alphazero]

Interesting read, but it seems like a promotion for hydrogen fuel (at the beginning and ending paragraphs).

Originally posted by: her209
hydrogen = flammable

Of course hydrogen is flammable, but that's not the point here. The hydrogen was not the cause of the blaze, according to the article.