(February 16, 2012 at 12:52 pm)Minimalist Wrote:(February 16, 2012 at 5:22 am)leo-rcc Wrote: Thats a better story than the Belgian news agency that reported the burning down of a hotel floor because of a christmas party popping balloons filled with extremely flammable helium gas.
Assuming that is just a mistake.....what kind of idiot fills a balloon with hydrogen?
The Hindenburg was designed for Helium, but the US put an embargo on the export of Helium so the Germans had to use Hydrogen instead. Also, painting the envelope with essentially dried up thermite paste was not a smart choice either.
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Leo van Miert
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Leo van Miert
Horsepower is how hard you hit the wall --Torque is how far you take the wall with you
