gregxy - 6-7-2010 at 12:09
These guys are experts in high power pneumatics and
made this flame thrower for burning man which launches
about 3 gallons of gasoline straight up.
http://www.youtube.com/user/inertialabs
Chainhit222 - 20-9-2010 at 00:13
I like it, but it seems that you can much more easily do this using a fat bag of gasoline ontop of some black powder in a coffee can. However, I do
not know if a gasoline/blackpowder fireball will cause the flame to rise as vertically as it did in the clip you posted.
Could a long tube be used to direct the flame, still using a blackpowder propellant? Or is it impossible without some sort of nozzle system...
Interesting.
[Edited on 20-9-2010 by Chainhit222]
franklyn - 27-9-2010 at 18:03
Experimentation with the choice of fuel particularly the highly volatile varieties
would prove interesting. Required is something having a very low flash point
Ethylene oxide or perhaps Ether. Immediately as the plume disperses and is
volatilized it can be ignited by a tracer round fired through it , producing a
directional Fuel Air Explosion. I had thought of something similar able to
eject a conical plume of liquid explosive that initiated at the apex would
produce a convergent directional blast wave much as a shaped charge.
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