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I think we are in "violent" agreement, Bill
{:>).
For short, high-power burst of energy N02 is
simply,light and relatively cheap. Anything that contains energy (car
battery for example ) can be dangerous under the right circumstances.
Whether its acceptable is basically determine by the individuals "Risk Profile"
- what do you feel comfortable with.
Ed
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Sent: Friday, August 04, 2006 9:33
PM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: NO2 Bottle
Explosion
Hi Bill,
Yes, I realize that being only an oxidizer that
without fuel, you would not have a combustion type explosion. But as
the photo of the guy's car shows - even the overheated bottle by itself made
an impressive amount of shredded metal out of his car. Like you point
out - a burst water heater can do an unbelievable amount of
damage.
But, I hate to think of what it would have been
like had fuel been available when the bottle burst.
Since the bottle shows no sign of scorching, fairly
clear no combustion took place.
One thing having this happen to back-end of parked
car, another thing to think of it in my airplane.
Not trying to imply
NO2 is not safe handled properly - Its just I just don't need THAT kind
of boost {:>).
Ed
The burst pressure of a well designed pressure vessel can be
amazing! No need for more photos I truly understand what can happen with too
much pressure. Gasoline explosions can be truly impressive as well. It all
depends on what you are comfortable with. The only point I was making was that
the complexity and weight of a electrically driven supercharger would be
major, (think of the manifolding!), whereas the Nos bottle and plumbing
including controls could be less than 10 pounds for a small bottle. Just the
thing for a "little help" occasionally.
Bill
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