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My friend's flamethrower

Posted: 2005-05-05 08:50pm
by Jadeite
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It's pretty cool. These are old images though, from last fall. I just now finished off the roll of film and got them developed. He's since moved on to other projects, and the device itself never got used again after that, since it broke.

Posted: 2005-05-05 08:55pm
by Straha
Kekekekekekeke...


Loooks kick ass.

Posted: 2005-05-05 08:57pm
by Wicked Pilot
He tested it first with some kind of trigger pulling aparatus I hope.

Posted: 2005-05-05 09:03pm
by Chardok
So very dangerous and stupid. Yet...oddly, something I now want to make.

ROGUEICE! TO THE BATCAVE! TONIGHT WE MAKE FLORIDA ONE GIANT FLAMETHROWER! KEY WEST WILL BE THE END THAT SHOOTS THE NAPALM! WE'LL INCINERATE CUBA! BOIL THE GULF!

Posted: 2005-05-05 09:25pm
by Mitth`raw`nuruodo
Chardok wrote:So very dangerous and stupid. Yet...oddly, something I now want to make.

ROGUEICE! TO THE BATCAVE! TONIGHT WE MAKE FLORIDA ONE GIANT FLAMETHROWER! KEY WEST WILL BE THE END THAT SHOOTS THE NAPALM! WE'LL INCINERATE CUBA! BOIL THE GULF!
I'll help. I live right by the Kennedy Space Center, we launch giant phallic objects into space all the time. That should count for something. :P

EDIT: On topic, that's very cool. It's always great when you can pull off something like that without serious injury.

Posted: 2005-05-05 09:31pm
by DPDarkPrimus
Wow, gasoline from a supersoaker. Ingenious. :roll:

Posted: 2005-05-05 10:26pm
by Elheru Aran
Been done. There's a few videos of people doing the same thing around the place.

Posted: 2005-05-06 12:19am
by tumbletom
Doesnt that melt the supersoaker?

Posted: 2005-05-06 12:28am
by Elheru Aran
tumbletom wrote:Doesnt that melt the supersoaker?
Not if you make sure the igniting element is far enough from the nozzle; then it's basically just a spray of gasoline going through a spark/wick and igniting. Given a long enough spray with a too-close wick, sure, but you'd have to have the Super-Soaker pumped up to insane levels of pressure to maintain spray that long. Of course, if the wick is that close, there's also a pretty good likelihood that an explosion could occur, considering the fumes...

Posted: 2005-05-06 01:37am
by Comosicus
If his other projects are on the same level, I woun't be surprised if your friend will get a Darwin award for his entire career. :twisted:

Posted: 2005-05-06 02:20am
by Gandalf
That looks decent, but it also looks like a Darwin award waiting to happen.

Posted: 2005-05-06 12:20pm
by Col. Crackpot
hmmmm a rigid pvc plastic tank with a melt temperature around 300 F, pressurised and filled with flamable liquid and shooting fire.

*prepares darwin award paperwork.

Posted: 2005-05-06 04:09pm
by Einhander Sn0m4n
Nice flamethrower. Your friend is as cute as he is dumb. <HIJACK>He qualifies for LHBC membership tho :wink: </HIJACK>

Tell him to find or make one from materials that aren't glorified hydrocarbons next time. It's bad form to make a weapon meant for multiple uses out of the same general material category as the fuel used in the weapon...