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Zim, we once had a fire right down the street. They were building trailers and a fire started. The torch was left in the building. About the time the fire was under control the gas bottle flew against a wall and almost knocked it down. Some folks that were watching thought that it was great because the fire went out with the explosion. I told them to wait for a minute. Then the oxygen bottle took off. The fire became so hot it melted some of the bricks. And both of those bottles did not have that much pressure in them. If the compressed air bottle lost pressure out of the end, it would probably punch through metal and anything or anyone that happened to be in the way. Propane, BTW, never was widely used because it can explode.


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Compressed air powered cars
By: Zimbler0
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Sun, 29 Apr 12 3:41 AM
Msg. 57028 of 65535

While there is a LOT of power in compressed air . . .
I just don't see it as having enough power for
vehicular purposes.

On MythBusters, once, they knocked the end off a scuba
tank and watched it blast its way through a cinder
block wall . . . LOTS of power.

But, how long could it propel a car?

And, how dangerous would that compressed air be
in an accident?

Zim.


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