The Hindenburg and why it was destroyed by goglesq

goglesq

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4th Jun 2020

5th Jun 2020

Btw, hydrogen burns BLUE (it has a blue flame when burning) But the hindenburg's fire was ORANGE and RED. This means hydrogen was NOT the cause of the fire. Instead, the pretty much rocket fuel paint was at fault for the massive blaze.

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  Coder4Christ 14th Sep 2020
  The way it blows up is actually pretty neat though, and it illustrates your point brilliantly!
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  Coder4Christ 14th Sep 2020
  The swastika is fine I guess if you want to keep your model accurate. I can't understand why people can't believe this. The Hindenburg was a propaganda tool to show the might of Nazi Germany, we can't forget that.
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  goglesq 11th Jun 2020
  @SentinelDuality Pale blue.
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  SentinelDuality 5th Jun 2020
  it actually burns orange-ish, google it
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  goglesq 5th Jun 2020
  Hydrogen burns BLUE @SentinelDuality
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  SentinelDuality 5th Jun 2020
  they would be blue... if the fire had burned intensely enough to bring it to a high enough temperature. have you ever ignited a bunsen burner? you would know that, as you constrict the flow of air to the flame, focus its reactants, it grows hotter - and thus moves through the black-body emission spectrum, from orange to white to blue
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  goglesq 5th Jun 2020
  @SentinalDualilty The Hindenburg's fire was mainly caused by a spark, which ignited the paint, which had highly explosive chemicals in it, resulting in the fire being started -- if hydrogen started the fire, more of the flames would be BLUE.
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  SentinelDuality 5th Jun 2020
  while this is completely wrong - the hindenburg had no such "metal paneling" as that would be far too heavy, a waterproof coat of paint simply allowed static electricity to build up on its skin and cause a spark; and your confusing explanation of hydrogen not being the cause of the fire despite it obviously being the cause of the fire, a thin skin of paint would not have caused quite the explosion that it did - it is still good to see fascist trash go up in smoke. good riddance
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  goglesq 4th Jun 2020
  No, the Swastika was put on it because Hitler wanted the Hindenburg to have it on the tail fins.
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  Sandboxvoid 4th Jun 2020
  I thought the hindenburg just had the German cross and not a swastika