Flamethrower Usage at the DZ

[warpedskydiver 0]

They are great for starting bonfires.

Burning brush away.

Torching shitty looking abandoned trailers.

Using them to toast marshmallows

Burning out ground hog burrows.

any other good ideas?

[warpedskydiver 0]

I have a nice design for one, using two old stainless fire extinguishers and a Nitrogen tank.

Going to use braided steel hose and ballcocks for easy and safe operation.

Need to find a trigger to use and a good ignition source.

Maybe a salvaged stun gun.

I am thinking about ways to extend the range such as removing turbulence from the fuel stream for a more efficient and consistent flow. (similar to those fancy water fountain nozzles)

[1969912 0]

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any other good ideas?

Just plain old fun!

Try a piezoelectric bbq ignitor for a trigger. They work good in spuguns.

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[warpedskydiver 0]

I was thinking about that, i just need to make sure it is hot enough.

I am going to use Napalm B

and for those who are green, be reassured I will be recycling Styrofoam peanuts (Polystyrene)

My goal is to make one with a range of over 100yds.

[billvon 2,990]

>My goal is to make one with a range of over 100yds.

Use compressed oxygen as a propellant.

[rushmc 23]

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>My goal is to make one with a range of over 100yds.

Use compressed oxygen as a propellant.

Is this a PA? A literal one??

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if we falter and lose our freedoms,
it will be because we destroyed ourselves."
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[warpedskydiver 0]

Why don't you do it and get back to me?

Or just have your next of kin contact me.

[warpedskydiver 0]

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>My goal is to make one with a range of over 100yds.

Use compressed oxygen as a propellant.

Is this a PA? A literal one??

Yes it was, he offered advice that would lead to someones death.

[warpedskydiver 0]

What the fuck is your problem Bill?

[billvon 2,990]

>Why don't you do it and get back to me?

I've done it with oxygen and alcohol. It's an interesting combination - not much flame but a LOT of heat.

[warpedskydiver 0]

Maybe you have, but you will not catch me holding on to that.

[billvon 2,990]

>What the fuck is your problem Bill?

Calm down, my angry friend! If you don't want to use oxygen, by all means, stick to simpler systems.

[hypsin 0]

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>My goal is to make one with a range of over 100yds.

Use compressed oxygen as a propellant.

Nice, napalm flamethrower makes a lat move to napalm bomb...

100yds... dude, why not just make an oxygen propelled projectile with a napalm payload? That should easily cover 100yds and burn on impact (add igniters).

[warpedskydiver 0]

Incinerating the operator is not the intention.

That is why nitrogen is the propellant.

Oxygen can lead to a person being immolated.

You know it, so why do you even bother saying it?

[billvon 2,990]

>Maybe you have, but you will not catch me holding on to that.

Fair enough.

For sheer coolness factor, a hydrogen/oxygen torch is hard to beat though. Blue flame, lots of heat, steam as exhaust.

[warpedskydiver 0]

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>My goal is to make one with a range of over 100yds.

Use compressed oxygen as a propellant.

Nice, napalm flamethrower makes a lat move to napalm bomb...

100yds... dude, why not just make an oxygen propelled projectile with a napalm payload? That should easily cover 100yds and burn on impact (add igniters).

Because then it becomes illegal uless you register it as a DD

[hypsin 0]

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>My goal is to make one with a range of over 100yds.

Use compressed oxygen as a propellant.

Nice, napalm flamethrower makes a lat move to napalm bomb...

100yds... dude, why not just make an oxygen propelled projectile with a napalm payload? That should easily cover 100yds and burn on impact (add igniters).

Because then it becomes illegal uless you register it as a DD

Out of curiosity - at what point does a flamethrower become illegal?

[warpedskydiver 0]

What will be your next advice to me, white phosphorus at a childrens party?

[warpedskydiver 0]

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>My goal is to make one with a range of over 100yds.

Use compressed oxygen as a propellant.

Nice, napalm flamethrower makes a lat move to napalm bomb...

100yds... dude, why not just make an oxygen propelled projectile with a napalm payload? That should easily cover 100yds and burn on impact (add igniters).

Because then it becomes illegal uless you register it as a DD

Out of curiosity - at what point does a flamethrower become illegal?

Arson

or State law.

They are illegal in CA

they have laws against fire.

[hypsin 0]

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In the United States, private ownership of a flamethrower is not restricted by federal law, but is restricted in some of its states, such as California, by state laws (cf. California Health and Welfare Codes 12750-12761, Flamethrowing Devices) [13]

In California, unlicensed possession of a flame-throwing device — statutorily defined as "any non-stationary and transportable device designed or intended to emit or propel a burning stream of combustible or flammable liquid a distance of at least 10 feet" H&W 12750 (a) — is a misdemeanor punishable with a county jail term not exceeding one year OR with a fine not exceeding $10,000 (CA H&W 12761). Licenses to use flamethrowers are issued by the State Fire Marshal, and he or she may use any criteria for issuing or not issuing that license that he deems fit, but must publish those criteria in the California Code of Regulations, Title 11, Section 970 et seq

So if I am passing through Cali and my bike shoots flames under 10 feet I should be good. I can live with that.

[billvon 2,990]

>Oxygen can lead to a person being immolated.

If you are not careful, indeed it can. So can napalm. And you are even more likely to be immolated (or immolate someone else) if you try to build a flamethrower that will reach 100 feet (which will require on the order of 60psi of pressure in a pressure fed system) and then use it to incinerate abandoned trailers.

Your sudden safety-nazi approach is pretty funny based on your stated purposes.

[hypsin 0]

Except that he is going for 100yds...

[warpedskydiver 0]

180lbs of pressure will do nicely and can be used safely.

As for burning people you are the only one that seemed to endorse that or encourage it to happen.

[ryoder 1,590]

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>My goal is to make one with a range of over 100yds.

Use compressed oxygen as a propellant.

Liquid oxygen makes a great barbecue starter:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sab2Ltm1WcM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Goble

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[jimmytavino 16]

" any other good ideas"???



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