Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Delayed Aerial Ignition Device

Once again, sorry for the lack of updates. I got invited on a weekend camping trip, but all my online classes have weekend deadlines, so normal weekday homework plus weekend homework was a bit overwhelming. When I got home I remembered I had a presentation due so all the research and power-points took awhile.

Week and a half into the 100 pushups deal, slightly difficult but not too bad. although my arms are constantly sore now, but that feels good when you know it is from something worth while.

Saw another blog, but can't find it now, about flaming ping-pong balls, and that reminded me of something. It seems wildland fire fighters, as a way to start backfires without needing people on the ground shoot flaming pin-pong balls out of helicopters. They fill the balls with potassium permanganate and stash them in a hopper, as they move through the cannon they are injected with ethylene glycol then shot out. In a few seconds then mixture gets hot a bursts into flames.
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15 comments:

  1. 50 YenMarch 30, 2011 at 5:14 PM

    That sounds pretty cool. Not the homework part, the ping-pong balls part.

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  2. edMarch 30, 2011 at 7:36 PM

    sometimes i burst into flames randomly

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  3. hwidmanMarch 30, 2011 at 10:04 PM

    good luck on the pushups. I am currently trying to reach my goal of 30 chin ups.

    Following for updates :)

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  4. Insider33March 30, 2011 at 11:44 PM

    Good luck with the pushups.

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  5. MinecrafterMarch 31, 2011 at 12:52 PM

    Ping-pong balls stink when you open them, they are filled with some alcohol, am I right?

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  6. benchmarkMarch 31, 2011 at 2:47 PM

    Sounds like the kind of stuff I pulled when I was 16 in the field behind my house.

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  7. Patti D.April 1, 2011 at 4:16 AM

    ok, no worries, hope you had fun camping

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  8. Electric AddictApril 1, 2011 at 1:29 PM

    busy life of a student

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  9. DazzaApril 2, 2011 at 6:54 PM

    good luck with the 100 pushups program, I started it and got to week 4 then stopped and started goin to the gym instead, it gets really hard increasing at a steady rate, like they expect you to be able to do 50 in a row pretty quickly. keep us updated!

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  10. ericsApril 3, 2011 at 1:58 AM

    100 pushups is a great achievement. keep at it bro.

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  11. AnonymousApril 3, 2011 at 9:53 AM

    RQ you can get rid of the sore arms by doing lift-ups. That's lifting up a beer bottle to your mouth with one hand and then the other! :)

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  12. savvyApril 5, 2011 at 6:09 AM

    100 pushups sounds great, wish I had the motivation to do that!

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  13. EldirApril 5, 2011 at 10:50 AM

    100 pushups? This too much for me :D

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    Following :)

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  14. EganApril 5, 2011 at 5:18 PM

    Flaming Ping Pong balls reporting in

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  15. SexyApril 6, 2011 at 6:42 PM

    Could put a new twist on riot crowd control!

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