Godric@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 9 months agoTroll Physics 101lemmy.worldimagemessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up1412arrow-down112
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minus-squareRedditWanderer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up32arrow-down1·9 months agoThe Hindenburg burned because they intentionally used the wrong gas. They wanted to use Helium but the U.S held a strict monopoly on it fearing it would be used to manufacture special weapons, so they used Hydrogen.
minus-squareKidplayer_666@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up15·9 months agoAnd it was also kinda less efficient than hydrogen as it was heavier.
minus-squareagamemnonymous@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up11·9 months agoDidn’t they also use basically rocket fuel as a sealant?
minus-squareSteve@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up11·9 months agoSome kind of thermite shit, because mylar plastic hadn’t been invented yet.
minus-squarerickyrigatoni@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down1·9 months agoWell joke’s certainly on us after we found out we can make bombs out of hydrogen and not helium.
The Hindenburg burned because they intentionally used the wrong gas. They wanted to use Helium but the U.S held a strict monopoly on it fearing it would be used to manufacture special weapons, so they used Hydrogen.
And it was also kinda less efficient than hydrogen as it was heavier.
Same tbh…
Didn’t they also use basically rocket fuel as a sealant?
Some kind of thermite shit, because mylar plastic hadn’t been invented yet.
Well joke’s certainly on us after we found out we can make bombs out of hydrogen and not helium.