[v1r]

Originally Posted by Rfneimad ↗

Improperly setting the bead

Where am I?

The flame to tire filled with air trick.

[HIGHTECHDUDE]

Originally Posted by v1r ↗

The flame to tire filled with air trick.

[AngelAssassin]

We have a full flip people!!! He didn’t go very high, but he made up for it with the speed of his flipping!

[tenny]

lolol...theyve been doing this for about 100 years.

gotta love youtube like its a NEW THING...

[TheUrinator]

Originally Posted by gimlet ↗

People use ether on tires? I thought perhaps the tire was filled with some flammable sealant like fix a flat, but I have no experience here.

Here’s what happened and how I know…
I bought tires online for my riding mower a while back.The rubber of tire was deformed from being crammed in a box. I couldn’t get the bead to seal to rim. Sprayed a little starting fluid in the gap and lit it. It inflated and sealed the bead in a fraction of a second. It was a small tire and only used a fraction of a teaspoon of starting fluid. In those big tires there was probably a puddle of superheated liquid fuel left in the tire when the flame went out from being starved of air from first explosion. (The unburned fluid was hotter than flashpoint of the fuel) As soon as the oxygen in the compressed air came in contact with the hot unburned fuel it created a secondary explosion. It could have been prevented by allowing the tire to cool off before connecting air hose or using a pen style pressure gauge not connected to an air hose. He was likely using the pressure gauge built into inflation hose and forced air to reignite the hot unburned fuel.

In the Gulf War explosions were used to put out the flames of the oil wells Iraqi troops lit up in Kuwait. The sudden explosions smothered the flames out by consuming all the oxygen out of air surrounding the flame. The US military also has fuel/air explosive bombs (FAEs) that are close to the yield of tactical nuclear weapons. Thermobaric weapons is interesting read. I think Russia has FAEs too.

[tenny]

Originally Posted by TheUrinator ↗

Here’s what happened and how I know…
I bought tires online for my riding mower a while back.The rubber of tire was deformed from being crammed in a box. I couldn’t get the bead to seal to rim. Sprayed a little starting fluid in the gap and lit it. It inflated and sealed the bead in a fraction of a second. It was a small tire and only used a fraction of a teaspoon of starting fluid. In those big tires there was probably a puddle of superheated liquid fuel left in the tire when the flame went out from being starved of air from first explosion. (The unburned fluid was hotter than flashpoint of the fuel) As soon as the oxygen in the compressed air came in contact with the hot unburned fuel it created a secondary explosion. It could have been prevented by allowing the tire to cool off before connecting air hose or using a pen style pressure gauge not connected to an air hose. He was likely using the pressure gauge built into inflation hose and forced air to reignite the hot unburned fuel.

In the Gulf War explosions were used to put out the flames of the oil wells Iraqi troops lit up in Kuwait. The sudden explosions smothered the flames out by consuming all the oxygen out of air surrounding the flame. The US military also has fuel/air explosive bombs (FAEs) that are close to the yield of tactical nuclear weapons. Thermobaric weapons is interesting read. I think Russia has FAEs too.

yea, i think we figured that out already....

but THANKS!!!!

[tenny]

much safer option

[William May]

Ignore my post. You guys already covered it all.

[William May]

If God had meant us to fly, he would have attached flammable tires to our asses!!!!

[kellyhound]

tumble tony