Are flamethrowers cool?

bainbridge · 3 Sep 2015 at 23:23

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-34131334

Much as I'd like to have a go on one I really don't think they should be available to the public.

StriderX · 3 Sep 2015 at 23:24

Lol, ok... uhh anyone with some knowledge of engineering and chemistry could easily whip up their own, so i dont see the point.

FoxEye · 3 Sep 2015 at 23:28

I was just thinking the other day, what America needs most is more lethal weapons in the hands of nutters.

Flamethrowers for everyone would be a really good start.

Pigeon_Killer · 3 Sep 2015 at 23:28

Do they really need more weapons to kill each other with?

Dis86 · 3 Sep 2015 at 23:29

StriderX said:
Lol, ok... uhh anyone with some knowledge of engineering and chemistry could easily whip up their own, so i dont see the point.

Confirmed.

bainbridge · 3 Sep 2015 at 23:46

The designer said he wanted something cool to kill wasps with

arknor · 3 Sep 2015 at 23:47

bainbridge said:
The designer said he wanted something cool to kill wasps with

yet he made something hot to kill wasps with.

I want a liquid nitrogen thrower

Spook187 · 3 Sep 2015 at 23:49

StriderX said:
Lol, ok... uhh anyone with some knowledge of engineering and chemistry could easily whip up their own, so i dont see the point.

Like using a can of hair spray, enginneering indeed lol

kindai · 3 Sep 2015 at 23:49

I always wondered, what stops the flame from one of those hand held torches you can get at any DIY store from getting sucked into the bottle and exploding?

I mean, the head is just a pipe with a valve, so surely once the pressure in the can drops too far theres the potential for the flame to travel back down the pipe into the can and.... boom?

fatiain · 3 Sep 2015 at 23:54

kindai said:
I always wondered, what stops the flame from one of those hand held torches you can get at any DIY store from getting sucked into the bottle and exploding?

I mean, the head is just a pipe with a valve, so surely once the pressure in the can drops too far theres the potential for the flame to travel back down the pipe into the can and.... boom?

There's no oxygen in the can...

gradyhawks · 3 Sep 2015 at 23:56

Of course they are cool, what kind of question is this.

bainbridge · 3 Sep 2015 at 23:58

fatiain said:
There's no oxygen in the can...

What about an oxyacetalene torch?

fatiain · 4 Sep 2015 at 00:00

bainbridge said:
What about an oxyacetalene torch?

The oxygen and the acetylene are in separate tanks. No?

Akagi · 4 Sep 2015 at 00:03

No they are not cool. Generally they are very very hot.

Malevolence · 4 Sep 2015 at 00:05

They werf flammens, of course they're cool.

savagesam117 · 4 Sep 2015 at 00:16

Really cool.. I think they should be given to them as I'm sure some funny videos would be made with some properly stupid people!

StriderX · 4 Sep 2015 at 00:43

Spook187 said:
Like using a can of hair spray, enginneering indeed lol

An actual weapon as apposed to a "sorta-weapon" that kinda sucks.

V F · 4 Sep 2015 at 01:07

Lethal Weapon 4

Scougar · 4 Sep 2015 at 01:56

"...weapon of mass destruction...."

Good lord, not again...

lafemmefatale · 4 Sep 2015 at 02:28

fatiain said:
The oxygen and the acetylene are in separate tanks. No?

Yes, they are.

Are flamethrowers cool?

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