of course, fire has its scientific advantages.  just now i learned that butane has a higher density than air. 

I learned this when i pumped the butane into the bottom, then flipped the bottle over and lit it.WOW. the result was a butane rocket!

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Hi Cub...
That certainly is an alternative to the normal, bodily, inbuilt methane gas.... ... ... ....!

What response do you get when someone says, "have you got a light mate"?.... ...!

Sorry Cub.... ...!
LOL...LOL...LOL...!

Cheers all...!
Paul.
(England).

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Sock are you trying to say something about us moderators?
Actually the truth of the matter is that I do like chemistry, and I did pass my chemistry GCSE, but I let my enthusiasm get ahead of my common sense on this occassion, and I read this book on making explosives, but I didn't finish the chapter where it went into great detail about stability of the compounds and safety procedures!
Once my parents had paid for the damage (my mum was livid), things got back to normal. My chemistry teacher encouraged my enthusiasm, but kept a close eye on me and helped me a lot, and my dad would always crack up whenever there was an explosion on TV and make comments about me spending the weekends on movie sets! I never really lived it down

Ozzy

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So now you're saying the mods are Billy-No-Mates!!!
Sock err one thing..... This being my one thing.....

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NO!!!!!!OHGODNOO!!!!!Wait:Judgingbythebomb,you'dhavetodeliverthatviabomberaircraft.Sohowdoyouthinkyou'llgetthatMarmaladebombtomyfrontstepwithmyampleAnti-Aircraftguns:[img]http://www.simviation.com/yabbuploads/flak.JPG
Or my strong fighter protection:

You'll whined up like this:


So just try.

Sock

P.S.  Sorry about getting so off topic cub!

man you guys gotta try my experiment. ITS FUN AND ALMOST SAFE. i havent even singed the hairs on my hand.  one time i got a "tail of fire" like 12 inches.

Fire Is my favorite thing to play with  . I think I may know why it exploded and just burned. It exploded because it was starved of air, when it sucked air in through the mouth of the bottle it came in in a rush causing the fire to expand rapidly and "Explode". in the times it just burned did you only pump a little in? in that case it would not be as starved of air.

What can I say? I'm a pyro!

I've done my fair share of playing with fire. I even almost burned a couple houses down. They were small fires but thankfully I got them out

I even once almost started an electrical fire by shorting out an electrical cable in my bedroom

But since then i've stuck to playing with explosives outside

Oddly enough the largest explosion I ever made was from an exploding 2,400V 400uf capacitor! not from fire. The band was so loud that I could not hear well for a few days and books fell of of my shelf because of the shockwave.

fire is so fun and i dont know why.  ive always been fascinated at it and been amazed at for how many hours one can sit in front of a camp fire and just stare at it.  it must be something descended from down cave men days when they first discovered fire, it provided warmth and light in a world that would have been cold and dark.  and that fascination has carried through to today where we just literally get a bang out of seeing things blow up!  i know i sure do!

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True. If you're safe it can be fun. Our family once had a close call where our house was in danger of being burned down. And no, it wasn't me

Since lots of us here seem to like fire & large explosions, maybe thats the reason lots of us are obsessed with combat flight sims........ 8)

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You can't just keep flaunting that thing around and threatning other Simers. By order of the UN, I put an Atomic Marmalade weapons ban on you.  

I think the reason we're facinated with fire is because we're all a bunch of idiots. Let's face it, no other animal goes screaming down the highway at 100mph in a rusty1990 Dodge Caravan, no other animal ties a rope to their feet and jumps off a bridge for fun, no other animal jumps out of a plane for the heck of it. I'm sure you can see my point.

I'm guilty of being dumb too. I used to burn treated wood and mounds of old paper in my fireplace. I violated several environmental laws when I did that.   I have a natural gas fireplace now so I can't burn things.

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A friend of my Mom's house burnt down several years back due to faulty wireing. Seems the switch box was defective, overheated, and caused the wall it was mounted on to smoulder. The brand of box they had has many problems and is usual only seen in industrial settings. My Mom worked for Federal Pioneer Electric (not the brand in question) for a number of years and knows a thing or two about these boxes. The box had been installed by the previous owners, a do it yourself job. All the electrical in my house was done and checked by my uncle who is a professional electrition. Never try and install something like that yourself. The only thing more dangerous than fire is an electrical fire.

Dave (aka Fly2e) and I love fire for obvious reasons!!