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Connie Crash Test (Read 447 times)

Oct 20^th, 2007 at 6:35am

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMjIVCgRIcg

Wouldn't want to be in the connie then

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Reply #1 - Oct 20^th, 2007 at 8:53am

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Wouldn't be that bad if you were sitting in the cockpit it seems. Shocked

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Reply #2 - Oct 20^th, 2007 at 9:57am

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Actually, that video was not a crash test, it was a test designed to see which fuel tanks ruptured first/worst so that a company could try to develop a method for stopping fuel leaks in a crash (hence the coloured water Wink

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They filled each tank with a different colour dye, and observed the results. I believe the connie was testing KEVLAR liners. As you can see they didn't work too well Grin

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Reply #3 - Oct 20^th, 2007 at 3:33pm

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They filled each tank with a different colour dye, and observed the results. I believe the connie was testing KEVLAR liners. As you can see they didn't work too well Grin

They did several of these tests.

One tested a flexible fuel tank casing. Result - failure
Another tested a thicker-consistency fuel to see if it would 'spray' less than normal aviation fuel. Result - failure. The thicker consistency fuel didn't 'spray' as much but it 'spattered' instead - much like what would happen if you blew up a pot of hair gel. Grin

There may have been more.

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Reply #4 - Oct 20^th, 2007 at 7:05pm