We stuck 500,000 matches to a Lada and...

submitted by Optimus85 from youtube.com

sorted by:
top
newinsightfulfun
you are viewing a single comment's thread.

view the rest of the comments →

[–]Optimus85[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

With the air inside the boxes and all the matches from one box lighting up at the same time, i'm sure it would make a nice chain reaction.

[–]JasonCarswell 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

But is it enough air? How long does it take to burn through a box to get to the next box? How long can a box maintain enough structural integrity to actually hold the matches? Will that be long enough for them to catch and start burning? How much difference will it make on the vertical or horizontal? Does starting from the bottom help?

I suspect that a nice "domino" effect spreading across the car would be a very narrow target between excessive explosive and a dismal slow burn crawl - if at all.

People underestimate how much art and craft there is to being a pyromaniac.

A friend in Vancouver does pyrotechnical effects for film and TV. That man and his team have serious engineering skills.