World's Biggest Super Soaker!

[Archae]

:wow:

http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/fire-extinguisher/jetpowered-fire-extinguisher-douses-fires-in-seconds-215604.php

:-)

[RetroLounge]

1. Okay, that's cool!

:wow:

RL

[Montauk6]

2. Oh my, I thought this was a thread about the defense budget, carry on...

[BrotherBuzz]

3. And met his sister, the world's highest flying Super Soaker

With the aid of compressed air this bird can shoot 21,000 gallons of water (a medium sized swimming pool) in just ten seconds.

As part of a three-year. $40 million development project, engineers at Evergreen mounted 10 tanks to carry water and foaming or fire-retardant agents, along with eight air tanks on standard aircraft pallets. (Ground crew can quickly off-load the palletized tanks and return the plane to its freighter configuration.) The air tanks are pressurized to 165 psi. When there's a drop, pressurized air forces water out of the tanks and through four 12-in. nozzles on the belly of the plane. Flight engineers vary the pressure and how much water is released to tailor the response to the fire. But the jet can release almost 21,000 gallons in just 10 sec using full pressure.

http://www.machinedesign.com/ASP/viewSelectedArticle.asp?strArticleId=61424&strSite=MDSite&Screen=CURRENTISSUE&CatID=3

[Archae]

4. "Beat that!"

*SPLASH*

"I think you just did..." :-)

[BrotherBuzz]

5. I think Red Adair had them all beat

Who would have believed explosives could put out a fire? I, too, might have made the discovery, but my mom told me not to play with fire.