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Originally Posted by Piotrsko
Who me? I attempt to avoid using the cellulose based paints, but I still have a gallon of tampa green aerogloss, a gallon of nitrate, and some clear with aluminum flakes left over from my Pacer recover. Suprising how fast aircraft covering burns.
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yeah, a NASA expert on hydrogen, did a forensic reconstruction of the Hindenburg fire, and it turned out that the culprit for the rapid flame propagation was the nitrocellulose and powdered aluminum dope used on the envelope fabric , ignited by a spark from static electricity. Not hydrogen in the balonettes.