Mythbusters Hindenburg Burn (Bit too much thermite!)

This is the third part of their hindenburg skin theory, in which it was not the hydrogen, but the thermite compound the skin was coated in that burned the hindenburg down.
This was their third blimp that was just burned after they got their proof from the previous 2.

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Entertainment

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• hindenburg
• mythbusters
• explosion
• burn
• blimp
• zeppelin
• flames
• crash
• thermite
• hydrogen

[Wolvenfire86]

I don't know why they needed a heat sensor. I could tell it was on fire.

[sinjinthule]

A hydrogen filled airship coated with thermite--what could possibly go wrong?

[MTTT1234]

@MrWLangers Sorry didn't you read my response properly? First the paint caught fire because of the static, which was estimated with several thousand volts, the paint caught fire like tinder and because of this fire the hydrogen cells inside the Hindenburg started burning

[MrWLangers]

@MTTT1234 Yes, but without hydrogen catching light due to static sparks how would the thermite have caught light?

[MTTT1234]

@MrWLangers nope, the hindenburg would have burned anyway, because it was not the hydrogen that burned first, but the outer layer painted with the thermit like paint. And since thermite burns with several thousand degrees celsius it would surely have caused enough damage that also a helium lifted blimp would have crashed.

[MegaSpazztic]

ummm, ooops ?

[MrWLangers]

Had the Americans removed their embargo on Nazi Germany, the Hindenburg would have used Helium, and Helium would not have burned, how tragic that many deaths could have been prevented

[jbeatles99]

SCRAP METAL MADE IN CHINA

[jbeatles99]

MADE IN CHINA

[DavidUmstattd]

How do you know it didn't have the coating? what the heck...

[SuperGate1]

I have a question, does anyone know the name of the organ music they used in this episode, the part where they show the real Hindenburg burning?