What Happened to the Hindenburg? P5

Final part of: What Happened to the Hindenburg? new scientific anylses of airships greatest disaster on 6 May 1937 at lake hurst New Jersy in America.

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Science & Technology

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• NASA
• ESA
• Hindenburg
• balloon
• hydrogen balloon
• hot air balloon
• story of flight
• aeroplane
• kurd
• kurdistan

[PahangDragonbird]

Well it's an okay documentary, but it is rather biased towards Addison Bain's theory. It is now rejected by many experts. It is impossible for the skin to ignite by a spark of the conditions of that day. Bain cheats here by using a Jacob's ladder with a continuous electrical charge; it took 3 zaps. The fabric burns far too slow.

But the fabric is to blame for being a poor conductor and let the spark go through the fabric. That's what the German scientists found out, not that it was flammable.

[KurdstanPlanetarium]

thanks for the comment, at least Bains theory sofar is the on of the best that descibes what happened to Hindenburg, which is still shruoded in mystery...

[LGTheOneFreeMan]

@doordangle The eighties, nimrod. They discovered the Titanic in the 1980's.

[Hewpie]

This is fascinating - never realised the skin was essentially made from thermite.

Regardless of whether the fire was started by static discharge, lightning, or a cigarette end, once the skin had got going there was no stopping it.

Just seen the Mythbusters video which seems to prove Bain's point.

What hasn't been proven is how quickly hydrogen in a fire retardant envelope would have destroyed the airship but I'm sure it would have given all the passengers plenty of time to escape.

[willsco76]

Please watch Mythbusters, they tested Bain's theory.

[JohnnyThund3r]

It's part of the energy conspiracy! The Illuminati is afraid of airship pirates.

[PahangDragonbird]

Well Bain has yet to prove he is right too. It needs to be a simple spark not a machine like that. Static sparks are brief and low in temperature compared to that Jacob's ladder. Hydrogen can easily be set off by that but not the outer skin.

Anyways, Bain took it as far as saying Hydrogen didn't burn until the ship started to sink, but in the pictures you can clearly see the fire advancing through the cells. He's using his theory to promote hydrogen as a safe element.

[jlomesou]

If I say, ‘2 + 2= 4’ and you say, ‘no it doesn’t,’ that doesn’t mean you debunked me, it just means you disagree with me. Those who reject Bain’s theory have yet to prove why they’re right. The piece of fabric in the Jacob’s ladder was 60 years old. I think it would have taken more of a charge to ignite it. If the German scientists didn’t think the fabrics flammability was dangerous enough, why did they try to make changes to the LZ130’s doping compound to make it less flammable?

[doordangle]

I believe the witness , my reasoning , because all that winessed the Titanic sink, said in court , "it split in 2" , yet no 1 believed them ( even though they where there ) When they discovered the Titanic in the 90's , the witness's where indeed right.. So my Money is on the surviving witnsees that where actualy there at the Hindenburg..

PS How dare he destry a piece of history by burning an actual piece of the ship ( could of been easily recreated , why use the real thing? )