Tea Kettle Work?

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Hey can a tea kettle work in a plane, or say a George Foreman grill? Just wondering...get thirsty and hungry up there sometimes ya know? :idea:

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This from Saudi Flight 163.

The investigation revealed the fire had started in the aft C3 cargo compartment.[3]:77-78 The fire was intense enough to burn through the cabin floor, causing passengers seated in that area of the cabin to move further forward in the cabin prior to the emergency landing. Saudi officials subsequently found two butane stoves in the burned-out remains of the airliner, and a used fire extinguisher near one of them.[3]:35 One early speculation was that the fire originated in the passenger cabin when a passenger used his own butane stove to heat water for making tea.[7] However, this was unable to be confirmed through the findings of the official accident report.[3]:78

The passenger making tea cause was not 'disproven.'
 
One bad apple spoils it for the rest of us.
No more portable butane stoves; hours without tea, sheesh.
 
Well, with the airlines cutting back on cabin service, who could blame you? :dunno:


But... no. :nono:
 
Let'sgoflying! said:
One bad apple spoils it for the rest of us.
No more portable butane stoves; hours without tea, sheesh.
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Worse yet, unable to offer hospitality to neighbors! The shame of it all!
 
Pilawt said:
That’s not just any B-36 ...

Look at the logo on the vertical fin. Six turning, four burning, and a kettle cookin’ in the aft fuselage (note cooling scoops).
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Easier than trying to bomb accurately. Just crash the airplane.
 
Pilawt said:
That’s not just any B-36 ...

Look at the logo on the vertical fin. Six turning, four burning, and a kettle cookin’ in the aft fuselage (note cooling scoops).
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Weren't all 36s equipped that way w/ 4 jets & 6 windmills?

edit: started w/ the D model:

Addition of jet propulsion
Beginning with the B-36D, Convair added a pair of General Electric J47-19 jet engines suspended near the end of each wing; these were also retrofitted to all extant B-36Bs. Consequently, the B-36 was configured to have ten engines, six radial propeller engines and four jet engines, leading to the B-36 slogan of "six turnin' and four burnin' ". The B-36 had more engines than any other mass-produced aircraft. The jet pods greatly improved takeoff performance and dash speed over the target. In normal cruising flight, the jet engines were shut down to conserve fuel. When the jet engines were shut down, louvers closed off the front of the pods to reduce drag and to prevent ingestion of sand and dirt. The jet engine louvers were opened and closed by the flight crew in the cockpit, whether the B-36 was on the ground or in the air.[25] The two pods with four turbojets and the six piston engines combined gave the B-36 a total of 40,000 hp (30,000 kW) for short periods of time.[26]
 
So... what happens if you put boiling water in a thermos at sea level, and then take it up where the boiling point is lower than the temperature of the water?

No, really. I'm curious. Let's say the water was -almost- about to boil. Then you open the thermos and... aren't you looking at a lap full of boiling water?
 
Mistake Not... said:
So... what happens if you put boiling water in a thermos at sea level, and then take it up where the boiling point is lower than the temperature of the water?

No, really. I'm curious. Let's say the water was -almost- about to boil. Then you open the thermos and... aren't you looking at a lap full of boiling water?
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Yes. Next question?
 
Mistake Not... said:
Aha! See... butane stove doesn't look so crazy now, does it.
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No, open thermos slowly and it isn’t a problem. Skiers, snowmobilers, hunters, ranchers, and other assorted types do these things all the time. Maybe not starting from sea level but a 5,000 ft elevation change is easy to come by.
 
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