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mikestew · 2018-05-03 13:57:21

Depending on the worth of pictures I might save some words here.

Weeney propane torch: http://gigadgetstech.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Organic_...

A real flamethrower: https://flamethrowerplans.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Fla...

Or, as others have already described, one burns a flammable gas and puts out a flame a few inches long. The other squirts flammable liquid at you from a long ways away, then ignites it. </vast_oversimplification>

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zeep | karma 497 | avg karma 1.43 · | 2018-01-28 04:31:17+00:00

That's not a real flame thrower.... I used to do something similar to this when I was 10 with a hair-spray can and a lighter

pictureofabear | karma 252 | avg karma 1.92 · | 2023-11-05 16:37:45

Yes, those are quite flammable too.

sandworm101 | karma 32703 | avg karma 3.4 · | 2024-04-25 17:20:24

It has to throw burning liquid. Point musk's "flamethrower" at someone for a second and you will burn their clothes and hair. Throw burning gasoline or napalm at them for a second and they will need head-to-toe skin grafts.

sjwright | karma 8739 | avg karma 2.55 · | 2016-08-19 00:52:55

Flammable, but not as flammable as a layperson might think.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nL10C7FSbE

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29athrowaway | karma 2447 | avg karma 0.53 · | 2021-02-06 23:47:12

And flammable.

kijin | karma 10374 | avg karma 2.8 · | 2012-02-01 07:00:12+00:00

Don't most hairsprays use hydrocarbons as propellant?

Well, either alcohol or hydrocarbons would make a decent flamethrower.

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pluma | karma 7253 | avg karma 2.22 · | 2018-12-17 12:56:37

Try setting a gas cloner on fire.

Adam503 | karma 115 | avg karma 0.75 · | 2009-09-18 21:34:50+00:00

I still prefer the engineer who lights a charcoal grill in 30 seconds with a piece of flaming paper and 4 quarts of liquid oxygen.

http://gizmodo.com/5360234/lighting-a-grill-with-liquid-oxyg...

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kjs3 | karma 2816 | avg karma 0.96 · | 2021-06-29 00:15:09+00:00

See: Halon fire extinguisher

hotpotamus | karma 3714 | avg karma 1.32 · | 2022-11-06 11:22:50

I once watched a youtube video of a guy talking about the offensive uses of flamethrowers who said they actually kill most people via carbon monoxide poisoning in bunkers rather than burning them to death. I think it was meant to try and make them seem less macabre, but it had the opposite effect for me. Certainly didn't make a bunker sound all that appealing as a defense.

bombcar | karma 42761 | avg karma 2.58 · | 2023-11-09 12:40:49

It's easier to light, but it's pretty non-explosive if not mixed with air: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/_RKdWYqgu3Y (mixing with air is a problem).

The big advantage (and what could be designed for) is that hydrogen goes up and so (by default) the flammable stuff escapes.

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rdtsc | karma 41164 | avg karma 4.52 · | 2018-01-28 02:36:06+00:00

I was surprised except for California (and maybe another state) owning a flamethrower is legal.

https://throwflame.com/

$1800 "Get Yours Today".

Complete, of course, with a Napalm mix package https://throwflame.com/products/napalm-mix-fuel-gelling-agen... "It thickens normal fuel to create a long lasting burn that goes great with your X15 Flamethrower"

These are basically in the same category as WWI/WWII military flamethrowers. It seems these should be very illegal but I guess they are not. That just boggles my mind.

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