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General => IHADAV8 Playground => Topic started by: daveismissing on March 23 2012, 08:53:04 AM

Title: tire explodes in her lap?
Post by: daveismissing on March 23 2012, 08:53:04 AM

http://www.stripes.com/news/air-force-captain-dies-after-damaged-tire-explodes-in-her-lap-1.100573 (http://www.stripes.com/news/air-force-captain-dies-after-damaged-tire-explodes-in-her-lap-1.100573)

Title: Re: tire explodes in her lap?
Post by: SuperSix on March 23 2012, 09:33:47 AM

Wow.. Sucks. :(

Title: Re: tire explodes in her lap?
Post by: Just a Six? on March 23 2012, 11:10:29 AM

How does a damaged tire Explode taking the roof off a car????????  :O

Title: Re: tire explodes in her lap?
Post by: daveismissing on March 23 2012, 11:17:03 AM

I'm thinking the airbag got involved? Otherwise the energy at 35psi seems too low?

Title: Re: tire explodes in her lap?
Post by: ULYCYC on March 23 2012, 11:32:53 AM

My guess is they used a can or two of "spare tire" that is propelled with propane or butane. They were smoking or some kind of spark set of the leaking tire.