Re: Blowing out the Canberra fires, and possibly others as well...

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From: Matt B
Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 03:06

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I agree.

You'd have to get down so close that the paint would start peeling off the
fuselage from the heat. Way too much energy in the fires.

Matt

"ahennell" <andrew@hennell.com.au.com> wrote in message
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> Marco Desloovere wrote:
>
> > I was wondering whether it would be possible to blow out the Canberra
> > fires using helicopters? Just like one would blow out the flame of a
> > candle...
>
> - Energy required to "blow" out a fire would be phenominal.
> - Smoke usually travels with the fire - in the direction you'd have the
> choppers approaching from - stopping any visability
> - Formation flying that close to eachother, and that close the ground is
> never a good idea at the best of times (SAS & Blackhawk?)
> - Wouldn't produce enough 'wind' to make much effect
> - You'd end up, if anything, spreading fire more than putting it out
> - Heat of the ground will simply reignite anything you do manage to blow
> out
> - The energy of a moving fire front is simply massive.  These fires give
> off the equivalent force of many hiroshima bombs during their burn.
>
> Nup, I can't see it working.
>
>

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