Foam party at Ellsworth AFB

perry · 04-14-2006, 01:59 AM

http://cellar.org/showthread.php?t=10491

Looks fun to play in

Wonder how much money all that foam costs..

Coridon · 04-14-2006, 02:18 AM

Wow, that was even better than this video...

**Rincewind** · 04-14-2006, 11:15 PM

hahaha, holy crap.

TychoCelchuuu · 04-14-2006, 11:45 PM

Sort of reassuring, though, to know that we have that much fire control at air force bases. Compared to like, my middle school or something where if you put your glasses down on a table at the wrong angle they'd probably focus the sunlight and cause myself and my classmates to die in a fiery coffin. Of asbestos. When they say fireproof, they mean the only thing doing the burning is you.

That went to a weird place pretty fast.

ChIck3nL3gz · 04-15-2006, 07:43 PM

Its called a Deluge. Once its tripped. Thats it. It can't be shut off. Its designed to purge.

And that most likely was not a test. That was a trip. If it was a test it was done incorrectly as the fines for dumping such a system are enormous as the foam is very hard to clean up and expensive to clean and replace. Normally when you test a system like that you remove the solenoids from the foam tanks so they don't dump like that.

But then again, this is a government facility and they probably could care less about cost to replace and all that junk so they probably dumped it because they can.

perry · 04-16-2006, 01:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ChIck3nL3gz

Its called a Deluge. Once its tripped. Thats it. It can't be shut off. Its designed to purge.

And that most likely was not a test. That was a trip. If it was a test it was done incorrectly as the fines for dumping such a system are enormous as the foam is very hard to clean up and expensive to clean and replace. Normally when you test a system like that you remove the solenoids from the foam tanks so they don't dump like that.

But then again, this is a government facility and they probably could care less about cost to replace and all that junk so they probably dumped it because they can.

http://flyawaysimulation.com/postt13764.html - the file link is broken there, but the last post has a similar theory as yours.

http://www.shaw.af.mil/ShawSpirit/2005/062405/News.pdf - on page 3 of the PDF is a picture of a similar test at Shaw AFB. 12 feet of foam coverring a hanger in 2 minutes.

At least the jets were gone for those tests.. these poor guys weren't so lucky. Maybe these tests aren't quite so rare?

http://www.shaw.af.mil/ShawSpirit/20...ase%20News.pdf - another link from Shaw with a similar picture..

04-14-2006, 01:59 AM	#1 (permalink)
perry Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 4,494	Foam party at Ellsworth AFB http://cellar.org/showthread.php?t=10491 Looks fun to play in Wonder how much money all that foam costs.. __________________ Battlefield Admin(BF2 Rules) (BF2142 Rules) [volun2][medic][defense3][eng2][support] [sg-c1][gchq-c1][tog-c1][ma-c1][taw-c1][tg-c2] Support TG \| Write for TacticalWiki \| BF2 Sig. Generator \| TS Help

04-14-2006, 02:18 AM	#2 (permalink)
Coridon Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Indianapolis, Indiana Age: 34 Posts: 2,359	Re: Foam party at Ellsworth AFB Wow, that was even better than this video...

04-14-2006, 11:15 PM	#3 (permalink)
Rincewind Join Date: May 2005 Location: Casting useless spells in Oklahoma. Age: 27 Posts: 2,738	Re: Foam party at Ellsworth AFB hahaha, holy crap. __________________ ~~ Veritas simplex oratio est ~~ No matter how far a wizard goes, he will always come back for his hat. --T. Pratchett <---- You know you're getting old when you rely on your forum meta-data to remind you how old you are. Required Reading for all TG sandboxers

04-14-2006, 11:45 PM	#4 (permalink)
TychoCelchuuu Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Seattle, WA Age: 19 Posts: 1,776	Re: Foam party at Ellsworth AFB Sort of reassuring, though, to know that we have that much fire control at air force bases. Compared to like, my middle school or something where if you put your glasses down on a table at the wrong angle they'd probably focus the sunlight and cause myself and my classmates to die in a fiery coffin. Of asbestos. When they say fireproof, they mean the only thing doing the burning is you. That went to a weird place pretty fast. __________________ \|TG-Irr\|TychoCelchuuu

04-15-2006, 07:43 PM	#5 (permalink)
ChIck3nL3gz Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Under a Interstate 80 overpass near Paterson, New Jersey. Posts: 1,541	Re: Foam party at Ellsworth AFB Its called a Deluge. Once its tripped. Thats it. It can't be shut off. Its designed to purge. And that most likely was not a test. That was a trip. If it was a test it was done incorrectly as the fines for dumping such a system are enormous as the foam is very hard to clean up and expensive to clean and replace. Normally when you test a system like that you remove the solenoids from the foam tanks so they don't dump like that. But then again, this is a government facility and they probably could care less about cost to replace and all that junk so they probably dumped it because they can. __________________ [volun][drill] I'm cannon fodder. Irreg's Wiki Rules and SOPs

Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)

Similar Threads
Thread	Thread Starter	Forum	Replies	Last Post
Pacifism and the War	leejo	The Sandbox	111	06-06-2006 01:58 PM
Lirix Logic: The Party	Lirix	World of Warcraft - Tactics, Strategies, & Resources	8	11-01-2005 09:31 AM
Lirix Logic : The Party	Lirix	World of Warcraft - General Discussion	2	03-04-2005 05:04 PM
U.S. fires on Iraqi wedding party	GhostintheShell	The Sandbox	101	05-25-2004 02:10 PM

Sponsored links

Sponsored links