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Old 23rd Sep 2018, 11:34
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zerograv
 
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The amount of force that this water cannons can generate is beyond belief ... Takes a tremendous amount of force to project water, of which 1 cubic meter weighs 1000 kgs, to a distance of 80 or 100 meters. I wouldn't want to be at the receiving end of it, even at a distance of 100 meters ...

Some years ago there was an incident with a Delta 767 in a maintenance hangar that had an "automatic" fire supression system that, for whatever reason, was inadvertently activated. Cabin windows were pushed-in and, needless to say, there was water everywhere inside of the aircraft. Can only imagine the cost to repair everything on that aircraft ...

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