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Old 22nd Apr 2013, 11:25
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Ancient Mariner
 
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dervish:
Much earlier in the threads discussing this, images of Lithium-Ion batteries exploding were posted, drawing no comment. Those batteries were smaller than a house brick and looking at the image of the proposed solution, I'd be asking if the proposed box for the much larger aircraft battery is both fireproof and explosion proof, which are two entirely different things.
They were quit a lot smaller than a house brick and when it took off it made an impressive dent in a steel shelf about two meters from where it was originally located. Unfortunately I can not find the pictures from the whole aftermath and the dented shelf. Impressive little things.
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