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Thank you, and excited to be here!
I'm thinking I'll have a new video posted tomorrow so stay tuned. Looking forward to being a part of this community.
The antifreeze is the catalyst that creates the combustion reaction. The plastic ignition spheres are about half full with potassium permanganate, and injected with the antifreeze just before being released (about 0.6mL per injection). Somewhere around 15-30 seconds later, once the sphere is on the ground, the sphere ignites. It's the same system and fuel type that government agencies like the Forest Service and BLM use in helicopters.
Yes, very similar in size to a ping pong ball.
I haven't noticed the spheres ever getting caught in the canopy. If this were to happen, I think it's so infrequent that you would probably never know. The spherical shape and size of the balls allows them to easily fall to forest floor.
Agreed, I was kinda disappointed not to see the drone actually doing its thing - the actual ignition part.Any chance you can make us a video of a release and ignition? I'm very intrigued
Understood. Looking forward to it. Also, for us uninformed, can you briefly explain why these controlled burns are necessary?It's kind of hard to make the focus on the spheres during an actual burn--your kind of in the zone and distracted with covering ground.
However, I'll be making a video about this specifically for next weeks upload. Thanks for the feedback everyone.
Understood. Looking forward to it. Also, for us uninformed, can you briefly explain why these controlled burns are necessary?