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| mattinventor |
 Posted: Mon Oct 09, 2006 5:06 pm Post subject: Grenade |
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 Hello everyone....
How would you go about making a flashbang grenade???
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| SkinWalker |
| Posted: Mon Oct 09, 2006 10:26 pm Post subject: |
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| nanorman |
| Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2006 2:04 pm Post subject: |
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lol, yes skinwalker  , just buy a flashlight, a flash bang gernade, some rope and batteries. Throw the Flashlight, rope and batteries into the bin, and KAZAM!!!! you have a flashbang left.......  kids 
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| DarcgreY |
| Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2006 11:20 pm Post subject: Re: Grenade |
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| mattinventor wrote: |
Hello everyone....
How would you go about making a flashbang grenade???
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Unless you're in law-enforcement or the military, what would you need a flashbang for? |
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| TonyVulcan |
| Posted: Thu Oct 12, 2006 2:09 am Post subject: |
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Well that's not your problem. If he wants to assault a bank with it, that's his problem. 
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| DarcgreY |
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Silly me, a practical purpose like that didn't occure to me.  |
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| Archie |
| Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2006 10:24 pm Post subject: |
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Flashbang grenades are made from combustables that produce a great amount of light and pressure very rapidly. Probably a 'fast' gunpowder (like blank powder) and an additive to make the 'flash'; something similar to the old fashion photographer's illumination powder.
The tricky part is the fuse. After positive activation, the fuse must delay long enough to allow the grenade to be 'delivered'. Possibly a short length of cannon fuse ignited by a large rifle primer?
I used to know three guys who made their own flashbang grenades. I can't remember their real names, but we called them "Gimp", "Three Finger", and "Stubby". |
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| Pendragon |
| Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2006 7:09 am Post subject: |
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Must be awesome to be able to make such things (no not for robbing a bank, just for fun  ). Maybe Magnesium is used as additive for the flash? I think I remember this from a chemistry test long ago, but maybe this is the same as the photographer powder that's allready mentioned. |
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| Guest |
| Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2006 9:56 am Post subject: |
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| Don't forget to put it in a wrapper that splits but does not fragment. |
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| leohopkins |
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Plastic does the trick, the grenade itself also has holes in the sides to allow for the blast to push out but with no fragmentation. I will not get into discussing how to build one however the chemicals used are magnesium and ammonium perchlorate.
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| Lucky |
| Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2007 6:44 am Post subject: |
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| I disagree. Unless your talking HDPE, the use of plastics in pyrotechnics is generally avoided. They have a habit of splitting into fragments which can cause some nasty injuries. |
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| leohopkins |
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PE in a grenade ?? With a burn rate of around 900m/s dont think thats gonna give me much time to throw it !!
Nope, Im talking about a plastic bag style wrapping keeping the chemical components locked tightly together encased in a strong metal with large holes around the outside. Unless of course you have injured yourself once with a plastic bag?
I dont think fragmentation will be a problem 
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| Lucky |
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| lol ok sorry I was assuming you meant the use of hard plastics as the outer case. Just don't place the plastic bag over your head and hyperventalate |
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| leohopkins |
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| Lucky wrote: |
| lol ok sorry I was assuming you meant the use of hard plastics as the outer case. Just don't place the plastic bag over your head and hyperventalate |
or put a huge dustbin big around your head and body after you have eaten vindaloo mixed with with baked beans and THEN hyperventilate.
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| PrincessJosiePoynter |
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I like flashbangs.
I used them once at air cadets.
And smoke grenades.
They are fun.
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