Karoshi Posted December 28, 2006 Share Posted December 28, 2006 The famed Limpet mine owes its success to a common high street product, what is it ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted December 28, 2006 Share Posted December 28, 2006 Large tin bowls purchased from Woolworths Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karoshi Posted December 28, 2006 Author Share Posted December 28, 2006 Good latteral thinking there Mark, but ..No Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted December 28, 2006 Share Posted December 28, 2006 OK take a stab then at Aniseed balls for the timers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karoshi Posted December 28, 2006 Author Share Posted December 28, 2006 Yes, very good. Now for an extra point why Aniseed Balls ? and where was the first Buy-Up ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted December 28, 2006 Share Posted December 28, 2006 They took exactly the right length of time to dissolve and they were tested in Bedford swimmimg pool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted December 28, 2006 Share Posted December 28, 2006 Oh dear, I seem to have arrived rather late :oops: Well on the subject confectionery, how have jelly babies been used to enhance the effectiveness of a particular weapon? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marmite!! Posted December 28, 2006 Share Posted December 28, 2006 Oh dear, I seem to have arrived rather late :oops: Well on the subject confectionery, how have jelly babies been used to enhance the effectiveness of a particular weapon? You mean a bit like this Clive, my Son showed me this one as he did it in chemistry a few weeks ago.. it's good to know they still teach some useful stuff at some schools :roll: http://www.tda.gov.uk/Recruit/lifeasateacher/explosive.aspx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karoshi Posted December 28, 2006 Author Share Posted December 28, 2006 They took exactly the right length of time to dissolve and they were tested in Bedford swimmimg pool Indeed, but more importantly because of their manufacture method by dipping, they were consistant in their disolving time. What other saught after high street product contributed to the limpet's success ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted December 28, 2006 Share Posted December 28, 2006 They took exactly the right length of time to dissolve and they were tested in Bedford swimmimg pool Indeed, but more importantly because of their manufacture method by dipping, they were consistant in their disolving time. What other saught after high street product contributed to the limpet's success ? Spun aluminium washing-up bowls from Woolworths, to contain the explosives. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karoshi Posted December 28, 2006 Author Share Posted December 28, 2006 As Mark recorded there was indeed initial "trials" with Woolworths washing up bowls, but I had in mind a very different commodity that caused the purchasers some continuing embarrassment, until the "L" delay fuse was perfected ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted December 28, 2006 Share Posted December 28, 2006 condoms ? :oops: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted December 28, 2006 Share Posted December 28, 2006 condoms ? Yes we used to keep our aniseed balls in them at school. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karoshi Posted December 29, 2006 Author Share Posted December 29, 2006 Indeed, Bedford was a pretty austere place to be in the early days of the war, with no aniseed balls and no condoms. The boffins at M.D.1. scoured the local shops for aniseed balls to use as time delays, and condoms to use as fuse damp protectors whilst their precious limpets were in store. With over a half a million limpets made you can see how the folks of Bedford were deprived, and how the staff at M.D.I earned the undeserved reputation of sexual athletes. So how did the common Alka Seltzer help the war effort ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted December 29, 2006 Share Posted December 29, 2006 Is it to do with the fact that seagulls fed Alka Seltzer will explode or the use of Alka Seltzer to simulate chemical weathering effects? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karoshi Posted December 29, 2006 Author Share Posted December 29, 2006 Errrr no, but its sounds worthy of further experimentation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted December 29, 2006 Share Posted December 29, 2006 As a detonator? e.g. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vj3XILgMhto Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marmite!! Posted December 29, 2006 Share Posted December 29, 2006 As a detonator? e.g. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vj3XILgMhto Not a good idea to go back & shake your detonator if it doesn't go of the first time :roll: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karoshi Posted December 29, 2006 Author Share Posted December 29, 2006 As a detonator? Detonator related yes, but on what device ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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