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Old 10-15-2003, 02:50 AM
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...the whole wheel can go up in flames and it burns really hot and bright and I am told that a fire extinguishers is useless to put out the fire except I suppose flooding the thing with halon or whatever.
I have seen magnesium burn and I doubt that even halon could extinguish it. A friend of mine was in the Navy. He told me that the fighter jets have magnesium brakes. When they overheat and catch fire due to a rough landing, the crew strips what they can and then dumps the plane in the ocean!

You can purchase a small magnesium block at REI to play around with the stuff.

http://www.rei.com/online/store/Prod...ory_rn=4500638
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