Flamethrowers

Pressure-fed systems are too bulky and complex. Weight is definitely a big factor when the boring company flamethrower has to be handheld.

no, why did you buy the not-a-flamethrower?

I didn't. I'm suggesting ways to turn it into a legit flamethrower with some perks.

I don't think there's a way for it to have range without having it be pressurized

The XM42 has like a 30 foot range with whatever tiny motor they have in it. I've done the math. An electric pump has better performance for the same mass of propellant tank.

Well the problem with it is that it's literally just a torch in a plastic shell. You could use the original torch as a pilot for a much larger tank of actual napalm fuel, but at that point you're better off just building your own and strapping it to a stock.

I'm getting tired of repeating myself. I just want to know if there's a way to prevent napalm from gumming up the type of system that's in the XM42 so that it can be made by the boring company.

so why bother trying to modify a fake flamethrower when you could just get a real one? I doubt the modified boring flamethrower will weigh much less than a regular XM42M

A pressure tank the same size as the motor, pump, and battery stack will push napalm up to 50 yards.

Mass, not size. The thermos sized motors that drive the turbopumps on the Rutherford engine have a mass flow rate of 3.4kg each. That's almost triple what the M2 can achieve. Granted, it is dated, but even scaling down the motor would still mean superior performance.

I'm not familiar with the specifics of the system in the XM42. You could probably look into electric pumps meant for really viscous gummy material though.

Thank you. Finally a useful comment.

Napalm will fuck up cheap shitty plastic and electric pump motors, besides, having a huge fucking tank on your back is alpha as fuck

Look, I want to see them make the tanks out of COPV's just as much as you do, but they can't mass produce that.

You know pressure tanks are hollow right? They are pretty light, especially compared to motors and other bits.
The limiting factor of a flame thrower is not the pressure system but the nozzle design. Higher flow or pressures are actually detrimental to the range of handheld units.

I'm not sure how high pressure isn't better when P=f/a, but removing the propellant tank also means not needing to pressurize the fuel tanks or any connector hoses. Thus, making them lighter.

You are all like little babies

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You see Ivan, when have handheld flamethrower, you can dual wield.

> choosing beggar

>being so cucked as a man that you can't even build one with your own hands so you have to pay 3 times the price and act superior about it.

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quora.com/What-type-of-pump-is-used-for-highly-viscous-fluid-and-Why

blog.craneengineering.net/why-viscous-fluid-is-centrifugal-pump-kryptonite

Ok, so it looks like there's nothing preventing an electric pump from being able to handle something like napalm. It just need to be designed properly.