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the biggest problem is how this would work. i'm thinking have the innards of the ball replaced with a sturdy and elastic substance, maybe a big ball of wire made out of flexon memory metal alloy. ill the center with gasoline and have the dimples in the ball drilled a little deeper. the advantages
include the fact that the ball is easier to find when it goes out of bounds, easier tracking, and it would just look really cool. handling might be difficult, tho. and i doubt course owners would appreciate having paths burned into their greens.
Perfect for use here...
http://www.halfbake...e_20driving_20range
...at the Target Practice Driving Range. [PotatoStew, Apr 08 2001, last modified Oct 05 2004]
Night golf ball.
http://www.us3produ...ties.html#glowgolf1
A small cyalume stick and away you go. [StarChaser, Apr 08 2001, last modified Oct 21 2004]
Thermite Reaction Photo's
http://www.ncsu.edu...older/thermite.html
[UnaBubba, Apr 08 2001, last modified Oct 21 2004]
The Recipe
http://chem-courses...cture.demos/23.html
It can also be detonated with a hammer [UnaBubba, Apr 08 2001, last modified Oct 21 2004]
Exploding Golf Ball
http://www.fakecrap...ding_golf_ball.html
Not QUITE what you're talking about, but pretty close [AfroAssault, Apr 08 2001, last modified Oct 21 2004]
Lighting thermite
http://www.youtube....t3E&feature=related
Don't try this at home [Mony a Mickle, Nov 19 2008]
US Military's Incendiary Fireballs
http://memebox.com/...reblogger/show/1278
Your idea has been baked, but as a weapon. [Club Ed, Nov 20 2008]
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A wonderful idea. You could sell them at the Target
Practice Driving Range [see link]. |
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New primetime show, "The Mediaeval Golf Wars". |
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You'd need a Flaming Pitch(ing) Wedge. |
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There are translucent golf balls that you put a small chemical glow stick in to light up for night golf. |
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No wildfires, but it still lights up... |
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From what I've read (of ninja obscura), limestone chunks soaked in fuel do quite a nice job of burning without being consumed and simultaneously allowing airflow. Limestone might prove less than ideal as material for golf balls, but AfroAssault would still buy them, I'm sure. Maybe have a core of small flint/steel scraps, surrounded by a fuel-soaked limestone layer, with an outer layer of holey hard plastic, like a wiffle golf ball. The original smack would rattle the scraps enough to make a few sparks, which would ignite the fuel, while the plastic would be enough to hold the whole thing together and weather that initial blow. |
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Here's something AfroAssault could really love: |
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Fill a golf ball cover with a mix of black iron oxide (Fe2O3) and aluminium powder (the mix is called thermite, and is used to weld lengths of railway line together). All it needs is a good, solid blow and the resulting exothermic reaction reaches about 1400 deg C in an instant. |
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I'm not sure exactly what would happen here, but if anyone wants to have a go..... UB^)| — | UnaBubba,
Apr 10 2001, last modified Apr 17 2001 |
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That looks fun. I'd stand back too if I were the guy in
those photos. (by the way, nice apostrophe in "photo's" :) |
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I love seeing my name in other people's annotations... and here's a cheap way (that probably won't work so well, I'll try it sometime) to make one: make napalm using gasoline and styrofoam (just put the styrofoam in the gas and it'll dissolve into syrup), then put some on the ball. Be sure to leave the part you're about to hit clean, otherwise it'll stick to your club. Light and swing. |
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AA, you'll want to swing pretty quickly... golf balls are plastic. It'll be more than the napalm sticking to the clubhead after the ball melts. |
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Flaming Golf Balls isn't what you get after an unconsumated make-out session with a lady golf pro? |
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Maybe it is Dog Ed, but she could probably give you some pretty good advice on the correct grip to use so you shoot consistently. |
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Either way, she's probably going to tell you to relax, and let the head do all the work, and not to squeeze too tightly. |
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Wouldn't other players in Tournament get suspicious if you're using a Flame retardant Golf Bag while wearing safety equipment? |
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//All it needs is a good, solid blow// |
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Are we sure about that? In fact, thermite is a right bugger to ignite - you need some serious heat. You can sit on it all day with a butane or propane torch, no dice. I'm told oxy/accetylene is not normally successful either. Normal method is using a magnesium ribbon. Apparently an arc works okay, never had luck myself. Otherwise, you need some other highly energetic reaction, like some of the more dodgy fuel/oxidiser mixes popular with the chemistry students. |
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Try a sparkler [link] Maybe a percussion cap on the club face? |
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Ping pong balls are made from highly flammable nitrocellulose, perhaps something similar could be adopted for golf balls. |
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