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    Quote Originally Posted by InfiniDG355
    I need one to send to America's Funniest Home Videos showing a car going around the track and all of sudden 4 tires explodingand the car on rails!!
    ^ Helium isnt flammable is it?

    But everyone including myself is cracking on him hardcore but there is some validity to this. I read somewhere a long time ago about lockheed doing that for a lot of different tests. Some bicycle riders do it too. But the cost to fill up 4 tires would outweigh (no pun intended) the benefit from the lost weight.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pher
    ^ Helium isnt flammable is it?

    But everyone including myself is cracking on him hardcore but there is some validity to this. I read somewhere a long time ago about lockheed doing that for a lot of different tests. Some bicycle riders do it too. But the cost to fill up 4 tires would outweigh (no pun intended) the benefit from the lost weight.
    Actually, Lockheed was probably doing tests on nitrogen, not helium. They use nitrogen in the tires of planes because it is an inert gas and will not expand when changes in temperature occur.
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    Quote Originally Posted by SniperJoe
    Actually, Lockheed was probably doing tests on nitrogen, not helium. They use nitrogen in the tires of planes because it is an inert gas and will not expand when changes in temperature occur.
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