Rusty
Purveyor of Fine Weaponry
Intent: Personal Flamethrower for [member="Sibar Laval"]
Development Thread: If needed
Manufacturer: Rusty's Custom Firearms and Cutlery
Model: FT-1
Affiliation: [member="Sibar Laval"]
Modularity: No
Production: Production: Unique
Material: Heat resistant durasteel, flamethrower components
Classification: Flamethrower
Size: Handheld
Length: 110 cm
Weight: 4 kilograms
Ammunition Type: Pressurized gas, flammable liquid
Ammunition Capacity: Enough for 15 seconds continuous burn
Effective Range: 20 meters
Rate of Fire: Continuous
Special Features: Extremely reliable plasma arc ignition, dual purpose fuel/pressurized gas tank allows for rapid reloading.
Description: There are two primary types of flamethrower: the ones you see in the movies, which are little more than hopped up gas torches, and the ones in real life that shoot streams of burning hellfire that sticks to everything and goes out only when its good and ready.
The FT-1 is the second variety.
Like most practical flamethrowers, the FT-1 uses compressed gas to propel a flammable liquid at a target, in this case up to twenty meters away. The liquid has three properties that make it ideal for this use: it must be thin enough to be useful but sticky enough to cling to whatever it touches, it must be easy to ignite, and it has to burn at extremely high temperatures. Nearly any sort of refined petroleum product such as gasoline or diesel fuel will do in a pinch. The FT-1 uses a mixture of thickened gasoline with white phosphorous particles held in suspension. This makes for an extremely intense and tenacious fire.
On the other hand, it also means certain death if a lucky shot ruptures the fuel tank. That's a risk with pretty much every flamethrower in existence, but it's of particular concern to the FT-1's customer, since he's the one that will be covered with a nearly impossible to extinguish liquid if the thing goes boom.
In order to allow for reliable ignition in all weather, the FT-1 uses a plasma arc torch to ignite, rather than relying on a more traditional pilot light.
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