[Vehicles] Gunpowder Engines and Stirling Engines

[Fred Brackin]

Originally Posted by malloyd

In order to get an explosion your fuel needs to contain (or be very thoroughly mixed with) the oxidizer - if you have to wait for an oxidizer to penetrate from the outside of the "explosive" it can't do so fast enough for the thing to actually explode.

I believe Fuel Air Explosives to be an exception to this though they do have a "mix" time. You're also not that far away from an internal combustion engine with a carburator or fuel injector.

Thermobarics might also be an exception but a thermobarically-propelled vehicle is another thing I would only watch from a safe distance.