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Old 03-06-2021 | 10:30 PM
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Silicone is flammable -- I've set silicone rubber on fire with a blowtorch a couple times, and it's extremely hard to extinguish -- but the temperature required to start combustion is so high that it's irrelevant. In a RC context, nothing short of a large lithium battery fire will cause silicone to catch fire. Silicone oil might actually evaporate before it has a chance to combust, whereas silicone rubber at least has the decency to hold still while you blowtorch it.
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