Does anyone have "factual data" on just How Fast can an Airbag Inflate?

Airbags inflate extremely fast, accelerating from 0km/h to approximately 322km/h in 1/25 of a second or 40 milliseconds. While this is an approximate amount, airbags must be tested for safety concerns before they are allowed in cars on the road, so almost all airbags have the identical inflation times. As for nanoseconds, conventional airbags do not accelerate that quickly, since it would cause too much injuries to the driver or passenger of the vehicle. Most airbags take 40 million nanoseconds to inflate.

LOL... an airbag inflating in the high ns range is called a (thermo)nuclear device. If you install that in your car, your insurance company won't have to pay for you anymore. But they will have to rebuild the intersection AND the city where you had your accident.

So you want an airbag that can hold ten times the weight and inflate faster than the normal ones? Good grief, man, what are you trying to do? Kill yourself? It just does not sound very pleasant to be flattened and beaten to pulp by ones own airbag. What is that going to accomplish, anyway?

And if you are trying to save the life of a cow or horse with it (that would be the right weight, right?), you would be rather disappointed, too. The result would be just as dead a cow or horse as without. The problem simply does not scale because the mechanical properties of flesh don't scale. You can make the device, all right, but you can not make the user that has an inch thick hide. Well, maybe it would work for a crock... who knows?

:-)

2000lbs of material being stoped in miliseconds damage free. The material thickness and deceleration distance do become a problem! As far as deployment speed requirements that depends on how you intend to triger the air bag! got any more input??

fast enough to knock you the bloody hell out..... at least it did that to me. lol