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Azzy · 03-25-2008, 01:01 PM

Its going to take more than just casual "bumping" force to unscrew a tank with 800+PSI on the threads.

I have seen a tank go flying once, it was one of mine with a sherader valve. Leaky valve, left the tank to leak empty, and came back to it after a little bit. It had stopped, i thought it had leaked all the pressure out. Even tapped the stem to see if there was any air left. Nothing. Started to pull the stem out... and fwoosh! Stem went into the ground, and the tank went into the hillside behind me. Only flew about 10 feet, but put istelf into about 3" of frozen ground. Madcat had a good view of the whole thing, and could probably recount that better.

Must of had some clog, but it didnt leak after I found the stem and got it back together.

03-25-2008, 01:01 PM	#23 (permalink)
Azzy Mod-O-Rator Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Finleyville, PA Posts: 6,948	Its going to take more than just casual "bumping" force to unscrew a tank with 800+PSI on the threads. I have seen a tank go flying once, it was one of mine with a sherader valve. Leaky valve, left the tank to leak empty, and came back to it after a little bit. It had stopped, i thought it had leaked all the pressure out. Even tapped the stem to see if there was any air left. Nothing. Started to pull the stem out... and fwoosh! Stem went into the ground, and the tank went into the hillside behind me. Only flew about 10 feet, but put istelf into about 3" of frozen ground. Madcat had a good view of the whole thing, and could probably recount that better. Must of had some clog, but it didnt leak after I found the stem and got it back together. __________________ Bryan "Azzy" Spiegel webmaster - Riverside Renegade Paintball / C.C. S.V.S. Plankowner - LPPC#6 Check out VintageRex.com, the premiere paintball museum "A Patriot and free-thinker with respect to social standards in 1760, is today's traitor and dangerous mind." - incynr8