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Originally Posted by Azzy  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. |
That's about how I remember it as well
That's the only time that I've ever witnessed a C02 "rocket". I've never had a burst disk vent either (though I have heard lots of stories about those events).
The only funky thing that I've ever had happen was the one time where the pin valve on my 20oz was stuck "open" after I removed it from my gun. It basically vented 18oz of CO2 through the valve, but it wasn't enough thrust to launch it anywhere. It was a dry-ice covered tank for the rest of the day.
After the tank was empty, the valve seemed to work just fine (no debris) and its worked well since