Joe Shneehagen accident
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Yeah, plenty of energy, but I'm not buying a 45 / 60 minute SCBA tank took out a semi trailer axel. H.S.
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That dude should have stopped at the overhead door........
Took out the axle on an 18 wheeler?
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I dropped a 2 liter coke bottle once and all of that stuff happened.
Then it knocked an axle out from under a tractor/trailer rig.
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Nah, that time was much worse.Was that when you dropped a few Mintos in?
Carbonated beverages are no joke, bro.
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I remember the Myth busters, wanting to make as Salami rocket, using NOS to get things / salami going.
They did not get salami ignition but the rocket still flew on the NOS alone.
I am pretty sure a 300 BAR bottle with the sudden loss of valve and so a 18 / 25 mm hole, would be one hell of a ride.
I have contemplated in my youth a golf ball cannon ( this was in the 80ties before the interweb ) semi automatic, and maybe add NOS instead of the Oxygen to the acetylene to amp up things.
But after the struggle of my 12 gauge mini gun, well things cooled off, and i think i might have grown up a little too.
Mind you if i had a metal work shop at hand, i might well revert to childhood, still got my little black book with my ideas in.
They did not get salami ignition but the rocket still flew on the NOS alone.
I am pretty sure a 300 BAR bottle with the sudden loss of valve and so a 18 / 25 mm hole, would be one hell of a ride.
I have contemplated in my youth a golf ball cannon ( this was in the 80ties before the interweb ) semi automatic, and maybe add NOS instead of the Oxygen to the acetylene to amp up things.
But after the struggle of my 12 gauge mini gun, well things cooled off, and i think i might have grown up a little too.
Mind you if i had a metal work shop at hand, i might well revert to childhood, still got my little black book with my ideas in.
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I would really guess it’s because it doesn’t happen very often. Super terrible for the nasty effects this has on this guy and his loved ones but I think this is a very rare event.
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That is a nice truthful demonstration however, as time goes on there will be those that will say, "the bottle went clean thru a CONCRETE WALL....HaHaHa
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There is a old story i was told as a machine worker apprentice, a tank fell off a truck and the valve came off and it devastated a whole street ( remember Denmark is Smallville )
TBH i still think the story was laying it on a bit too thick.
TBH i still think the story was laying it on a bit too thick.
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The story was a collaboration between SaberTac and Armageddon to promote their new $500 tank safety bags.
Drink up!
Drink up!
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The pic of the ruptured tank in question looks like a typical CO2 tank to me. So definitely not something that should be anywhere near 4500psi air. Obviously don't know all the details, but that's a thing.
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The 250cf bottle they used in that test is about 5 times the volume of a 6.8 ltr tank and weighs about 200 lbs when full
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I answered in the other thread as well. Yes, that is the bottle from the accident where Joe was involved. The aftermath was scary af, with pieces of shrapnel everywhere in the blast pattern. It is a miracle Joe survived, but he unfortunately lost his right leg/foot below the knee. There were others around him when it happened and no one else had any serious injuries. Joe and the folks at his airgun shop are very knowledgeable. This should be an eye-opener for all of us, regardless of why the catastrophic failure (my words) took place. Take extra precautions with any tank you fill, even carbon fiber ones.
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They typically wear Scott SCBA’s that are VIP’d and hydro’d not aluminum and apparently modified stuff
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