filling an hpa tank
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Topic: filling an hpa tank
Posted By: bikener
Subject: filling an hpa tank
Date Posted: 04 January 2007 at 8:42pm
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hey, i was wondering... wen you fill a hpa paintball tank, does it get heavier??? |
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Posted By: hybrid-sniper
Date Posted: 04 January 2007 at 8:45pm
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Slightly. |
Posted By: RoboCop
Date Posted: 04 January 2007 at 8:49pm
| Barely at all. Mainly because it is air and not liquid. |
Posted By: hybrid-sniper
Date Posted: 04 January 2007 at 11:43pm
| But air has weight, especially considering the volume that's in there. |
Posted By: ekeboo
Date Posted: 05 January 2007 at 1:35am
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Ya it does Air does have weight -------------  
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Posted By: kickinwing2010
Date Posted: 06 January 2007 at 7:55pm
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yes air does have weight but dont worry about it unless your a nerdy
kid who sits on the tippmann forums flaming people all day. then you
will be fine.
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Posted By: phil_stl
Date Posted: 06 January 2007 at 8:41pm
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They should fill it with hot air so it is weightless like a hot air
ballon. Considering hot air is lighter than cool air it would make
whole gun lighter or even weightless. lol. Ka boum. |
Posted By: hybrid-sniper
Date Posted: 06 January 2007 at 9:03pm
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LOL OR U CUD KILL UR TANKE WIF HELIUM AND IT WUD FLOTE AWEIGH LOLZ |
phil_stl wrote:Posted By: GThomas
Date Posted: 06 January 2007 at 9:36pm
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Bad idea, air expands when heated causing the pressure in the tank to increase. This means if you fill a tank to 4500 psi with hot air, when the tank cools to room temp the pressure would now be less then 4500 psi. Less pressure = less shots. Plus the air becomes pretty warm anyways when filling tanks, have you ever felt a tank right after it gets filled? It gets pretty warm. |
Posted By: tecumseh
Date Posted: 06 January 2007 at 9:51pm
ZING  ------------- what? |
Posted By: phil_stl
Date Posted: 06 January 2007 at 11:35pm
Good response, you just proved that I am dumb (or that I was just joking). Anyway, that would mean then there is only 1 solution. Attach a heater to the tank so it stays warm! |