Pneumatic fish made of PET bottle

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Pneumatic fish made of PET bottle

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Here is a pneumatic fish made of a PET bottle at 300 bar.
(I think this number is high)

http://www.shelleys.demon.co.uk/fjun06fe.htm
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Re: Pneumatic fish made of PET bottle

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it's not a PET bottle.

that's a paintball tank, which is reinforced alloy tank with carbon fibre wrap with fibreglass outer wrap.
:mrgreen:

http://www.shelleys.demon.co.uk/fjun06f2.jpg
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Re: Pneumatic fish made of PET bottle

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that looks heavy...
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Re: Pneumatic fish made of PET bottle

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ninja_iga wrote:it's not a PET bottle.

that's a paintball tank, which is reinforced alloy tank with carbon fibre wrap with fibreglass outer wrap.
:mrgreen:

http://www.shelleys.demon.co.uk/fjun06f2.jpg

Thanks for clearing that up. It's good to know there's someone here with the expertise to explain how these things are made.
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Re: Pneumatic fish made of PET bottle

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U.S. Water Rockets1 wrote:
ninja_iga wrote:it's not a PET bottle.

that's a paintball tank, which is reinforced alloy tank with carbon fibre wrap with fibreglass outer wrap.
:mrgreen:

http://www.shelleys.demon.co.uk/fjun06f2.jpg

Thanks for clearing that up. It's good to know there's someone here with the expertise to explain how these things are made.
no worries, glad i could help :mrgreen:

just in case anyone wants to buy, try the popular paintball sites (google it)
i know this site, http://www.guerillaair.com
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ops my bad, typo
http://www.guerrillaair.com/
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Re: Pneumatic fish made of PET bottle

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looks heavy
sorry wrong post
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