A warning on full cartotanks and flying...

[GreekLion]

I had a full tank, and i am pretty sure due to the pressure change all the liquid more or less exploded out of the tank.

Moral of the story:

Dont fill up before you board, wait until you land.

 

[MrPicC]

Interesting... Guess I'll have to figure something out for next months flight.. All I use are tanks.

 

[GreekLion]

Interesting... Guess I'll have to figure something out for next months flight.. All I use are tanks.

if you prime your carto and bring the bottle, you avert the issue and get some pulls, but i noticed it even in a second tank in my checked luggage. it had less liquid in it but it was super bubbly.

 

[MrPicC]

Well I'll just keep em as empty as possible and maybe throw some condoms on the bottoms to be safe. I'm going away for 6 days so i need every single tank with me. Haha.

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[crxess]

Actually you only need to leave about 1/4" from full if in cabin. Planes are pressurized, but not the cargo holds.
A plane flying at 40,000ft has a cabin pressure equal to 8,000ft altitude.

 

[MsOceanCity]

Actually you only need to leave about 1/4" from full if in cabin. Planes are pressurized, but not the cargo holds.
A plane flying at 40,000ft has a cabin pressure equal to 8,000ft altitude.

I dunno bout that. Was flying a couple days ago and as an experiment, had 1 tank 3/4 full(put plug on bottom and tape around), 1 almost empty and both were a complete mess, when inspected after landing I have an Echo that I use for flying and skiing(when on charilift) and it is the only thing that won't cause me grief.