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Sun Oct 01, 2006 4:08 pm

it seems that most guys use HDPE for burst disks, what pressure do these burst at? i have been using metal tape on my gun(havn't had a sucessful hybrid shot yet, only pnumatic testing) it is a thin plastic like tape and bursts around 100psi in a 3/4" black iron union with the tapered part facing the barrel. what other materials work well for holding high pressures.
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I don't have a hybrid, but have studied them quite a bit (I hope to build one next year, funding dependant). Most people use several layers of aluminum foil, or discs cut out of a milkjug or soda bottle. Any hard, thin plastic should work. Hope that was kind of helpful.

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Mon Oct 02, 2006 2:37 pm

No numbers regarding steel unions, but PET (2 Liter bottle thickness) typicaly slips out of plastic unions at around 100 PSI.
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Mon Oct 02, 2006 3:33 pm

Thanks, all i have to do now is wait for the epoxy to dry around my ignition wires then I can do a real hybrid shot.

I'll try both materials and post the results.
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Wed Nov 22, 2006 2:35 pm

I use parchment paper and it bursts @ 45 psi with my 1" union
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In my 3/4" PVC union, I use scotch white duct tape. It goes at around 100 psi.
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Thu Nov 23, 2006 10:48 pm

I use two layers of aluminum foil, and that bursts at around 60 PSI.

BTW, what's your hybrid like? Is it all steel, or is that just the union?
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Thu Nov 23, 2006 11:52 pm

Sheet Aluminum, Very thin.
Would it work?
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Mon Dec 04, 2006 9:28 pm

it was all 3/4"black iron but i could never get it to fire. i now know why, i would have had to use 3psi in my meter pipe, i was using 10. i also had a terrible spark setup. i may revisit it but not right now. it actually didn't cost me anything, i used various stuff laying around my garage. in my pneumatic testing i managed to shoot a sharpie marker about 80yds by accident. the silver metal tape worked the best for me pneumatic.
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I am gonna use soup can lids for my 20x hybrid.
No idea at what pressures they would burst at....
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Fri Dec 08, 2006 5:01 pm

lol...a lot.

you better be a long way away from that when it goes off. thats about 300psi before ignition. :shock:
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