SkyHog
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Everything Offends Me
I forgot to mention this here. On my most recent flight on Tuesday, returning home, I was at 11500ft. While up there, opened up my Dr. Pepper and noticed that it had become extremely pressurized, and I had to slowly let the pressure out so it didn't foam all over the place. I finished off the contents of my Dr. Pepper, replaced the cap, and put the bottle in my flight bag so it would be secure.
After landing, I went to empty the trash from my bag, and found the Dr. Pepper bottle had completely collapsed on itself, almost flat.
This is the coolest thing I've ever seen (well...thats an overstatement. Y'all understand what I mean.). I am assuming that it was caused by the extreme change in pressure between 4500ft (at KTCS) and 11,500ft, and then the subsequent landing at 5800ft?
If it helps - the Altimeter at KTCS was like 30.28 and at KAEG was 30.42 (both estimates within a few hundreths). Would that have any effect?
After landing, I went to empty the trash from my bag, and found the Dr. Pepper bottle had completely collapsed on itself, almost flat.
This is the coolest thing I've ever seen (well...thats an overstatement. Y'all understand what I mean.). I am assuming that it was caused by the extreme change in pressure between 4500ft (at KTCS) and 11,500ft, and then the subsequent landing at 5800ft?
If it helps - the Altimeter at KTCS was like 30.28 and at KAEG was 30.42 (both estimates within a few hundreths). Would that have any effect?