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Old 09-25-2010, 01:58 PM   #30 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Daox View Post
The weak point is the valve/head. I'm sure it wouldn't take much to create a solid protective cage around it. They do the same for EV batteries, gas tanks, the civic GX's natural gas tank...
You can't create a cage that's solid enough to survive any collision - it'd weigh so much it's no longer viable.

On a compressed air tank, you could make (a) rather large weak area(s) where it'd tear open in an emergency.
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