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Old 28th Jun 2019, 21:22
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Originally Posted by Dave Gittins
Well if it takes 1 atmosphere to push water up 34 feet .. about 4.6 psi / 100 ft; it isn't a hard calculation. about 460 psi. 2 miles of pipe must have been a bit heavy though.
Watch out where you put your decimal point.
14.7psi / 32.2 feet = ~4600psi at 10,000'. A bit less for fuel with a relative density of less than 1.

(I feel vaguely dirty doing that in imperial units)
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