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by Aaroneous
Tue Mar 29, 2022 6:21 am
Forum: Pneumatic Cannons
Topic: Throwbag Cannon
Replies: 7
Views: 10101

Re: Throwbag Cannon

farcticox1 wrote:
Fri Mar 25, 2022 7:33 pm
Is that ABS ? what psi do you run in it ?
Yes. Still working it out, but 100 was WAY too much... Would have cleared a six story building with room to spare.

... Home depot was out of pvc.
by Aaroneous
Thu Mar 24, 2022 1:39 pm
Forum: General How-To & Discussion
Topic: Canada prohibits spudguns over 20mm
Replies: 13
Views: 25302

Re: Canada prohibits spudguns over 20mm

Late to the party but FWIW, the law is written as an AND. A medium sized potato leaving the barrel at 500 FPS has a bit over 3kJ of energy, so that's fine. A 2" barrel at the same velocity would be 1.6kJ. It would have to be shooting over 1200 fps to be prohibited. A 20mm slug of a potato is going t...
by Aaroneous
Thu Mar 24, 2022 12:13 pm
Forum: Pneumatic Cannons
Topic: Looking for design feedback
Replies: 1
Views: 3015

Looking for design feedback

I drafted this up to shoot 3/4" potato plugs. It's different than anything I've built before, so I'd appreciate any feedback anyone can give before I commit materials.

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by Aaroneous
Thu Mar 24, 2022 12:11 pm
Forum: Pneumatic Cannons
Topic: Throwbag Cannon
Replies: 7
Views: 10101

Throwbag Cannon

Built this for my volunteer FD. We're going to be using it to launch a throwline over a roof and pull over an anchor rope when dealing with flue fires next season. https://www.dropbox.com/s/8t20i30crx31x6z/258915904_675649433579920_6647473133214714360_n.jpg?raw=1 https://www.dropbox.com/s/kf8kcttd7a...