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Potatoes last one shot, so build reusable! Discuss ammo designs and ideas. Tough to find cannon part or questions? Ask here!
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Wed Aug 14, 2013 9:04 pm

Tennis balls, that is.

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This is a box of 50 Tennis balls that I bought off of EBAY. There are literally thousands out there, and some can be bought really cheaply, with free shipping if you look around.

They're cheaper than potatoes, and reusable.

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Wed Aug 14, 2013 10:00 pm

That's a lot of balls :) now to send them to the stratosphere!
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Wed Aug 14, 2013 10:08 pm

Same thing for golf balls too! Used ones are cheap in bulk buckets!
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I'd much rather shoot tennis balls than potatoes. In fact, potatoes is a horrible ammo. Gunks up the gun!

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I got 400 1" super balls off ebay for 20 dollars shipped. :D
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you've got fluffy balls you know :D


I wonder how that affects aerodynamics - from what I've read bald tennis balls spin a lot more than fluffy ones. Though if that's caused by air resistance doesn't that imply that there is more drag and they are less than optimal
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Fri Aug 16, 2013 3:03 am

Bald?
leave me out of this please...


I've heard the fluff is added to cause drag and grip intentionally.
Without it a tennisplayer would have less control over the trajectory.

Playing tennis with a tater sucks.
They stopped doing that all together.

Although it did lead to the invention of French fries.
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Friend of mine once did that at school with a tennis racquet and an apple... It worked surprisingly well... Perfect apple fries :D

We also tried it against a fence with the same effect:
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So pig cannon + grate = bacon?
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noname wrote:So pig cannon + grate = bacon?
:shock:

This is *exactly* why I'm leaving Europe. What remains an insane idea here becomes a feasible possibility in North America :D
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I watched the video and thought what a slow cannon, until I saw the launcher. Not bad for that style launcher.
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This is *exactly* why I'm leaving Europe
So you've got the balls to leave me here????
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Brian the brain wrote:So you've got the balls to leave me here????
Let's face it Brian, no matter how short you cut your barrels, Europe is not big enough for the two of us :D
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Technician1002 wrote:I watched the video and thought what a slow cannon, until I saw the launcher. Not bad for that style launcher.
We alternated throwing, he plays tennis and I have a baseball background.

A rather efficient launcher :D
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Jsr, not everyone is completely crazy just about 1/4 of the population. :lol: i am probably in that group. :D
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