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Does a longer barrel add distance ?

Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2012 7:29 pm
by worldburrito45
I built a cannon it's got 4 and a half feet of 3 inch reduced to 2 inch then reduced to 1 inch then a 1 inch ball valve then 1 inch increased to two inch increased to 3 to about 6 inches of 3 inch barrel if I were to make it a 2 and a half foot barrel would it make it shoot further? Preciate it. Jack

Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2012 8:39 pm
by mobile chernobyl
Yes,

Barrel length increases the distance... That the ammo has to travel before it leaves the barrel.

My reccomendation is to use the spudfiles search for the term GGDT to familiarize yourself with the gas gun design tool. This is a great program for beginners to get used to optimization of their pneumatic spudgun!

Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2012 9:43 pm
by Hawkeye
Still a balance between the increased time the ammo is pushed by the air versus overcoming the frictio of the barrel.

Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2012 10:41 pm
by worldburrito45
where can i find the GGDT i tried searching it

Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2012 10:45 pm
by Proxywars
It is the first hing to popup on google. Google found it in (0.09 seconds) as did I. Image

Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2012 11:50 pm
by worldburrito45
ya i downloaded it but it says error '339':

component 'MSCHRT20.0CX' or one of its dependencies not correctly registered: a file is missing or invalid

no idea what this means

Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2012 11:51 pm
by worldburrito45
also what are spud bux sorry im a noob

Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2012 12:00 am
by mobile chernobyl
Mac? Windows? if Windows... windows vista/7? if so you'll need to right click on the .exe file and click run in compatibility mode.

Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2012 12:02 am
by worldburrito45
there is no .exe file

Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2012 12:16 am
by mobile chernobyl
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But there is an application file named ggdt4.6 or something of the like - do what I said with that.

Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2012 12:29 am
by worldburrito45
Ok thanks I really appreciate it. I'm not the best with computer things

Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2012 4:41 am
by Crna Legija
worldburrito45 wrote:Ok thanks I really appreciate it. I'm not the best with computer things
before you ask their are instructions on how to use it on the GGDT web page.

Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2012 2:29 pm
by mattyzip77
You have to run ggdt as a administrator or it will not work