My first cannon (german style)

Boom! The classic potato gun harnesses the combustion of flammable vapor. Show us your combustion spud gun and discuss fuels, ratios, safety, ignition systems, tools, and more.
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TwitchTheAussie
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Thu Oct 18, 2007 3:12 pm

Amen my german friend. Same specs as mine :lol: but yours is way cooler. good work
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williamfeldmann
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Thu Oct 18, 2007 3:20 pm

Did you just shoot a chisel or screwdriver out of that thing?!?!?!?!?

Think less dangerous ammo. It wouldn't take much for that thing to hit a bit crooked and come bouncing back or in any other random direction, and chisels won't stop very fast hitting only soft human tissue.

In the vid you don't spray much fuel in there, what are you using for fuel? I bet you could get a lot more power out of with a longer shot of fuel. Of course I think the ammo was loose as well and that could explain part of it.
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Fri Oct 19, 2007 12:29 pm

well it bounced of a few times till it broke fully apart :lol:
it acually was a small old ?hack? where I cut the top 3 ?jags? off.

I´m gonna add some pics of my concreet balls as soon as I can. 8)
And a vid of me shootin a smokebomb right over to my neighbors but I don´t know if you can hear them scream :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Mon Mar 31, 2008 2:28 pm

you should try adding a propane system. its alot easier than any sprays.
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