Huge Spud Cannon!

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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frankrede
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Mon Feb 12, 2007 8:10 pm

Mic Whitey wrote:using a shorter chamber creates more combustion.
use hydrogen or Acetylene. hydrogen is amazing. only need a little.
hard to get. acetylene easy to get and very effective if you don't mind dying. i don't
In a chamber that size only an idiot would use thos types of fuels.
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Mon Feb 12, 2007 9:21 pm

Ohio, what part? We use to live south of Dayton, man I miss Ohio…

That cannon’s going to be huge, loading that thing’s going to be a pain.
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