Fourwheeler mounted Golf Ball Cannon

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Thu Jun 07, 2007 7:02 pm

Alright! He finally got some videos up and running! Most videos were taken on the Bogue Chitto, though some were in his backyard.

<a HREF="http://view.break.com/306475">Video #1</A>
<a HREF="http://view.break.com/306659">Video #2</A>

NOTE: videos are on Break.com.

Sorry Karpa, but you're just too lazy.
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Thu Jun 07, 2007 8:21 pm

Holy Crap! That is the coolest gun ever.
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Thu Jun 07, 2007 8:45 pm

dang.......... i have a hard time beleiving thats a combustion...........
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Sat Sep 29, 2007 3:46 pm

Sorry to kick up this thread again, but we did some more shooting I thought I'd post, (we were making a sign, believe it or not). The wood in the video is 3/4" birch plywood, from 40 yards away.

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Sun Oct 07, 2007 8:14 pm

now that the thread has been brought back (kinda), i just want to say that this cant possible be legal, a vehicle mounted firearm... doesnt sound too good to the cops...
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Sun Oct 07, 2007 8:23 pm

Not a firearm.

And to make this message long enough...
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Sun Oct 07, 2007 8:25 pm

Looking at this idea...

Some rich guy should buy like 3 armored hummers and mount GB cannons on top of each of them, and have Tank Wars. I would pay big money to see that. OR make a "cockpit" out of blast glass on your ATV and get your buddies do the same, and have fun.
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Sun Oct 07, 2007 8:32 pm

That would be sweet. And if you're already rich enough to do that, you might as well use high pressure semi auto piston valves and run them on unregulated helium, so that they shoot 120rpm at 2000fps. Now that's what I call entertainment.
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Mon Oct 08, 2007 8:08 am

If im ever rich, thats the first thing ill do^^^^

full auto GB cannon........ wow........
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Mon Oct 08, 2007 8:46 am

Why not put the cannon controls on the handle bar with Velcro? And maybe add a three way solenoid for the injection of the propane to make a super fast reloading cannon..... :twisted:
Why do I try to make a relevant post?
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Wed Oct 10, 2007 6:24 pm

I noticed in the video, that the cannon was pointed at a downwards angle..

An idea may be to mount a one way pneumatic cylinder($10-$15 for a half decent one on ebay) below the gun and control it using two sprinkler valves. THAT would pretty pretty gangster.
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Wed Oct 10, 2007 7:13 pm

Why not use electronic servo activation? IE, a servo pulls the blowgun. :twisted:

EDIT: Woops, its a combustion.... Oh well, point still stands...
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Thu Oct 11, 2007 5:51 am

HaiThar, don't you remember the other thread? That is exactly what we were going to do with this cannon. We were going to make a wooden frame and attach a 3/4" pneumatic cylinder for elevation control. Sadly, he didn't want to.

Ammosmoke, that would be necessary, because he switches the ignition coil to the cannon from the control panel.
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Thu Oct 11, 2007 6:03 am

I do have to say after watching the last video that this is one amazing combustion. I do have a question, however. I could here where the propane was injected, then could hear what sounded like some sort of grinding noise. What was that grinding noise?
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Thu Oct 11, 2007 6:18 am

Very nice gun indeed sorry about the post before nto apropiate and i apologize. Its very sweet and would it be possibel to make a pnematic version to shoot water bombs so my amtes and i can have a go. Thatd be fun
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