mouthwash mini

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cardinals08
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Sun Jan 29, 2006 10:47 am

sorry again, but the submit combustion cannons is still blocked for me. please move this.

This is my latest mini. i used a travel mouthwash bottle, a pen tube, a piezo, and electrical tape, I use axe, right guard, or butane for fuel. Looks really cool at night.
total build time was only 5 minutes, the toughest part was poking the holes in the side of the bottle to get the wires in for the spark
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Sun Jan 29, 2006 10:59 am

cool what kinda ammo you useing, spit balls, straight pins, q-tips??
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Sun Jan 29, 2006 2:39 pm

Ill use Q-tips and spit balls, maybe some needles. I havent shot it yet cause I just made it last night and today the piezo quit working.
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Sat May 20, 2006 11:13 pm

no i doughbt the piezo quit working the gap is either to big or its shorting out somehwere i often have problems when using aresol for fuel because it can wet the electrodes in small comnustions
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Fri Jun 02, 2006 2:52 pm

Axe is a really good feul for mini's because if you barely push down on it, it lets out only Butane becauase I uses Butane for the Propellant...

I have way too much trouble using any fuel in my Mini really, but normally when it does work it's with Axe or butane...

I have a 100% spark because I solder'd and heat shrinked my igniter and my connections, but it still normally doesn't light.
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