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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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Tue Dec 05, 2006 10:33 pm

this is just an idea i had, i want a smaller combustion gun but not quite a mini, just something moore compact. the barrel is recessed in the chamber, they aren't quite to scale. just wondering what you thought about it.
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Wed Dec 06, 2006 12:48 am

so you want to make a coaxil combustion cannon, why no just make it pnuematic? but if you do stick with layout i dont know how well it will work becuase of the bends the pressure has to take to push the potato. ify ou want to make it compack gun just make it so you can screw on and off the barrel. that way while your moving it wont be that big and you wont scarifce any performance.
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Wed Dec 06, 2006 1:03 am

i had the same idear but i thought it might have a bit of a small chamber
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Wed Dec 06, 2006 1:07 am

A 6 inch chamber would help performance with this design. Because the barrel is taking up alot of space.
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Wed Dec 06, 2006 1:11 am

yeah killa that was sort of what i was worried about, not having enough curculation of fuel in the chamber, a 6 inch chamber would probably work
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Wed Dec 06, 2006 1:48 am

im thinking with the small areas around the barrel you might cause problems of fuel mixing throughout the chamber lowering the overall efficiency of the gun..just a thought
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Wed Dec 06, 2006 7:43 am

make it propan and have it go in through the front coupling so then it would move bakwards, or to save space just build an over under
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Wed Dec 06, 2006 11:11 am

Original hope it works if it doesnt then we will all laugh together.
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Wed Dec 06, 2006 2:26 pm

it would be a lot better if the spark was at the front of the gun ... kinda like how in a reg combustion its supposed to be in the back
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Wed Dec 06, 2006 2:51 pm

Yea i say spark in the front fan in the back.. you should run duel ignition on opposites of the pipe so it doesnt have to curl around to ignite.
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Thu Dec 07, 2006 9:08 am

I drew up one of these a couple of years ago but never built it, very similar to what you have here. My personal issue with it was the seal between barrel and the front end cap and how well the drilled cap will weld to the barrel. I also was concerned with supporting the back end of the barrel but I see you've done that with screws. You could even make those screws double as ignition points. I think it's a great idea and your schematic looks solid. Go for it dude.
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Sun Dec 10, 2006 3:52 pm

Here's my dusted off and cleaned up since reading some of the other comments on this type of gun. One thing is for sure this would be one heavy mutha. I think what would make this work is the modified flush mount reducer inside the chamber. I was thinking of modding it so that the entire thing fit into the chamber, weld it in place and that would create the more efficient flame front. I didn't illustrate the ignitor but that can go anywhere. Maybe I'll build this one next.
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Sun Dec 10, 2006 4:08 pm

thats pretty kool I was thinking about making one but never got around to it
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Sat Dec 16, 2006 12:59 pm

what would be the best chamber and barrle sizes
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