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retirement from spudding
Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2010 9:26 pm
by kydavies
after 1 year of fanaticly building cannons im am forced to retire from spudding due to the residential neighboorhood i now live in as well as fearful parents.
i will return...
Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2010 9:36 pm
by Lockednloaded
Stick with small bores than. Many sputters live in less than ideal locations for our hobby, but we all get around it. Most notably; jsr seems to reside in a very residential area, so He just builds minis
Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2010 9:42 pm
by clemsonguy1125
Yeah, I live in a city to, neighbors are not a big fan of golfballs being shot across the yard and thousands of bbs being sprayed in the air, you can always make pen guns though.
Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2010 11:30 pm
by SpudBlaster15
Interesting how when I moved from an acreage to a residential area, I started building larger, more powerful and louder cannons...
kydavies wrote:i will return...
In that case, isn't it more of a hiatus than retirement?
Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2010 12:15 am
by jackssmirkingrevenge
As was pointed out, there's plenty of spudding you can do within the confines of a residential area, indeed it's an impetus to build more compact and quiet launchers that is a challenge in its own right.
As to fearful parents, fear usually stems from lack of knowledge. You can either involve them (for example let dad fire a couple of shots, usually works
) and make them aware that you're developing your DIY skills and applying practical physics at the same time, or keep the true power of your launchers hidden - not the easiest option when holes start appearing in the furniture
Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2010 12:24 am
by sssssbooom
Lets call this a "Bret Farvre" retirement. LOL
Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2010 1:07 am
by Technician1002
jackssmirkingrevenge wrote: As was pointed out, there's plenty of spudding you can do within the confines of a residential area, indeed it's an impetus to build more compact and quiet launchers that is a challenge in its own right.
As to fearful parents, fear usually stems from lack of knowledge. You can either involve them (for example let dad fire a couple of shots, usually works
) and make them aware that you're developing your DIY skills and applying practical physics at the same time, or keep the true power of your launchers hidden - not the easiest option when holes start appearing in the furniture
Choice of ammo helps. Pick up a shooting chrony and build a competition marshmallow launcher. The power with jawbreakers will be our secret.
I tested the T shirt cannon in the local park and brought the competion rules and posted them. I got no complaints and a few interested kids and parents. It was sporting equipment at that time.
Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2010 5:16 pm
by deathbyDWV
I also have had to cut back on spudgunning... First it was paintball, now it's a jeep... The thing is, new spudguns seem to be appearing all over...
Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2010 5:20 pm
by covey12
i live in a urban subdivision, have non supporting parents, and still get by haha aslong as their are some woods around you somewhere to shoot it off by
Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2010 6:35 pm
by jhalek90
I live i n a subdivision, with 40 houses.
If your smart about it, your fine.
Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2010 1:28 pm
by Brian the brain
As to fearful parents, fear usually stems from lack of knowledge
I'm afraid
now of homebuilt high pressure pumps...
Before I had the knowledge of the damage it could cause to my frikkin' face I wasn't...so how's that?
Go small and build a muffler..
You can still have fun without the big boom..
Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2010 3:49 pm
by jrrdw