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spring piston

Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2006 3:30 am
by sum_kid
does anyone have any plans or diagrams for a sping pistin gun where the spring itself produces the energy? i looked everywhere for about a week and found none. thank you

Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2006 3:48 am
by carlbelcher
I've never heard of a spring powered potato cannon before. I don't think it would work for anything larger than a airsoft/bb gun, but seeing as that is how some commercial airsoft/bb/pellet guns work it is a proven concept.

Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2006 4:19 am
by LucyInTheSky

Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2006 4:27 am
by sum_kid
yeah its for a bb/pellet gun not a potato gun. i forgot to mention that.

Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2006 4:33 am
by chosen_way
search google, there is a site with it cant remember the link but i found it in google and i no that because it was just last night i was looking at it. i searched how air rifles work or something like that.

Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2006 4:43 am
by carlbelcher
Check out this Wikipedia page on airguns is has some useful information.

Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2006 5:15 am
by sum_kid
man i tried google with like a 100 different searches. i got discriptions on how they work. i want a diagram or animation or sumthing. can u try to remember exactly wut u searched?