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ƒlying$pud
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Sat Oct 29, 2005 4:10 am

Hey fellas, just wondering if it would be possible or if u know of any1 who instead of making a cannon from pvc or abs made one fom fibreglass or even carbon fibre? a carbon fibre cannon would look sick. :twisted:
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Sat Oct 29, 2005 3:19 pm

I don't know of any, and here's why:
Exotic_stuff_$ > PVC_$
They are tough materials to work with.
No gain in preformance, it's just lighter. (which is going to make the recoil worse)
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Sun Oct 30, 2005 4:34 am

Gotcha :wink:
I get what u mean thanx
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Sun Oct 30, 2005 5:07 am

Man why bother with all the hassel PVC is reliable and can look cool, unless your a millionaire and going to commission one id stick with PVC
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Sun Oct 30, 2005 5:20 am

Ok, here is why you dont make a connon from Carbon Fibre

1. some of it isent fire proof

2. to make 1 from it would cost about 600 bukz
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Sun Dec 31, 2006 8:06 pm

I know this post is old but there is another reason NOT to make a cannon from carbon fibre, when it breaks it breaks and the super sharp pieces would go flying everywhere, they would be extremely dangerous, i know this because i use carbon fibre hunting arrows and on one shot the arrow must have had a fault in it, it hit my taget and burst into a bunch of different shards. I was around 20 ft away and one piece managed to find its way into my leg, just imagine what would happen if something larger were to explode next to you :shock:
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