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Mon Mar 26, 2007 4:37 pm

ok, i have a around 5 foot tall potato gun, 3 inch width chamber and i want to know how loud it will be, i live in a pretty bit town and houses are very close together, would this be too loud?!
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Mon Mar 26, 2007 4:51 pm

What type of cannon combustion, pnuematic, hybrid?

combustions are normally loud. Pnuematic ball valve canons arent loud. Neither are sprinklers but if you have a piston they can be.
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Mon Mar 26, 2007 4:53 pm

If you have the right chamber to barrel ratio, no. It will be powerful, so i wouldn't recommend shooting it. But no, it you have it right it wont be loud.

If you want it to be 100% totally silent, then don't put any fuel it. The only drawback is that is drastically reduces muzzle velocity.
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Mon Mar 26, 2007 4:59 pm

its a combustion, and what do you mean "no fuel" how will it shoot then?
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Mon Mar 26, 2007 5:01 pm

ecko wrote:its a combustion, and what do you mean "no fuel" how will it shoot then?
He is being a smart ass. I hope
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Mon Mar 26, 2007 5:02 pm

that was the joke....

EDIT: damn, WOW beat me to it
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Mon Mar 26, 2007 5:04 pm

oh...i was gunna say....
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Mon Mar 26, 2007 5:06 pm

Ya, don't put any fuel in the chamber and see what happens... You can make a silencer for it, I have never done it, but I know other people have and they say it works.
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Mon Mar 26, 2007 5:11 pm

I have to chime in here "hi", that was a good one! It wen't over perfect.
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Mon Mar 26, 2007 6:35 pm

More dimensions, please:
1) Length of the 3' section (this is your chamber, right)
2) diameter of the barrel

Oh, skip it... I probably won't be responding to this thread again.

Here's some math:
(chamber length)*(chamber inside diameter)*(chamber inside diameter)
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(barrel length)*(barrel inside diameter)*(barrel inside diameter)

(the horizontal line indicates devision)

This is your chamber:barrel ratio. (here after: C:B ratio)
If your C:B ratio is below .8:1 (the formula would give you the number ".8"), make your barrel shorter. (you'll increase performance)
If it is exactly .8:1, you shalt note very little noise
If it is 1.5, it's going to be fairly loud

That's as many examples as I'm going to give... just guess at the loudness of other C:B ratios.
Loudness is generally subjective anyways, unless you happen to have a microphone suitable for recording noises this loud, and a standardized tone to calibrate it with.
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Tue Mar 27, 2007 6:35 pm

nevermind, i got it; i just shot it anyways, it shoots very far! :D
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Tue Mar 27, 2007 6:40 pm

hi wrote:If you have the right chamber to barrel ratio, no. It will be powerful, so i wouldn't recommend shooting it. But no, it you have it right it wont be loud.

If you want it to be 100% totally silent, then don't put any fuel it. The only drawback is that is drastically reduces muzzle velocity.
why must you be a smartass? :x

why dont people just answer the question anymore! :evil:

why must they be a**holes!! :x :evil:

whew, done now..... :cry:
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Tue Mar 27, 2007 7:56 pm

whats the right ratio for a combustion? i have an almost perfect 1:1 but its still loud
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Wed Mar 28, 2007 5:20 pm

lukemc wrote:whats the right ratio for a combustion? i have an almost perfect 1:1 but its still loud
this is gunna turn into a debate...


and hi i agree with sch why do you have to be ignorant **** (insert favorate swear here) so often... how old are you??
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