tylers golfball cannon!!!!

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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Sun Sep 16, 2007 10:22 pm

this is my combustion launcher, i was inspired by spuddins tutorial on how to make a home made golf ball barrel http://www.spudfiles.com/forums/homemad ... 10549.html, well spudblaster and i made me a golf ball barrel and then made a gun, i did some tests and it got 14 seconds of hang time and went 200-250 yards across a lake. :) enjoy.

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Sun Sep 16, 2007 10:26 pm

Nice, thats cool how you guys sleeved the 2'' abs like perfectly. Best 2" sleeve job ever.
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Sun Sep 16, 2007 10:41 pm

Thats nicely done man. Have fun and dont get into too much trouble :wink:
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Mon Sep 17, 2007 8:32 pm

Dude, nice gun! Very clean sleaving job. That's some wicked range you described there. How loud is it?
However, I know using DWV isn't safe on pneumatics, right? So is it okay on combustions? I noticed you have a bell reducer, and it looks like you might have a DWV female adapter and plug on the chamber, and a DWV breech loading system. Also, is the thing made out of ABS?
Overall, nice work!
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Mon Sep 17, 2007 11:16 pm

yes the gun is all abs and im not worried about the dwv because apparently abs is better with shock than pvc, and its acctually very loud when the fuel mixture is right.
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Mon Sep 17, 2007 11:41 pm

Finally, someone else with a female threaded barrel! They're so much more practical!
Why'd you use the yellow cement? Can't you guys get the black stuff?
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Tue Sep 18, 2007 9:32 pm

Sucks for you guys.
I'd probably rather be able to get copper for non-ridiculous prices than get black cement at all though....
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Wed Sep 19, 2007 6:02 pm

$5.09 for 1/2" type L, 3/4" type L is $7.29 per foot. 2" type L is $23.99 per foot.
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Wed Sep 19, 2007 6:07 pm

The only type of copper that I can even get in sizes over 1" is the DWV variety, and it's only rated for about 200 psi.
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Wed Sep 19, 2007 6:23 pm

Great job Tyler, how did u cut the pipe? btw i didnt know static guard worked, nice gun! :D
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