Advice on a ""Proper" 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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elitesniper
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Sun Dec 30, 2007 11:17 pm

or you can incase it in a project box from radioshack or some electronic store :)
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Sun Dec 30, 2007 11:35 pm

>.< I should of thought of that straight away..

Well all i need to do now is build it
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Mon Dec 31, 2007 9:03 am

Yeah, that project box is going to be the most expensive part of your electronics setup. Especially if you get it from Radio Shack.

I find a cheaper solution to be to just encase the whole thing in some leftover pipe with a couple of "test" endcaps (or normal ones).
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Mon Dec 31, 2007 10:16 am

Rigging it up in some piping sounds good

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