first Ghetto cannon.... RIP.

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Tue Oct 07, 2008 5:50 pm

only the barrel! was paper towel rolls
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Tue Oct 07, 2008 6:44 pm

ya, cardboard is pretty incredible... They make model rocket cassings out of it. Granted they use much thicker rolls, but also they are dealing with pressure, and assuming you don't drop a steel weight down your barrel or add a burst disk, the pressure isn't going to go much over 3psi anyways.
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Wed Oct 08, 2008 10:20 am

This is not the first cardboard cannon:
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That one even works with ammo.

But it does show that the cardboard can more or less hold the pressure.
Cardboard cannons are simple, yet amazing projects.
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Wed Oct 08, 2008 10:36 am

psycix wrote:This is not the first cardboard cannon
I think he meant it was HIS first ghetto cannon.
Does that thing kinda look like a big cat to you?
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Wed Oct 08, 2008 11:16 am

sorry yes i meant that it's my first ghetto cannon
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