combustion 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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shiny455
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Fri Jun 03, 2011 12:26 am

i built this a couple years ago now but only just started using syringe fuelling and a piezo to ignite it. roughly 1.2m barrel, 7.6L chamber and 5.3L Barrel. Ive been shooting 600ml coke bottles filled with water wrapped in a bit of electrical tape but i just discovered a wine bottle fits the barrel pretty well so il have to try it. The recoil left an alright bruise aswell.
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gas cylinder out of a barbecue lighter taped on for portability
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Fri Jun 03, 2011 12:30 am

Yay for syringe metering! Ghetto but looks fun, you have to film the wine bottle - from a safe distance, of course ;)
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Fri Jun 03, 2011 12:34 am

yeah ill film it and post it up on here not sure when ill get around to it though i dont think it would be much appreciated if i shot it at home and left glass everywhere.. wish i could get some high speed footage of the glass shattering
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