Mammoth
I will soon be posting a mammoth cannon. this cannon will be so massive that for the air chamber it will use over 16 feet of sch40 2.5 inch pipe. However the piston valve will be very small at 1.5 inches, also the barral will be 7 feet of 1.5 inches. I will shoot striped golf balls from up to 150 psi. i have caculate that at that pressure it will probably hurl it 3 miles. Look around for the post to be up in a month or to and if u have any douts or sugustions or jut want to mock me then plz reply.
- Urban Ninja
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Don you live in the countryside? I hope your garden is big cos that thing is gonna need a lot of storage space at 23 feet
! I guess your gonna build a stand for it! Good luck
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- boilingleadbath
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"3 miles"
Ok, let me geuss: you did the old "ok, so we have a force caused by the air of 150*1.5^2*.75 lbs, and a barrel that long... so plugging it into that handy formula we learnt in physics... that much muzzle velocity... and handy physics formula again... that much distance.
Sorry, but that doesn't work very well (ignores external air resistance, viscosity of air, flow choking...) . Try downloading the GGDT (gas gun desing tool).
Ok, let me geuss: you did the old "ok, so we have a force caused by the air of 150*1.5^2*.75 lbs, and a barrel that long... so plugging it into that handy formula we learnt in physics... that much muzzle velocity... and handy physics formula again... that much distance.
Sorry, but that doesn't work very well (ignores external air resistance, viscosity of air, flow choking...) . Try downloading the GGDT (gas gun desing tool).
um ur probably right but iam pretty sure it will go miles i have some very areo dynamic ammo planed, and it wont be 23 feet long it will be compacted into about ten feet, but hey whatever
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and where can i download this ggdt
NOTE FROM PIMPMANN22: Congrats on the double post! Take Salad Tossers advice.
[20:33 PM]
and where can i download this ggdt
NOTE FROM PIMPMANN22: Congrats on the double post! Take Salad Tossers advice.
- saladtossser
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So far I have gotten tennis balls,some filled with water for extra weight ,to go over a tree 900. away and in to a pasture with keep out signs ,so I haven't retrieved all of them ,but I think some of them may have made a quarter mile ,this is with a comustion cannon. I'm sure golf balls will go substantially further than tennis balls,but I wouldn't bet on 3 miles,if you get 1 mile I want to build one just like it.
- Daemonseed
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whats this 11 months later and no cannon? whats this i smell? oh yes, i think its BS
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I agree, I could have built a cannon twice as big as the one you stated in 11 months. Some one bit off more than they could chew. Don't post until you have actually made the cannon, thats what the showcase is for.
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Ha ha
Yeh that was a figure of speach, my front yards not even that big.
