holy shit.

i got sucha laugh out of this, its not even funny

Mihlrad wrote:Odds are it takes alot of UV light to damage the pipe sufficiently.

that probably true, but do the pipes that you;'re talking about have to handle any sort of pressure at all?

1. the valve is choking the flow, A LOT, so a modded 1" sprinkler valve would def do the trick to get a 100+ yards

2. a 2" barrel is pretty large...go down to a 1 or 1.5" barrel and with the modded valve, your distance's will be EASILY doubled, even tripled

It's not a matter of how strong the UV is, but how long it's been exposed. Unless you plan on using old PVC that's been laying outside for months on end, or your cannon will be outside for that long, you should be fine, just keep it out of the sun when you're not using it.


what if i AM going to ...

that seems like it would work pretty well, but im thinking that the pump would have to be VERY heavy duty for it to not simply snap mid-pump (because obviously the more you pump it, the harder it gets, and eventually the plunger might just snap)
unless you put a saftey pop-off valve (i think thats ...

depends, there are all sorts of different sizes of marbles.
personally, i use some 5/8" galvanized steel (fits with maybe 1/8-1/4" room around the marble) but thats just because i was too cheap to buy the brass pipe that fit it perfectly.

so it all depends on what kinda marbles you're using

drop shadows are in the bottom right corner of the screen, (by default) see the little italicized "F" in the pallette w/ the layers? thats the effects button...click on that and one of the options will be Drop Shadow.

killagorrila99 wrote:wats a pneumatic ram and send me the plans

i think the term "f'ing google it!" works here...seriously.
a cannon or two on this forum have pnuematic ram on em...
search search search bar!!
=)

and how do you expect to replace the burst disk each time?
the only way i could see you doing it effectively would be with a screw on endcap...which really isnt pressure rated...

beebs111 wrote:ithe breed was specialy made for hunting lions

oh man!
that was the best laugh ive had in a long time.
thanks =)

alex bennett wrote:sgort87, i have no life if you get in to it again i will try to help you with rushes and what not, my nephew still plays and i can use his account. Command and Conquer was awsome...

same here.
im on USwest
account = plophead2
lemme know if you want me to hook you up with neat stuff =)

congrats, you've just thought up a cannon with multiple spark gaps (all wired together in series, of course)

its a good idea though, not sure how well needles would conduct electricity though

actually pimp, what you said was right...all those steps were dead on...
couple things to metion though..the little leak seems to be coming out of the barrel which led to me to think that the diaphragh didnt seat properly...i took it out, cleaned it off, and then stretched the spring a bit in case ...

)DEMON( wrote:mabey you have leaky connections

if i had a leak it wouldnt have just shown up, and itd have to be one helluva leak to get the decrease in performance that im experiencing

pimpmann22 wrote:Give us a method of operation and what happesn at each method.

would you like a step by step? from loading ammo to firing? or just whats going on with the valve