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- Mon Aug 04, 2014 3:03 am
- Forum: Combustion Cannons
- Topic: Howitzer project
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4723
Re: Howitzer project
This is really neat as it allows you to make precharged hybrid shells without always having to change the burst disk on the cannon. Make a bunch of shells that have replaceable burst disks and have a field day!!! Later on that night you can reload your shells. One question through. How do you pre ch...
- Thu Jul 31, 2014 6:43 pm
- Forum: General How-To & Discussion
- Topic: Fitting a cannon in to a tank
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3100
Re: Fitting a cannon in to a tank
http://www.spudfiles.com/spud_wiki/index.php?title=Quick_Dump_Valve I can highly recommend this design! Short opening times, and works best with a fat chamber. Could take something like that and replace the second chamber with a spring and make a combustion hybrid. Combustion pressure would overcom...
- Thu Jul 31, 2014 7:50 am
- Forum: General How-To & Discussion
- Topic: Fitting a cannon in to a tank
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3100
Re: Fitting a cannon in to a tank
How about a pneumatic coaxial cannon made so that the barrel is the same lenght as the chamber, this design would look very real and be compact size ? If you dont know what coaxial cannon is, it means that the gun barrel is inside the chamber pipe. Try to search from the pneumatic cannon showcase. ...
- Thu Jul 31, 2014 1:13 am
- Forum: General How-To & Discussion
- Topic: Fitting a cannon in to a tank
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3100
Re: Fitting a cannon in to a tank
Thought about the camlock but that would only work on a pneumatic cannon, I thought about making a mechanism on a slide with a camlock built in and an arm over top. One would lift the arm and the camlock would unlock and slide back ebough to fit a golf ball in to the breech. I definitely wouldn't wa...
- Thu Jul 31, 2014 12:02 am
- Forum: General How-To & Discussion
- Topic: Fitting a cannon in to a tank
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3100
Fitting a cannon in to a tank
Hey guys, somewhat new guy here. I'd like to start out by saying that I have been lurking for years and it's actually my other hobby that finally brought me here. I like to build Scaled tanks (ones you can sit in and drive) My current build is a 40% scale M4 Sherman and I'm at the stage where I need...