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by PCGUY » Tue Oct 29, 2013 10:54 pm
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I've been wanting to get in some spud shooting action this fall before the weather got cold. I know it's been a while since I filmed anything for...

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by rcman50166 » Tue Feb 05, 2008 4:19 pm
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OK. Everyone always seems to know more than me in almost every topic on this site. But this is my domain! High voltage electricity is what i know...

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great job how can i help the fourms
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Help on camera ignition

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by pimp » Sun Aug 12, 2007 4:06 pm

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I was looking through youtube today and found a video of a igniter. I was going to use it but had problems finding the fire button on the camera...

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If you read what it says on that video he said he just connected a peice of steel wool in between the two wires. So that wouldn't work for a spud...

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Sat Aug 18, 2007 2:28 am
Safe to spray paint PVC?

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by blowitup » Wed Aug 15, 2007 6:18 pm
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So I'm using plans from this magazine to make my first combustion spud gun, so I know everything I'm doing is safe except for one addition of my own,...

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Ya dude thats compltely safe, as long as your using plastic paint. And I also completely Highly reccommend Krylon Fusion paint, it is problably the...
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Fri Aug 17, 2007 10:32 pm
Threading ABS

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by demilus » Tue Aug 14, 2007 10:14 pm

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I am currently working on a new project. It is a metered propane combustion launcher built out of ABS cell core pipe. Can I thread my meter directly...

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ya dde that will be completely fine. Just make sure that ABVIOUSLY drill a hole smaller then the fittings diameter thats going to be getting attached...

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Fri Aug 17, 2007 10:25 pm
first combustion

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by thespeedycicada » Wed Aug 15, 2007 8:46 pm

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first combustion nothing special throws golf ballf pretty far sch 40 chamber sdr 26 barrel.What do you think?

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its a nice clean gun. basic combustion now comes the time for chamber fans and propane injection. :evil:

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Fri Aug 17, 2007 12:29 am
paintball mini combustion

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by spudling » Mon Aug 13, 2007 8:53 pm

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ok im going paintballing this saturday (13th) and i wan t make an under barrel launcher for my tipmann 98 so it needs to be small but powerfull so i...

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A coaxial would work perfect then.

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Thu Aug 16, 2007 12:14 pm
Metal Combustion

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by Novacastrian » Tue Aug 14, 2007 6:03 am

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Hey metal lovers, the chamber is s\s and the barrel is Aluminium, It can be doubled, up to 2 metres long.
It has a chamber fan and does hella...

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ill give it a look mate :thumbright:

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Wed Aug 15, 2007 3:33 am
2 chambers safe?

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by CannonCreator » Mon Aug 13, 2007 1:48 am
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Would it be safe to have a combustion potato cannon with 2 chambers? made of ABS or PVC schedule 40?

So basically would it be safe to have a cannon...

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2 will surely be safe. And I think that even if you had ignition in only one, it would still work. The flame is going to travel out of one, and since...
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Wed Aug 15, 2007 1:24 am
cheap high voltage ignition!

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by thespeedycicada » Mon Aug 13, 2007 1:24 am

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I found flouroescent inverters for 5 bucks at this wesite. To find it goggle micro tesla coil.You can power these things with 5 volts and get a...

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spark size little more than 1/8 inch,it arcs internaly(just like the guy said) if you put abpve 5 volts thus killing it.Idrew a picture in some...

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Tue Aug 14, 2007 6:58 pm
MAPC-50

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by Killjoy » Sat Nov 18, 2006 3:07 am
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MAPC-50
( M obile A ssault P otato C annon- 50 millimeter)

I orignally built this cannon for a friend of mine for his birthday, but his mom didnt...

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dude you should shoot that at some 3/4 steel and see what it does from like 50, 100, 150, feet. that would be pretty sweet
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Mon Aug 13, 2007 6:08 pm
Query on kerosene and LPG

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by FiveseveN » Sat Aug 04, 2007 3:39 pm

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In the old days I used to make small flamethrowers from bug spray cans. Recently it has come to my attention that I could use them as fuel for a...

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The calorific value of LPG is 94 MJ/m³ ; kerosene's is 40-something. That's lower than butane's 133 MJ/m³, but the cost/energy ratio would still be...

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Mon Aug 13, 2007 4:03 pm
Buulding control boxes!

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by CannonCreator » Sun Aug 12, 2007 3:19 pm

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I am making a new cannon, And I want to make my own fan control and spark igniton control box. Has anyone done this beofre? any tips?

p.s. I...

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Pete, I for one think the members here should treat new Spuders with a little more respect. What may be a stupid question to you people that have...

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Mon Aug 13, 2007 3:27 pm
First Combustion, PVC Questions...

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by Dornep » Fri Aug 10, 2007 9:57 pm
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I've been cruising around Spudfiles as a guest for the last few days soaking up all the info I can find on Combustion cannons.

I built an all...

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70 psi?No no no, thats a major exageration.

Hardly, if you were to read the failure log on Spudtech, people who were silly enough to use DWV in...
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Mon Aug 13, 2007 6:04 am
stun gun battery life?

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by CannonCreator » Sun Aug 12, 2007 8:47 pm

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Im making my cannon and im using a 100,000 volt stun gun that takes a 9v battery. How many uses will I get with a single 9v before changing it?

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o ok thanks so much! thats all i needed to know. Im lucky to shot 4 spuds a week with the freaking cops around, ans there always looking for ME! so I...

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Sun Aug 12, 2007 10:39 pm
Carrot Launcher?

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by n3rdkw » Thu Aug 09, 2007 12:26 am

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So I just finished my first combustion gun today. It's a 1/2 , about 3 feet long. C:B ratio of approximately 0.8:1
I'm using Lysol, which smells...

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Haha my friends and I shot a baby carrot at a soda can from ten feet out and the can went flying approximately 5 feet and it was bent like <
We then...

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Sun Aug 12, 2007 9:46 pm
Stun Gun Wiring Help

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by PYRO93 » Fri Aug 10, 2007 9:05 pm

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I have never used a stun gun for an ignition before. Is the wiring hok up the same as with a BBQ ignitor?

IF NOT HOW?

Note by MrCrowley:
This is...

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Well first you lick the electrodes while depressing the trigger button, then you can feel free to use the search button.

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Fri Aug 10, 2007 9:21 pm
Toms Tennis Gun

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by hoarp001 » Thu Aug 02, 2007 9:59 am
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Hi,

My freind Tom asked me to build him a tennis gun. I had all the stuff sent to my place, and I finished it today....

This breech is...

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we dont do our pipe in SCHs but its 10bar (145psi) chamber, and 16 bar (232psi) for the fittings and barrel.

Its not actualy going to be aerosol...
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Fri Aug 10, 2007 11:23 am
Maximum Distance for a combustion tater gun

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by Rukus » Tue Aug 07, 2007 1:20 pm
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I've only just got into this sport, but I was wondering what kind of distance can a big normal combustion gun throw a tater? What size gun?

Ive read...

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I think the easiest would be to shoot in a sandy area, because then you can see all the impact marks (ie. the closest is the landing point). I am...
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Fri Aug 10, 2007 10:16 am
Compact potato gun (self contained)

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by toadnoodle » Tue Aug 07, 2007 10:36 pm

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I made this gun a couple years ago when I was in high school to be able to shoot teachers at the front of the bus with paper balls, but I have since...

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My mini just blew up in my hand. :cry: .Anyway, thats a nice mini i like it. It has style and it looks awesome. BTW, have you ever been zapped by the...

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Thu Aug 09, 2007 7:19 am
Simple, effective, cool, first tater gun!!

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by utz » Sat Jun 23, 2007 12:05 pm
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Here is my first attempt at a spud gun. This Sunday was the first time I had ever even seen one...and after checking it out I thought I could improve...

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meh. if you really want good performance go buy a $20 stun gun and spend $35 to make yourself a propane meter, you wont be disapointed.
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Tue Aug 07, 2007 9:23 pm
Canteloupe Cannon

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by PCGUY » Sat Feb 12, 2005 11:40 pm
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CANTELOUPE CANNON

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This afternnon I successfully launched 7 canteloupes, and 2 small watermelons. They averaged in weight from 3...

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im pretty sure that this member is no longer here, since this thread is over 3 years old
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Tue Aug 07, 2007 9:18 pm
Mini Spud

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by PCGUY » Sat Feb 12, 2005 4:49 pm
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MINI SPUD

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This is my first combustion launcher and it is made out of all copper. The chamber is made out of 3/4 copper piping...

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that guns got a nice look to it like a german lugor
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Tue Aug 07, 2007 4:16 pm
The Magic Stick

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by paragod » Thu Oct 05, 2006 1:45 pm
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Here is my first propane injected gun.

I used double valves and a guage so that I could meter my propane shot. The chamber is 4 x14 , and is done...

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triple post aaaahhh don't do that again use the edit button on your post, the fan doesn't melt cause the explosion is breif and it has lots of...
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Tue Aug 07, 2007 10:58 am
RMS's Cannon

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by PCGUY » Sun Feb 13, 2005 12:12 am
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RMS CANNON

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I tested it out this weekend. Barrel is 10' x 2 and it is still only a 1.2:1 C:B ratio. Another 5' extension and...

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that looks and reminds me of a mortar just by the way it is set up on that hill.

same thought :D

Nice long cannon !! what do you mean about the...
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Tue Aug 07, 2007 10:07 am
Ignition Question

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by Rukus » Sun Aug 05, 2007 7:41 pm

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Hi guys....just signed up for the forum. I've been reading allot of old posts, picking up several good tips.

My new gun: 4 x 24 PVC Schedule 40...

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Like others said, the problem is not the ignitor, it is either the mixture or the mixing.

There is a simulator for basic combustion guns; EVBEC ....

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Mon Aug 06, 2007 9:57 am
The Pwnager

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by Skywalker » Sun Aug 05, 2007 8:19 pm

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This is my ghetto shoulder-fired combustion launcher. The name is a reference to the onager, a kind of wild mule that is said to give a vicious kick....

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Oops, good catch, Hawkeye.

The blue rag on the barrel is the ghetto shoulder rest.

Yeah, it's pretty big. I like it that way though: I don't own...

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Mon Aug 06, 2007 8:02 am

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