What is the posibilities of a hand held air powered cannon?

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Sun Nov 12, 2006 10:19 am

How far can you fling a tater with a hand held cannon. That isn't a hybrid
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Sun Nov 12, 2006 10:21 am

Its all a matter of your definition of hand held.

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Sun Nov 12, 2006 10:38 am

Most of the potato launchers here that iv'e seen are hand held. Sgort even built a back pack launcher.
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Sun Nov 12, 2006 1:58 pm

A pneumatic cannon could theoritically fling a spud several miles. It's just impractical.

I'd guess 200 yards is quite likely with a fairly big 2" bore cannon with a powerful valve and enough pressure.
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Sun Nov 12, 2006 2:46 pm

Do you mean on you can just hold, or one that is self contained? (As in on board co2, etc.?)
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Sun Nov 12, 2006 7:16 pm

When I think hand held it's really no longer than about 24"-36" and isn't very heavy, hand held should be comfortable to hold and small enough to be able to carry. My .5"x24" barrel, 2"x6" ball valve blows marbles over 250'.
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