UPDATED x 2 !! WMD - Now with 360 view and damage pics!!

Boom! The classic potato gun harnesses the combustion of flammable vapor. Show us your combustion spud gun and discuss fuels, ratios, safety, ignition systems, tools, and more.

What do you think?

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sux...
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Good for a first spudgun.
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Tue Jul 03, 2007 8:41 pm

wrap a golf ball in toilet paper and test the range :twisted:

seems fine to me, have you considered using burst disks? they improved the performance of mine when it was still alive.
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Wed Jul 04, 2007 9:49 am

Hailfire753 wrote:Do you think the fluted barrel negatively affects preformance?
Depends on which way it's fluted. One way can give objects backspin (which improves range), the other gives it frontspin, which will cause it to arc back down faster.

I think you've managed to have it cut the wrong way. Won't reduce power, but it will reduce ranges on some ammunitions.
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Happy 4th of july!!!
PYRO TYME!!

I finished painting my gun, I will post pics soon, and maybe a flash video.
I will probably update the main post with them, so lazy people can see 'em with out reading the posts. Stay tuned!! :lol:

I use potatoes as my primary ammo; golf balls are too big. As for the angeled cut of the barrel, that was just for looks, and I could probably remove it. The whole 5'' fluted part was added to the original plans too.
About the burst disks, I have already said I use 'em. REALLY LOUD. Stupid lazy post-skipping chaos! HMMP! ; (
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Stupid lazy post-skipping chaos! HMMP! ; (
hmmpm yaself, soz i was really tired wen i posted that im real bored lately.
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Hey people, I updated the main post, make sure you see the 360!
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Thu Jul 05, 2007 7:07 pm

Great job on the 360! At first I thought it was an animated GIF, but flash is nice because you can pause it.
I must admit I love the nuke symbol on the chamber
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:lol: Yeah, that would explain your advatar
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Thu Jul 05, 2007 7:51 pm

Hazardous material symbols are all so cool looking... I especially love the nuclear symbol because I'm going to major in Nuclear Engineering when I start college this fall.
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lol, i was doing a report on careers and in some of my research, a book said that a nuclear engineer makes less than a teacher :shock:

even tho i dont believe i thing ill stick to aerospace engineering :wink:

anyway i really like the 360, tis cool, never seen it on a cannon before
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It really depends what you do, it's one of those degrees that's useless unless you have a masters or PhD. I'm actually planning on doing a double major in Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, but I've got to wait until just after sophomore year to do that.

Edit: Check out my new sig, hecka cool huh.
Ok I'm done hijacking this thread.
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Thu Jul 05, 2007 8:27 pm

lol. well thx for the comments! Sandman, glad you liked the 360, it took about 15 min of photos and an hour of flash/photoshop. Nice sig, btw. I like the personalization.

Edit- LOL thx mark. wonderful comment. I love you too.
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Fri Jul 06, 2007 1:02 pm

ok i see you put alot of work into this but stop bieng a attention *whore*
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Tue Jul 10, 2007 10:19 am

yeah thats real nice nicer than the nutty and nice icecreams that i don't think are nice but yes very nice cannon
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Tue Jul 10, 2007 10:14 pm

Yo no comprendo tu. Hablas ingles? Gracias para un coment muy bien!

Hey, watz up! sorry for the joke, I had to get it in there. Glad you like the gun. In case you don't understand spanglish, thanks for the comment, its better than ending it on the negative comment before you.

stupid mark :x :evil: :twisted: :lol:
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Thu Aug 02, 2007 9:06 pm

Sorry to kick this thread up again (and double posting), but I thought it would be worth it for you guys to see the damage videos.
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