advanced golf ball combustion (now with a video)

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.
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Mon May 05, 2008 3:04 am

I like it nice paint!!!!! O and yes give that watermellon a go!!!!
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Sun May 18, 2008 4:46 pm

sweet launcher but how much douse it way? you look like your strugling to hold it up in the picture is it heavy or are u just small ;-)

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Tue May 20, 2008 4:09 pm

haha... its right around 60 pounds or so I am guessing. when I hold it I feel like master chief from halo 3 when you rip those turret guns off the stands.
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Tue May 20, 2008 5:21 pm

damn straight i love halo take it u have xbox live?

why golf balls tho? i mean apart from there bloody hard as hell.

have u seen my longshot?
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yup, I have xbox live. I got really into halo for a while a bit back, but I cant play anything much with my 2 year old daughter... especially GTA 4, not playing that while she is in the room.

Golf balls are awesome because of 2 reasons. they are hard as hell and penetrate well, and also because my barrell (1.5 inch sdr pvc) fits golf balls so perfectly...

I did indeed see your longshot, sweet gun there. a bit more compact than mine.
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in case anyone wants to see some carnage, I shot a watermelon today with this beast, the link to the video is in my original post...
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Sat Jun 21, 2008 5:05 am

That thing is crazy, the way you hold it makes it seem pretty scary. But i think the ball valve is a little too small for venting, dont you need a bigger hole.
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Sat Jun 21, 2008 7:19 am

nice destruction vid, is the ball valve vent a 2"? im adding one to my cannon soon, just seems easier than removing the cap everytime. g/j
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Sat Jun 21, 2008 8:26 am

Very nice work. Should be pretty powerful.

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Sat Jun 21, 2008 9:58 am

:) I can tell you are proud of your handywork. :) Beyond anything else in this video, that's what shown the brightest for me.

Oh and....nice melon blast too... :wink:
Hydra wrote:That thing is crazy, the way you hold it makes it seem pretty scary. But i think the ball valve is a little too small for venting, dont you need a bigger hole.
Goodness no, he's already got a 2" on there. I use 1" ball valves and with the fan running the chamber will evacuate in about 5 seconds.
Spuddin wrote:nice destruction vid, is the ball valve vent a 2"? im adding one to my cannon soon, just seems easier than removing the cap everytime. g/j
Indeed it is. The biggest thing to remembering is closing it when you fire.
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