Christmas Lights and Potato Gun

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Tue Dec 23, 2014 9:27 am

Hey All,
Newbie here and just thought I'd post my funny video. I also challenge anyone to beat me by launching a set of Christmas lights over a roof :) .

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Tue Dec 23, 2014 5:22 pm

I thought I was going to see a string of lights fling through the air.......maybe another time. L0L

Welcome to Spudfiles! :mrgreen:
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Tue Dec 23, 2014 5:38 pm

jrrdw,
That was the original premise :) , Maybe next year !

Thanks for the welcome
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Wed Dec 24, 2014 7:05 am

Hehehehehe

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Nice.
hectmarr wrote:You have to make many weapons, because this field is long and short life
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Thu Dec 25, 2014 8:02 am

If you used a heavier plug, and shoved it to the bottom of the barrel, and with the right launch angle, you probably could have shot the strand on to the roof. Cool idea, not really practical...
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CS wrote:If you used a heavier plug, and shoved it to the bottom of the barrel, and with the right launch angle, you probably could have shot the strand on to the roof. Cool idea, not really practical...
Yea if he's not carefull that string of lights will be off into the wild blue yander just like that rocket! L0L

I knew that was a gonner, I've built about a dozen of those and launched them. :bigsmurf:
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