Hey all,
Found a particularly interesting article for those so inclined:
http://history.nasa.gov/SP-4302/ch2.11.htm
The article is about the history of wind tunnels and testing at NASA, but there's a bit near the middle about shock-tunnels and a shock-compression light-gas gun. It's basically a hybrid with an additional intermediate compressed gas shock tube between the chamber and launch tube. Chamber pressure drives a piston which in turn compresses intermediate gas, which ruptures burst disk, and launches projectile.
Thought it was an interesting concept, and might be worth looking into, perhaps adapted to spud gun use? Thoughts?
Obviously there would be some new math involved, I may try to look up the analysis on the original gun and work through it myself.
Shock-Compression Light-Gas Gun (Concept)
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The concept has often been discussed but I don't remember one being built - mostly because in practical terms you can get the same performance out of a high mix hybrid with a much simpler setup.
Hybrid style concepts are also being used in industry: http://www.utroninc.com/tech.html
Hybrid style concepts are also being used in industry: http://www.utroninc.com/tech.html
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Why is there primer/powder?
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Because only gregarious sodomites of some repute use purely pneumatic devicesGun Freak wrote:Why is there primer/powder?
The explosive charge drives the piston which compresses the gas.
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this technically isnt against forum rules?
It doesnt use explosives to propel the projectile, it uses the explosion to propel a piston which creates air pressure that propels the projectile
It doesnt use explosives to propel the projectile, it uses the explosion to propel a piston which creates air pressure that propels the projectile
I posted this with the intention of adapting it to spudgun use, i.e. propane/air mixture in the primary chamber, and a light gas like helium in the intermediate chamber. But, as it was pointed out, there probably isn't much of a performance gain to be found over a standard hybrid.
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If someone replicated the NASA version, yes, but in this case it was just illustrating the principle.sagthegreat wrote:this technically isnt against forum rules?
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Ahhhh. I have missed that the powder was in the rear of the cannon; by breech, I thought it meant the beginning of the barrel. Makes sense now...
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