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1st Hybrid
Posted: Sat Aug 11, 2007 9:05 pm
by Novacastrian
My motto is keep it simple, as can be seen here.
The chamber was made from Stainless and Nylon, the barrel is copper.
It has been tested to 4x (max i want to go with it, plus the gauge died!)
Chamber volume 700ml
Barrel i.d. 23mm, volume 560ml
Ignition is from a simply made "spark plug" and a bbq piezo.
I use a syringe to inject Butane through the ball valve, bike tube valve to pump in the air.
Hope you guys likey I do! (hope the pics work also)
The first picture is the projectiles. Just added damage pics, these were only at 1x mix, clean through, note the size of the holes!!!
P.s. I'm trying to get the pics bigger.

Posted: Sat Aug 11, 2007 9:34 pm
by hi
wow, most people dont make their fist post a hybrid. you did a very good job on it.
what is the ignition for it?
Posted: Sat Aug 11, 2007 11:15 pm
by homedepotpro
anyway we can get bigger pics
Re: 1st Hybrid
Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2007 12:12 am
by flamerz14
@hi:
Novacastrian wrote:
Ignition is from a simply made "spark plug" and a bbq piezo.
can you show us pics of it?
Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2007 12:17 am
by Novacastrian
I would have to dismantle the chamber sorry.
The piezo attaches to the wires you see the rest is hidden.
Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2007 12:22 am
by flamerz14
So that means the piezo is connected to the spark plug?
Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2007 12:23 am
by Novacastrian
You are correct in your assumption!
Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2007 12:25 am
by flamerz14

how efficient is it?as in, does it ignite all the time?
Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2007 12:27 am
by Novacastrian
It has without fail ignited every time, the spark gap is only about 2mm.
Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2007 12:30 am
by flamerz14
ok..thanks for the info.

Great job!
Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2007 1:11 am
by Novacastrian
Thankyou for your remark!

Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2007 2:35 am
by spud yeti
Looks like a good little hybrid you got there... and what an entrance to spudfiles, welcome!
What are the total dimensions for it?
Well done on a well-constructed cannon though
Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2007 2:53 am
by Novacastrian
Thanx Yeti, the chamber is 230mm long with an o.d. of 95mm, the internal length is approx 130mm with an i.d. of 70mm. S/S is around 6mm thick and it has an internal co-polymer sleeve of around 6.5mm thick. The barrel is 1350mm long (90mm of which extends inside the chamber). So all up you got 1580mm long.
I know a longer barrel would do wonders but it wouldn't be practical "around these parts"
This has been changed to exclude the insert.
Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2007 3:03 am
by spud yeti
That sounds really cool, I love mini guns that are just "pill bottle minis" but actually really advanced and work well, for example
jackssmirkingrevenge's pen gun project.
It sounds like it was really well built too, not just another piece of crap
Where do you live, because you work in metric (I live in South Africa, which is metric too)[/url]
Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2007 3:07 am
by Novacastrian
The great South land, you know the one which is an Island a Continent and a Country....