Canteloupe Cannon

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<div align="center">CANTELOUPE CANNON

Provided By - DR

This afternnon I successfully launched 7 canteloupes, and 2 small watermelons. They averaged in weight from 3 1/2 lbs. to a little over 4 lbs.

The Chamber and Barrel is one length of PWEAGLE 6" IPS SDR21 pipe rated @ 200psi.-- the Chamber portion is 42" long, and estimated at 1253.33 cubic inches. This includes the area inside of the female adapter, and the hollow portion of the 6" endcap. The Barrel portion of the pipe is 60" long, giving me an estimated 0.74:1 ratio.

I used a 1/2" x 12" meter pipe set @ 100psi, and injected twice for each shot. ( 4.507 % fuel mixture ) -The "report" of each firing was louder than my 4" Unione'd Hybrid with a 2x/2atm mix.

I had this thing strapped to an aluminum ladder (that folds into many different configurations). I had to brace the edge of my shoe against the rear foot of the ladder for each shot because the recoil was alittle more than I had expected.

Each shot ( at about a 20 degree angle ) went well over 100 yds. A 55 gallon drum was annihilated. A "JR. Football" was lost in the rocky hillside. - But no distance records set. I need to fabricate some sort of cradle or box so that I can shoot at 35- 90 degree angles.

"IF" this thing generated close to 40psi, it will have put out the same amount of "thrust" as dual 2" pnuematic valves dumping (unrestricted) at 178psi!

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[theexp]

Imagine trying to hold that like you are, and shooting it. Another GAINT cannon, Another beast. I love them. NIce stand. You should paint it.

[SpudStuff]

are you shure that works the chamber would have to make up 1/2 of ot

[Shrimphead]

I don't think that you understand the concept of dead topics. DON'T POST IN THEM!!!!!!!!!!!

[spudshot]

shrimphead, the official cannon topics are ok to post in, it doesnt matter how old they are

[Shrimphead]

Ok, sry Holy S%$^ It's still going, my bad.

[Collo]

top cannon dude

[iPaintball]

MY GOD MAN! You must be bloody insane trying to shoot that beast! Great work!

[paaiyan]

Mein Gott! You should load it with a possum.

[Cory777]

sorr im a noob
what does a fan do in a combustion cannon

[pyromaniac]

sigh....... please use the search button and the wiki.

A chamber fan does

1 makes a better mixture of oxygen and propellant

2 vents the chamber quicker.

[Cory777]

ahhh thanks

[VH_man]

(whistles) thats pretty sweet. someday ill make a big bore hybrid....... someday...........

although it seems as if your big combustion here is working fine..........

[Boomer_]

Wow, this must have cost you a pretty penny for that 6" pipe. Ammo must be expensive, too, for cantelopes. That pipe is really clean, though, I like it. Only thing I can see wrong with it is minor, you should have made a pvc or some type of bigger meter pipe so you only have to inject it once and at a low pressure so that when your tank gets low, you're not injecting it 4+ times.

[SPUDMASTER91]

OMG you could kill an elephant with that thing