my first combustion cannon. scrap pipe

Boom! The classic potato gun harnesses the combustion of flammable vapor.
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asianinvasion07
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i finished my gun today! :D


im getting about 50 yards on half of a potato slightly smaller than a baking potato

this was from shooting at a 45 degree angle

ill post pics of it later! :)
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cool. got any pics.
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yea. sorry i didnt get pics before. i had lots of schoolwork....


so yea here it is. and BAADLY corroded from tresemme hair spray haha


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Well it looks as though you have been having a little tooo much fun judging by the looks of things!
Get rid of the hairspray spudder, upgrade to axe or something, that white residue is just not cool! :jerk:
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With axe you will also see a noticable power increase.
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isnt axe expensive though?
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asianinvasion07 wrote:isnt axe expensive though?
Yes it is, a better option is to buy a large veteranarian syringe and a can of Butane. Hey presto metered fuel. :)
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how about "dust off" keyboard duster ?

so it doesnt corrode or get my electrical contacts wet.

its flammable though. i dont know what its made of

but when you burn it its really bad. its like acidic fumes..
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Novacastrian wrote::jerk:
I havent seen a smiley like that ever, and i dont know if i want to see that again. I didnt think something like that would exists but i guess im wrong.

But im not surpirsed. Nowadays there is a smiley for just about everything :roll:
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i tried to make a tennis ball launcer wit the barrel and combustion chamber like that but it did not work. for ignition buy a piezo ignitor just conect it to the screws in your barrel with wire. i can uy a bbq lighter on my own no probs and im 14.
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