10" basketball cannon

Boom! The classic potato gun harnesses the combustion of flammable vapor.
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How much did it cost?

I may have to make one of these...
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That was great!

Where did you get the 10" pipe from?
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Woah that thing is gnarly.

Ill consider making one myself. :D
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omg thats huge 10 " damn man, damn. nice helmet, i might have to get myself one of those :D
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10" is a very large size. I couldn't possibly guess what thickness the pipe is to hold a combustion. Your next video should definately show you going for a basket lol. :lol:
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About the cost- I "found" this piece in the middle of the "woods" so it cost me nothing. The only thing I bought was the screws to hold the end on. I'm still browsing the garage sales and thrift stores for some cheap basketballs since I only have one at the moment.
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This just reminded me of a 20' length of 10" pipe in the back of one of the woodshop classrooms at my school, I keep asking the teacher if our class can make a basketball cannon, but the teacher won't let us. :cry:
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Holy cow! :shock:

That thing had way more power then I thought was possible. That. Was. Awesome :D
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very insane!when i saw the description i was like :shock: then i saw it shot and i thought i could have allot of fun with that :twisted:
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Wow, that's awesome. I didn't expect that kind of power at all. Amazing.
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That's pretty bad-ass.
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if you do the math on it the 9.8m/s^2 given the 3.5 second fall from the apex, it fires approximately 130-160' in the air, the variation is because of the second that cant be accurately determined in the video's angle
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Thanks alot for the estimate. My friends keep asking me how high it goes and now at least I have some idea.
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Heres a pic of some 350mm (13") pipe we have stockpiled at the farm.
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Thats a really cool cannon, very unique. Ever thought of possibly filling the basketball with something such as water? :lol: may be a little heavier but much worth the video.
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