air cannon idea

Cannons powered by pneumatic pressure (compressed gas) using a valve or other release.
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this is my air cannon im going to make tomorrow. http://img243.imageshack.us/img243/4259/82349848zh3.png
do you see any thing that will go wrong with this design if you do can you please tell me?
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yeah it'll work, but don't know if it's worth putting on a scope if ur using a ball valve, sprinkler would work better if u want it 'more' accurate.
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Don't bother putting a laser/scope on there if your using a ballvalve (unless it's just for looks, of course.) because while you try to open the valve quickly you will disrupt your aim, making a scope/laser ineffective.

You could fix this by using a different valve or by springloading the bv.

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Its a waste of time and money if you use the ball valve, like inonickname said it will mess up your aim when you open it.

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Nope, looks fine. But you'd probably want a larger chamber and to make a sprinkler valve.
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several major issues. First of all, the silencer will have no effect what so ever. For a suppressor to do anything on a pneumatic, it must have a large volume, on the order of the volume of the chamber, preferably much larger.
Second, using a ball valve for the main valve will work, but you will not get particularly great performance. Try your hand at a modded sprinkler valve
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