My first cannon. Looking for any tips for improvement.

[jackssmirkingrevenge]

I'm thinking I'll just make do with the current valve until I have done enough research to feel comfortable building my own piston valve.

Have a look at Hubb's 2" piston valve how-to, since you managed to put together the subject of this thread it should be a piece of cake (sorry...) to put a piston valved launcher togther, and you can use the 1" sprinkler as a pilot

[mlz3000]

Okay, I'm not exactly sure what I'm looking at a diagram of...

That's just the piston, right?

So then this would go inside of a 2" or so tee joint, or am I totally off?



Also: because I haven't mentioned it yet. I named the launcher CAKE because I knew I wanted an acronym name for it, and because I'm such a Portal nut, I couldn't resist calling it "CAKE" for "Compressed Air Kinetic Emancipator"

[Technician1002]

That is just the piston. I have a how to posted in the How-To Database to make smaller pistons for smaller launchers.
http://www.spudfiles.com/forums/turtori ... 21740.html

[jackssmirkingrevenge]

because I'm such a Portal nut, I couldn't resist calling it "CAKE" for "Compressed Air Kinetic Emancipator"

I had to stop myself from saying your launcher was a LIE!



Speaking of which, you'll probably appreciate this work in progress

[mlz3000]

Alrighty!

Thanks you guys! This thread quickly jumped from noting that my chamber was not pressure rated to teaching me about C:B ratios and valves. I really appreciate it, and feel very welcomed.