Posted: Sun Jun 12, 2011 11:25 am
Actually in a lot of fields it is common place to allow pneumatic cannons. Combustion's are almost always not allowed. When bringing your pneumatic cannon to the field, you have to get it approved by the field owner typically. I have never had a problem with getting any launcher accepted because I let them know of the pressures being used, the safety precautions, and the pressure rating/safety factor of the materials being used as well as how I constructed it (proper gluing procedures.)
The cannon is used against vehicles, most of the fields that actually have vehicles also know that launchers are a common place. With that said, a lot of the times when they use vehicles, they ask if anyone has any launchers to take it out. When someone answers yes, they meet with the field owner, they showcase the launcher, and proper instruction is shown to make sure they only fire the thing at vehicles and if they have an option to shoot at personnel , it must be an approved ammo for personnel. (nerf ballistic balls are common) Nerf ballistic balls are like wiffle-balls, even fired at high pressures, as soon as they hit the air, they lose all their momentum (weight like .5 oz and are solid foam 40mm in size). The downside with having to use a projectile like this against personnel is that the accuracy is not typically there.
So to recap most fields in Wisconsin allow custom pneumatic cannons, but proper procedures must take place. Now this may only be in fields in Wisconsin as I have not played out of Wisconsin. Wisconsin does have the WAA Wisconsin Airsoft Association which helps all of the players and fields to be linked together in some way. So most fields have the same rules typically.
http://www.wiairsoft.com/index.htm
My only concern is in I.E.D Mode. It shoots flour in IED mode, an optional burst disk attachment will be an option for IED mode as to basically just make a noise. Considering I now know most of the major field owners and am a co-organizer of a field here, I am not worried about it too much.
Btw at multiple events, I also serve as the weapons ordinance inspector. (make sure pipe is pressure rated, make sure safety measurements are taken into place, if using co2 with pvc, make sure that it has a relief valve to not over pressurize.) Also to make sure that they feed in the co2 slowly and in bursts to make sure not to quick freeze the pvc. Most of the time, the chamber is in courage to be made out of metal for this very reason as pvc can become brittle at cold temperatures.
As an active member on spudfiles, I consider it my duty to administer safety concerns with any launcher that is used on an airsoft field that I play at. If I notice something the field organizer does not noticed, then I bring it to their attention.
The cannon is used against vehicles, most of the fields that actually have vehicles also know that launchers are a common place. With that said, a lot of the times when they use vehicles, they ask if anyone has any launchers to take it out. When someone answers yes, they meet with the field owner, they showcase the launcher, and proper instruction is shown to make sure they only fire the thing at vehicles and if they have an option to shoot at personnel , it must be an approved ammo for personnel. (nerf ballistic balls are common) Nerf ballistic balls are like wiffle-balls, even fired at high pressures, as soon as they hit the air, they lose all their momentum (weight like .5 oz and are solid foam 40mm in size). The downside with having to use a projectile like this against personnel is that the accuracy is not typically there.
So to recap most fields in Wisconsin allow custom pneumatic cannons, but proper procedures must take place. Now this may only be in fields in Wisconsin as I have not played out of Wisconsin. Wisconsin does have the WAA Wisconsin Airsoft Association which helps all of the players and fields to be linked together in some way. So most fields have the same rules typically.
http://www.wiairsoft.com/index.htm
My only concern is in I.E.D Mode. It shoots flour in IED mode, an optional burst disk attachment will be an option for IED mode as to basically just make a noise. Considering I now know most of the major field owners and am a co-organizer of a field here, I am not worried about it too much.
Btw at multiple events, I also serve as the weapons ordinance inspector. (make sure pipe is pressure rated, make sure safety measurements are taken into place, if using co2 with pvc, make sure that it has a relief valve to not over pressurize.) Also to make sure that they feed in the co2 slowly and in bursts to make sure not to quick freeze the pvc. Most of the time, the chamber is in courage to be made out of metal for this very reason as pvc can become brittle at cold temperatures.
As an active member on spudfiles, I consider it my duty to administer safety concerns with any launcher that is used on an airsoft field that I play at. If I notice something the field organizer does not noticed, then I bring it to their attention.
