Fully Automatic potato cannon project.

[Conrad2468]

Okie dokey, im back lol. were using a venturi effect nipple to siphon air into the system AKA a ton of holes. Ive got pictures of the (now outdated) gas injection/ignition system. Heres how it goes from RIGHT to LEFT.

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Propane tank> Vinyl hose (rated for 3X less pressure than it is under)>two solenoids (for backup/redundancy)> Several reducers to get from 1/2 to 1/4" (hardware store was out of direct stuff if they make it)> propane regulator>reducer>Special nipple*> screw cap/ignition system**

*We took a brass plug (the tip of the torch) and drilled a larger hole through it. We later surrounded it in JB weld and stuck it in the 1/4" nipple (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Injector we have method to our madness) After that we drilled a hole through the nipple and angled it so we could get a more direct flow (this was just straight intuition). I can get a pretty large flame 1-3' fireball and its sucking in air because the flame is right at the end of the nipple.

**Not pictured but upgraded tonight with an ignition coil (thanks dad!) and a spark plug. Not yet tested.

[ramses]

Nice!

I have those same shoes I think.

It is worth noting that venturies generally don't perform well with much back pressure. Someone on here filled a homemade stirrup pump from a venturi and used it for hybrid metering. If I remember right, it worked!

[Technician1002]

Slightly off topic. 2 minute edit with a free photo editor fixes the toes quickly.

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[Conrad2468]

The "toes" were sort of a size estimation. And I figured out about the backpressure thing when we had the second solenoid hooked up to the end of the chamber (right next to our venturi nozzle) thats why i moved it back.