Automatic potato gun found on youtube

Boom! The classic potato gun harnesses the combustion of flammable vapor.
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http://alduria.com/hosted/apc/
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Something has changed inside me.

It's ridiculously overcomplicated, and I love it!
hectmarr wrote:You have to make many weapons, because this field is long and short life
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Haha I like the idea of it but don't have the patience to deal with designing it. The design could be made simpler by using PC fans and propane metering.
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Haha look at the size of the compressed air tank !
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That's nothing!
Image From what I can determine that tank is 250 Gallons, If i'm wrong its 120 gallons.
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The compressed air tank is for the air cylinders. The shooting range was too far away from power.

In regards to the green compressor, nice dual two stage compressor setup. That should be able to provide 185PSI air all day.
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Yeah, but its being used on lego air rams ! :roll:
That homebuilt one on the breach does seem to be leaking but still...


I've just realised that the first pneumatic canon I ever made (years before I started spudguns) used one of those lego pneumatic systems, I had geared the motor and connected it to the pump. Onboard compressor ;)
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been posted by the creator, but its still cool every time I see it
I love lamp
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A fully automated combustion gun and it's a 'spray-n-pray'? For $20 less in parts it could'a been metered.
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I'm surprised JSR missed it but this has been posted before :D
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This thing is cool.
Only one thing is missing,computer aiming haha :D :D
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I half expected it to be a rube-goldberg machine that just "happens" to fire potatoes.
so many muchness
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Hahaha i love how the guy uses Lego as well
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jackssmirkingrevenge wrote:Something has changed inside me.
It's ridiculously overcomplicated, and I love it!
In all that mess there is bounds to be epoxy someplace. you must simply sense it.
jackssmirkingrevenge wrote:I wonder... if you put flammable vapours inside a lady... could you get her to diesel?
POLAND_SPUD wrote:Anything is possible with the proper 3-way valve.
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Doctore wrote:This thing is cool.
Only one thing is missing,computer aiming haha :D :D
and a set of fast servos that would handle the recoil
like that gun mount jack black made in 'the jackal'
now that would be awesome!!!
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