My biggest gun yet.

Cannons powered by pneumatic pressure (compressed gas) using a valve or other release.
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Valve: 1 1/2 Inch dust collector valve
Chamber: 4Feet of 3inch pvc
Barrel: 2 1/2 inch by 4 foot long barrel and sdr21 7foot barrel.
Pilot: 1/4inch ball valve
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sorrythe pics were to big to upload to the site.
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Nice build man. Great job...did u shoot any sodas yet???? Also love the sprinkler valve, whoever modded that monster def knew what they were doing..... :lol:
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Thanks Matty. Ive Only an empty can but it flew. Ill try to get some cheep soda in the upcoming days.
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how is the other valve compared to the other one??
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Just fill some empty cans with water and freeze em!!!
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mattyzip77 wrote:Just fill some empty cans with water and freeze em!!!
I going to go do that right now :D

Jesse-I don't know what you mean by this other valve. It's the same dust collector valve I used on my other gun if thats what you mean?
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how do the to valves compare to each other?
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one is a 1 1/2 inch sprinkler valve and the other a 1 1/2 inch dust collector valve. what do you think?? the sprinkler valve can only be used up to 120 psi where the dust collector can go much higher. how round is a circle???? :idea:
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Video is here :lol:
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New video of the gun.
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nice work! :D
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Labtecpower wrote:nice work! :D
Thanks :lol:
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