My Blue Ange Cannonl

Boom! The classic potato gun harnesses the combustion of flammable vapor.
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Brooner115
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my first combustion made about 2 years ago just modified it. It was just a regular cannon now its a beast! I used to hold it now its got a tripod from a crappy old camera stand.
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Chamber 3 in x 1foot
barrel 5 feet of 2in pipe
fittings 3in to 2in reducer and 3in cleanout cap
regular peizo ignitor.
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barrel shot
barrel shot
random shot
random shot
my one sort of "spark strip"
my one sort of "spark strip"
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the chamber
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zeigs spud
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woow really nice cannon!!!!!! how far it shoot?
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Why is the bbq sparker so long??

Oh and nice gun!
I wonder how much deeper the ocean would be without sponges.
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He put it in a piecce of pvc pipe or something.
Really nice cannon, welcome to the forums.
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Killer gun man!
Even though it does look like he put it in a peice of pvc.. im just wondering why? Maybe a special reason?
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Took it completely out of the long nose lighter. Nice cannon! Whats your favorite ammo? I'm in Maryland, how close to Philly are you? Or just a Eagles fan. :lol:
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StealthSpud wrote:Killer gun man!
Even though it does look like he put it in a peice of pvc.. im just wondering why? Maybe a special reason?
So you don't get shocked and for looks.
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nice gun. mounting it to the camera stand adds a lot and the paintjob is pretty sweet too.
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jrrdw: Im in southampton and a big Eagles fan, and nice poem... thingy
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Stealth spud: I put it in a peice of PVC for looks and for something to hold ... it was just some thing to do also it adds on the look factor of it, more clean
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zeigs spud: it shoots about a football feild or two
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please dont triple post, use the edit button!

nice gun though, cool paintjob
Brooner115 wrote:it shoots about a football feild or two
that is quite a long range of distances(i dont mean it goes far, i mean you dont give a very specific distance) Could you please be more precise?
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