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LTb1ow
08-24-2008, 11:53 AM
Anyone on here into building air cannons? I was cleaning my room up and I found all my cannons from a while ago and was just wondering if anyone else shared the hobby?
Squirrel
08-24-2008, 05:19 PM
like potato guns?
sweetbmxrider
08-24-2008, 05:47 PM
i have a potato gun with 3 interchangeable barrels. its effed up though
V
08-24-2008, 05:49 PM
one of my jv weapons charges is related to a potato cannon
LTb1ow
08-24-2008, 08:56 PM
yea like potatoes guns, cept a bit more powerful than the spray and pray kind. I dragged mine out today to see if it still worked and it blew in half.
bubba428
08-24-2008, 09:15 PM
I made a few air cannons...I didn't F around with my **** though...I made a few coil guns and a attempt at a gause gun...that was COOL
Squirrel
08-25-2008, 12:06 AM
yea like potatoes guns, cept a bit more powerful than the spray and pray kind. I dragged mine out today to see if it still worked and it blew in half.

ours was propane powered, good times
WildBillyT
08-25-2008, 08:19 AM
I made a few air cannons...I didn't F around with my **** though...I made a few coil guns and a attempt at a gause gun...that was COOL

Gauss rifle?
LTb1ow
08-25-2008, 08:24 AM
Yea, a few coils and a few batterys. You can shoot nails and stuff pretty well. Only downside is the recharge time.
bubba428
08-25-2008, 12:06 PM
Gauss rifle?

yea that LOL
bubba428
08-25-2008, 12:12 PM
Yea, a few coils and a few batterys. You can shoot nails and stuff pretty well. Only downside is the recharge time.

LOL I used a ton of hi power compactors and the AC converter from a computer, as the power source. I used a lathe in the woodshop to wind 4000 coils. and it ended up putting a 10 penny nail into a cinder block a good 2in. and that was my sophomore year science project LOL
LTb1ow
08-25-2008, 12:35 PM
My mid size cannon could put paintballs though half inch plywood.
Tru2Chevy
08-25-2008, 07:49 PM
ours was propane powered, good times

I'm pretty sure I still have video of that somewhere, prolly on the infamous purple tape.

- Justin
ryanfx
08-25-2008, 08:13 PM
one of my jv weapons charges is related to a potato cannon

:help:
Tru2Chevy
08-25-2008, 08:16 PM
:help:

Be glad that he's defending us now....

- Justin
V
08-26-2008, 08:00 AM
:help:

:D i wasn't as calm as i am nowadays and i used to have a bad temper.

And actually i think kasey jm ted and others may remember when we went to NYC like 2 years ago, and a cabbie cut me off... well i was hanging out my window with my butterfly knife swinging at him... haha.
PolarBear
08-26-2008, 01:22 PM
Yea, a few coils and a few batterys. You can shoot nails and stuff pretty well. Only downside is the recharge time.

What is the thoery behind that one? I can usually figger stuff out but I think I need a little help this time.
Savage_Messiah
08-26-2008, 02:07 PM
Yeah, I was calmly saying "Hey Paul... may not be the best idea..."
bubba428
08-26-2008, 02:54 PM
What is the thoery behind that one? I can usually figger stuff out but I think I need a little help this time.

electro-magnetics...you use a coil to produce a magnetic field around a metal object. the field will force it out. depending on the current and voltage you can make a very strong field which can produce an effect much like a riffle.