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by hotrocks
Sun Jun 03, 2007 8:35 am
Forum: Pneumatic Cannons
Topic: My First Pneumatic (Help Me) (With Pictures)
Replies: 111
Views: 18178

we've been trying but its hard to do with manual pumps
by hotrocks
Sat Jun 02, 2007 9:58 am
Forum: Pneumatic Cannons
Topic: My First Pneumatic (Help Me) (With Pictures)
Replies: 111
Views: 18178

Three more pics of the almost final cannon

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by hotrocks
Wed May 30, 2007 6:41 am
Forum: Pneumatic Cannons
Topic: My First Pneumatic (Help Me) (With Pictures)
Replies: 111
Views: 18178

ok so: lubrication tips? should we even lube the barrel?
by hotrocks
Sat May 26, 2007 7:59 am
Forum: Pneumatic Cannons
Topic: My First Pneumatic (Help Me) (With Pictures)
Replies: 111
Views: 18178

Welll i rather have a cool cannon than i smaller handheld
by hotrocks
Wed May 23, 2007 4:25 pm
Forum: Pneumatic Cannons
Topic: My First Pneumatic (Help Me) (With Pictures)
Replies: 111
Views: 18178

ehh lubrication is hard......any suggestions

and any suggestions on pumping air....we are not allowed to use electricty and bike pumps get hard after a while....foot pumps? i dno
by hotrocks
Tue May 22, 2007 11:41 am
Forum: Pneumatic Cannons
Topic: My First Pneumatic (Help Me) (With Pictures)
Replies: 111
Views: 18178

well we tested it a few times, average shot was around 100 yards.....300 feet....yeah so it went higher than we wanted it too, and we are fixing that with some supports under the elbows, but overall it turned out amazing! and this was at 20 psi..it was hard to get higher with a bike pump thanks for ...
by hotrocks
Sat May 19, 2007 11:19 am
Forum: Pneumatic Cannons
Topic: My First Pneumatic (Help Me) (With Pictures)
Replies: 111
Views: 18178

less than 60$...
by hotrocks
Thu May 17, 2007 4:52 pm
Forum: Pneumatic Cannons
Topic: My First Pneumatic (Help Me) (With Pictures)
Replies: 111
Views: 18178

oh yeah...we are going to put some plywood under it...ill put some pictures up this weekend

hahaha we should call it The MotherPucker
by hotrocks
Thu May 17, 2007 4:33 pm
Forum: Pneumatic Cannons
Topic: My First Pneumatic (Help Me) (With Pictures)
Replies: 111
Views: 18178

why?

i probably wont, just because we dont have too much time and its not extremely important
by hotrocks
Thu May 17, 2007 4:20 pm
Forum: Pneumatic Cannons
Topic: My First Pneumatic (Help Me) (With Pictures)
Replies: 111
Views: 18178

were gonna put a paper cup in bottom facing out and then the puck on top so the cup will catch the air and work as a wad.........and were gonna lube the whole barrel up.. If we glued the T and the end piece valves today, is it okay if we test tomorrow...(probably like 15 hours from now)? PICTURES! h...
by hotrocks
Wed May 16, 2007 6:27 am
Forum: Pneumatic Cannons
Topic: My First Pneumatic (Help Me) (With Pictures)
Replies: 111
Views: 18178

is it okay if i have two air valves on both ends of the chamber...so i can pump twice as fast?
by hotrocks
Sun May 13, 2007 8:57 pm
Forum: Pneumatic Cannons
Topic: My First Pneumatic (Help Me) (With Pictures)
Replies: 111
Views: 18178

lets not go completley off topic...this monday-wednesday ill be posting pics to see if im doing it right
by hotrocks
Sat May 12, 2007 8:30 pm
Forum: Pneumatic Cannons
Topic: My First Pneumatic (Help Me) (With Pictures)
Replies: 111
Views: 18178

hahah don't even think of making me change my mind
by hotrocks
Sat May 12, 2007 8:23 pm
Forum: Pneumatic Cannons
Topic: My First Pneumatic (Help Me) (With Pictures)
Replies: 111
Views: 18178

I was thinking, mabye we could use a wad (paper or cardboard) so even if the puck does turn, it won't be too big of a problem. Or, we could load the barrel from the breech and then screw it on and tape it. We will only be doing three trials for the contest, I believe.

what about trajectory?
by hotrocks
Sat May 12, 2007 1:58 pm
Forum: Pneumatic Cannons
Topic: My First Pneumatic (Help Me) (With Pictures)
Replies: 111
Views: 18178

yeah and im thinkin of makin an addition to make it more missle like so it wont flip biaccident and be more aerodynamic