My first cannon, mini pill bottle

Boom! The classic potato gun harnesses the combustion of flammable vapor. Show us your combustion spud gun and discuss fuels, ratios, safety, ignition systems, tools, and more.
redheadguy55
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Fri Dec 23, 2005 11:43 pm

i use axe normally i found something interesting tonight if you dont get the mix right open the lid blow a little puff of breath in it then it should work also the best ammo so far i found for these is potato but push it back into the very back of cannon and get goes really far
webbja
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Thu Feb 02, 2006 7:12 pm

i want to build one like this but i want to know if it would be safe and do u think it could blow up..


send me an email on jason.webb@blackthorn.com.au
cardinals08
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Thu Feb 02, 2006 7:19 pm

many of these have been made and I havent heard of any blowing up. as long as you stick to something like axe or butane as fuel, it shouldnt blow up. the most that would happen is the cap popping off
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Thu Feb 02, 2006 7:26 pm

i made one jsut liek that sepect to get the spark in i use thumb tacks
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Andrew52
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Wed Apr 12, 2006 10:19 pm

cool a bigger cannon will be aweomse fuel mixtures are easy to get with larger chambers u shoudl have a propane meter and a clear chamber if you like to see the chamber light up AS IT DOES ON UR MINI
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Sun May 14, 2006 12:53 pm

yeah, u will really have a lot of fun with a a bigger cannon..a lot more boom.!!!
i made mine and i love it.. i would recomend not using a lantern sparker cuz it goes out to quickly..im going to put a bbq sparker on mine in a couple of days
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