An Attempt at Comparing Different Spud Guns!
Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2020 5:27 pm
I haven't seen a lot of side-by-side comparisons of different potato cannon designs. Since I have a bunch lying around, I figured I'd do some "scientific" (ha!) measurements of power, accuracy, etc, and see if I could narrow down which ones are the best.
Now, I don't have anything super advanced here. No stun guns or metering yet (probably a future project!). I just have some of the basics; the old hair spray special, the propane torch model, the pneumatic (yes I know this is the combustion forum, sorry!), etc. I even had some friends bring their designs (including one that I'm terrified of and will NOT be emulating, lol!).
Anyway, here's the show. First half is shootin' stuff, 2nd half is middle-school-quality graphs
Now, I don't have anything super advanced here. No stun guns or metering yet (probably a future project!). I just have some of the basics; the old hair spray special, the propane torch model, the pneumatic (yes I know this is the combustion forum, sorry!), etc. I even had some friends bring their designs (including one that I'm terrified of and will NOT be emulating, lol!).
Anyway, here's the show. First half is shootin' stuff, 2nd half is middle-school-quality graphs