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Dan003400's First Cloud
Posted: Fri Nov 24, 2006 10:55 pm
by Dan003400
Here is my first cloud. Here are some pics.
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The Gun
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Inside the Chamber
Videos
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJ8Y1_A6qt4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYxv1Q2SOfo
Posted: Fri Nov 24, 2006 11:04 pm
by Flying_Salt
Sweet, but in the video, did you have some sort of hopper on it?
Posted: Fri Nov 24, 2006 11:16 pm
by ProfessorAmadeus
very nice. Im going to make one now. Paint it red. It would look cool.
Posted: Fri Nov 24, 2006 11:27 pm
by Dan003400
And no the hopper is the pvc pipe you see in the picture.
Posted: Sat Nov 25, 2006 12:54 am
by Pyro Ninja
Sorry if this sounds stupid but what is it ment by "cloud"
That video is cool, have you ever seen a mini gun shoot well it sorter looks like one how theres a stream of bullets
Posted: Sat Nov 25, 2006 1:03 am
by Flying_Salt
So you have your blowgun hooked up to an air compressor?
(sorry, I'm a pneumatic noob)
Posted: Sat Nov 25, 2006 1:50 am
by MrCrowley
Yeah, And Pyro its called a "cloud" because it makes a cloud of bbs inside the chamber.
Any specs on the gun?
Posted: Sat Nov 25, 2006 4:45 am
by Pyro Ninja
Ok thanks for that (MrCrowley) Im just getting information as i go along otherwise it would be annoying me untill i found it out
Posted: Sat Nov 25, 2006 1:02 pm
by Flying_Salt
Yeah that's the way it is for me pyro. I think I might make one out of clear pvc.
Posted: Sat Nov 25, 2006 1:07 pm
by Flying_Salt
EDIT: It doesn't look like it has a vortex block. Did you made it without one?
Posted: Sat Nov 25, 2006 2:08 pm
by MrCrowley
Its a cloud, they don't use vortex blocks, read up on wiki
Posted: Sat Nov 25, 2006 2:20 pm
by Flying_Salt
The design on wiki was a little hard to see and made it sound complicated. So all you need for a basic one is a chamber with plastic BB's, a blowgun valve hooked up to an air compressor, and a barrel drilled into the un-threaded end cap?
And one more question: Would one of those tire compressors work? I hae one that you plug into the car's socket, it can go up to ~100 psi (has a pressure gauge)
Posted: Sat Nov 25, 2006 3:28 pm
by Dan003400
Yea Clear PVC would be Awsome!!
Posted: Sat Nov 25, 2006 3:40 pm
by Atlantis
The design of the cloud is a simple one, ther is a pile of BB's sitting in the chamber, the air comes out of the blowgun up into the pile of BB's which moves the BB's around, then the BB's follow the air out the barrel.
Hope that cleared that up.
Posted: Sat Nov 25, 2006 4:15 pm
by Flying_Salt
I thought it was that simple. Would this compressor work? It's for filling tires.
