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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.
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Tue May 29, 2012 8:28 am

now please test it with some stuff (e.g. wires) put in the chamber
just like mythbusters did in their episode on sewage pipes & explosions
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Tue May 29, 2012 8:36 am

wires? ok
I have tested by putting a heavy projectile and a rupture disc is a piece of tape, I could shoot a burning very interesting!

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Tue May 29, 2012 11:31 am

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Tue May 29, 2012 12:13 pm

ohh it's awesome - LOVE how at 0:13 you can see the sabot being sucked back into the chamber
guess it took too long for a large projectile to accelerate so the temperature, and thus pressure, dropped

so did the wires increas flamefront propagation speed? (lol DYI I admit I don't even know what it means)
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Sun Jun 03, 2012 10:58 pm

would it be possible for you to put a chamber fan in to view the suposed 'vortex' that is generated.
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Sun Jun 03, 2012 11:46 pm

Interesting idea, I'll see if I can put a fan in mine.
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Mon Jun 04, 2012 12:59 am

no matter how, the introduction of a chamber fan generally creates more power, it would be interesting to see how/why this occurs, this idea was brought up by fnord, but it was glossed over on the first page... i didn't want to take credit for the idea
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Mon Jun 04, 2012 1:10 am

Can I put a fan in the room, it's not a worry! I've done tests with the wires at the request of a menber!
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Thu Jun 07, 2012 2:01 pm

as promised, the fan! I only made ​​tests with butane as well. I used the fan to mix the air and butane

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Thu Jun 07, 2012 2:06 pm

It would be nice to try some shots with he fan on during combustion as a comparison; I am assuming that was what boyce123 was talking about ?
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Thu Jun 07, 2012 2:16 pm

you want me to draw while the fan is running?
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Thu Jun 07, 2012 2:19 pm

Yes, increased turbulence in the chamber is meant to cause faster combustion.
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Thu Jun 07, 2012 2:22 pm

ok
I'll see it tomorrow!
I made one last shot (sadly not filmed), a real gun, the most violent of all!
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I gave it a go withthis, look at that flame!

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