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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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Fri Jun 22, 2007 1:52 am



this is nuts i would love to make one

pain in the but to reload i bet
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Fri Jun 22, 2007 2:01 am

hehe reminds me of the 50 calibre Maxson mount:

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Fri Jun 22, 2007 2:08 am

i thought so too....lol
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Fri Jun 22, 2007 12:24 pm

its just 4 basic cannons put together.


the problem with it is that the first shot is great, the second shot is ok, the third sucks and the fourth barly leaves the barrel. this is because by the time to shoot the fourth, it has already settled and the mix is no good. it nonetheless looks cool.

i think it would be great as a pneumatic, but not as a combustion.
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Fri Jun 22, 2007 12:57 pm

actually in the vid the first shot sucked, and the rest were good...
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Fri Jun 22, 2007 1:37 pm

hi wrote: the problem with it is that the first shot is great, the second shot is ok, the third sucks and the fourth barly leaves the barrel. this is because by the time to shoot the fourth, it has already settled and the mix is no good. it nonetheless looks cool.
lol, um were you watching the same video as me?
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Sat Jun 23, 2007 8:45 pm

Thats funny! but yeah i think the mixes disapated by the time he got to the end! but hey these things are for shits and giggles and that cannon looks like fun!

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Sat Jun 23, 2007 8:49 pm

hahaha. my next pneumatic should be a whole battery of short-barreled marble cannons, where the camber of one is the pilot of the other, so basically they all just go off in series.........

lol. thats pretty cool. not gonna lie..................
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Sat Jun 23, 2007 11:40 pm

I think I've seen that clip before around here.

Still think it's a waste of time :wink:
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