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riotpolice
PostPosted: 10/12/2006 19:44 PM    Post subject: fan issues... Reply with quote

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this may be a bit of a long post. i apologise ahead of time.

this is my first post here. i have a good 5 - 6 years of potato gun experience. ive built about 20 of em so far. everything from combustion guns to pneumatics. and ive tried most everything under the sun for fuels.


i just built a brand new gun. it has 3 shots on it. its a 2" 5 foot barrel with a 4" 3 foot chamber. sched 40 PVC all around. the ignition source is an oldschool GM HEI ignition coil. it sparks every single time you hit the trigger. starting from the back of the chamber youve got the cap. immediately in front of that you got the fan and immediately in front of that you have the screws for the ignition. currently im using the old formula right guard. this is the first gun ive ever built using a fan, i dunno why i never did it sooner.

heres the problem...load it up, turn the fan on, shoot some right guard in it, cap it, pull the trigger...nothin. did that about 5 times. nothin every time. turned the fan off and tried loadin it that way another 4 - 5 times. nothing every time. i took the barrel off and shot it in the front of the gun and hit the trigger. it launched the 2 rags i had taped up 1/4 mile. i tape up two more rags, load it in the front, hit the fan for like 3 seconds after i put the barrel back on. it fired it significantly harder than it did without the fan. did it again with the fan on again. same results.

am i missing something here? is the fan blocking the flow into the chamber? yes. the fan IS blowing into the chamber.



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PostPosted: 10/13/2006 2:49 AM    Post subject: Reply with quote

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I kinda had the same problem with my combustion it wouldnt work when the fan was being used.I would like to no what causes it aswell..So any one able to help.?
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PostPosted: 10/15/2006 20:49 PM    Post subject: Reply with quote

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to answer both our questions. i was on latke's page. hes got an article about fans. it specifically says you cant load the chamber with the fan on. it dont work. also. if its a 4" fan then forget about loading it with aerosol altogether. the gas wont get by the fan.



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PostPosted: 10/17/2006 11:55 AM    Post subject: Reply with quote

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What the hell are you talking about?! The gas will mix right around the fan just fine.

The problem with your launcher is that you are using the wrogn amount of fuel. Since the fan is in there it mixes better. Better nixing means the fuel amount changes. Try different spray times.

Also, don't turn the fan on until the chamber is closed or else it will blow the fuel out. That may be your problem there.
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