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| Insomniac |
 Posted: 07/12/2007 23:28 PM Post subject: Great new mini ammo |
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Well I was bored yesterday, so I decided to make some new ammo for my mini. I remembered seeing these on the internet. So I decided to make a version of those rockets to fit over my mini's barrel. It is made of magazine paper rolled into a tube, with the end taped up enough to be almost airtight, and an aluminium foil nosecone wrapped in tape, and 4 cardboard fins. It fits the outside of the barrel very well, and can slide without too much resistence but there is practically no gaps for the gas to escape.
I fired it today, it was very loud for a mini, and when I checked the distance on google earth, it said the rocket had travelled 70m! Not bad for a pill bottle 
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| sharpshooter |
| Posted: 07/12/2007 23:44 PM Post subject: |
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wait... how did u check it on Google Earth??
i take it you found the 2 spots and it says the distance?
EDIT
SWEET. i just opened Google Earth for the first time in a long time. this is awesome.
i feel enlightened 
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| Insomniac |
| Posted: 07/12/2007 23:45 PM Post subject: |
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| Well I know where I lauched it, and it landed right at the end of the street so it was pretty easy to know where it had landed on google earth, then I just used the ruler tool in google earth and clicked the two points and it gave me the distance. |
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| flamerz14 |
| Posted: 07/13/2007 3:21 AM Post subject: |
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70m..wow.  powerful for a mini. |
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| Insomniac |
| Posted: 07/13/2007 3:59 AM Post subject: |
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| I just can't wait to fire it straight up |
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| psycix |
| Posted: 07/13/2007 5:39 AM Post subject: |
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Nice ammo! And great distance too.
And even better is your google earth method!
Could you make a vid of it flying? |
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| Insomniac |
| Posted: 07/13/2007 5:43 AM Post subject: |
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Colonel
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I may be able to make a vid, not sure when though. As for measuring with google earth, I read about it somwhere else on this forum ages ago, so I can't claim credit for it.
EDIT: Here is where I originally heard of using google earth to measure. |
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