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| jackssmirkingrevenge |
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Here it is in pure pneumatic configuration and somewhat finished, the epoxy is more or less cured but I'm giving it at least another 24 hours before further testing.
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| DYI |
| Posted: 09/08/2007 18:12 PM Post subject: |
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You're not going to get much higher velocities than you already are anyway. Don't you just hate the speed of sound problem?
What kind of damage can it do with a .12 gram?
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| jon_89 |
| Posted: 09/08/2007 18:35 PM Post subject: |
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| very nice. how loud is it?
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| PVC Arsenal 17 |
| Posted: 09/08/2007 23:58 PM Post subject: |
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| Nice gun jack. I pondered the same thing earlier today. Think you could break the sound barrier?
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| rna_duelers |
| Posted: 09/09/2007 2:04 AM Post subject: |
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| Nice velocities,only 12 FPS off the sound barrier(Sea Level)if I remember correct.There is no reason why you couldn't break the sound barrier,but could you be getting incorrect results from having the chrono to close the the muzzle?I did that with one of my pneumatics and I thought I broke the sound barrier but I was really about 200 FPS shy.
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| DYI |
| Posted: 09/09/2007 8:14 AM Post subject: |
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| The reason that he couldn't break the sound barrier is because he is using room temperature air. Unheated air will not push a projectile past the speed of sound under normal circumstances.
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| joannaardway |
| Posted: 09/09/2007 8:37 AM Post subject: |
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| DYI wrote: | | The reason that he couldn't break the sound barrier is because he is using room temperature air. Unheated air will not push a projectile past the speed of sound under normal circumstances. |
Not necessarily. As it's being pumped in, the temperature will have risen quite a bit.
It's also not impossible to achieve supersonic air currents in a smooth enough barrel. If the pressure differential at the valve is high enough, and the projectile is really light, the supersonic air currents generated at the valve could continue down the barrel. And if your airflow is supersonic, you can get a projectile to go supersonic.
Take something like this MTU.
That uses supersonic airflows to generate vacuums. (Actually, that 6.3mm version might be useful to enhance a BBMG...)
With that C:B ratio, the smoothbore brass barrel, a burst disk and 400 psi of air at above room temp, it's far from impossible.
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| jackssmirkingrevenge |
| Posted: 09/09/2007 8:55 AM Post subject: |
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| DYI |
| Posted: 09/09/2007 9:50 AM Post subject: |
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I don't think it is impossible to push a projectile pass the speed of sound with air pressure, it is just difficult. I will be trying it soon, and hopefully I can make it happen.
Those are some great videos Jack, but what happened to the sound?
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| jackssmirkingrevenge |
| Posted: 09/09/2007 10:32 AM Post subject: |
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No sound unfortunately, 3 digital cameras in this house and none of them have a microphone 
I tried a Diabolo Baracuda extra heavy 31 grain 0.25 pellet (6.35 mm, needs to be rolled down a little to fit the barrel) and got 577 feet per second, an impressive 23 foot pounds 
Sadly I still can't get a velocity reading for the 0.12 gram BB, the chrony keeps saying "bad"
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| joannaardway |
| Posted: 09/09/2007 16:29 PM Post subject: |
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Impressive energy figures for something so small. Considering how that stacks up at about 20% of the .22 LR round, I'm damn impressed.
Yeah, I know the .22 LR is pretty wimpy, but I still wouldn't want to get hit with it.
Any idea why the chrony is objecting to the .12g?
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| _Fnord |
| Posted: 09/09/2007 16:47 PM Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | It's also not impossible to achieve supersonic air currents in a smooth enough barrel. If the pressure differential at the valve is high enough, and the projectile is really light, the supersonic air currents generated at the valve could continue down the barrel. And if your airflow is supersonic, you can get a projectile to go supersonic. |
Has anyone ever tried drawing a vaccuum in the barrel to increase the initial pressure difference? A thin burst disk on the end would be used to seal it before the projectile hits.
A better question is, how much difference would it make?
(Oh, and nice Plinker from Hell)
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| Novacastrian |
| Posted: 09/09/2007 20:15 PM Post subject: |
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You would of nailed mach 2 in Hybrid form (jokes).
Well done with those velocities, the lighter bb that the chrony can't read must be going super-sonic 
Let us know when you get bored and turn it into a hybrid 
Nice work.
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| Lentamentalisk |
| Posted: 09/09/2007 21:09 PM Post subject: |
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| how are you using tape as a burst disk? can you demonstrate in any way?
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| frankrede |
| Posted: 09/09/2007 21:25 PM Post subject: |
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| Have you tried using PBA Raptor pellets? 25% increase in velocity
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