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| joe912 |
 Posted: 01/17/2006 17:59 PM Post subject: Orange Combustion |
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Thats my potato cannon constructed from 1ft of 3 in pvc pipe for the chamber
with a direct propane injection system and a bbq sparker for the ignition
Main ammo: potatos of course and insides of golfballs(my friend works at a golf course so i can get all the chopped up rangeballs i want) and the occasional
the last shot is a picture of a blank fire with steel wool over the barrel
i use a screw on barrel for easy loading of projectiles I havent been able to get any real measurments of distance yet but Im sure its fairly far
cant wait for some nice weather to get some damage testing done |
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| jrrdw |
| Posted: 01/17/2006 18:07 PM Post subject: FORGOT TO MENTION |
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aren't the inside of golf balls a bunch of wound up rubber bands? a rubber band scatter gun, freak your friends out, make um think something spactaculer is about to fly out of the barrel, and the rubber bands, SYKE !!!
EDIT: great looking gun-would like to see video of it in action, i rate it a 8, impressive
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| cardinals08 |
| Posted: 01/17/2006 18:09 PM Post subject: |
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some have solid inner cores kind of like bouncy balls
Edit: actually that was my baseball that fell apart, but i know some golf balls have the same type of core just more bouncy than a baseballs |
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| Atlantis |
| Posted: 01/17/2006 19:22 PM Post subject: |
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| Golf balls ARE fun to rip apart. I ripped the shell off and cut a slash in the side of the outer rubber band shell, and it went snap, boom. The inside is 1 really long rubber band wound like 500 times around. I also just realized that PVC can stand for my Pole-Vaulting Coach. |
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| Urban Ninja |
| Posted: 01/17/2006 20:36 PM Post subject: |
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| The ones that are designed to float (the ones at driving ranges) have solid inner cores. Its like rubber inside them. |
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| joe912 |
| Posted: 01/17/2006 22:53 PM Post subject: |
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| yea the rangeballs i get have solid cores i have only seen one rubberband type and it was some old top-flite. the only video i have is of a cardboard box being penetrated by a wad of paper towel you cant see much just a pop then the next frame the box is destroyed. I wish i had a high speed camera |
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| Urban Ninja |
| Posted: 01/18/2006 1:26 AM Post subject: |
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| Different ball makes contain different things. The titelist (cant spell) balls contain layers of different materials, these I found are the best for launching. |
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