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Hi everybody new member here, I have something a little different here, a home made rocket launcher. I have been working on these for about 4 years, this is the x-30 edition. Ill go into more detail later. The basic specs are
12v ignitor
various safety features such as "hot start" (hand must be on 2 seperate switchs to fire)
well enough text on with the pictures

I will post better pictures later, Keep in mind this is only the expermental version, hence the "X"-30.
also- the reason the paint looks so crappy is because I spray painted it, didnt let it dry long enough, scratched it, and then tried to use acetone to wipe the paint off. Well alside from that, let me know what you think

I have personally held this gun and it is a specimen of design and functionality. with some of the best wiring and custom parts i have seen. this is his only one right now and it isnt as awesome looking as the last few.

the cannon looks like a real beast but plz dont talk about firing anything explosive here. its against forum rules and firing an explosive projectile makes it a destructive device which makes it a firearm

Yeah, biiiiiiiiiiiig no no. You make those rockets explosive and you could go to jail, and soil the good name of spudgunning.

did you use a sharpie to paint that

yea i mage a explosive watter ballon gun pretty fun big trouble a warning from cops..............

edit- I posted the same message twice, sorry

I removed the part about the explosive, Its not a normal part of the launcher, didnt mean to upset you guys.

Sorry if these questions sound stupid but what are the rockets u fire made out of?, how far do they shoot? And what is used to shoot them? i probably sound like a dumb person here but anyway. thanx

ƒlying$pud wrote:Sorry if these questions sound stupid but what are the rockets u fire made out of?, how far do they shoot? And what is used to shoot them? i probably sound like a dumb person here but anyway. thanx

The rockets are made of plastic, I experimented with a thin aluminum and graphite/plastic composite stuff which was too expensive, so I switched back to plain plastic. The maximum horizontal range is about 5000ft but its mostly used in situations under 3000ft. The rockets are powered by 3 solid fuel motors which are ignited by a 12v igniter in the back of the launcher.

ok thanx mate that sounds cool as

hey make a large missle launcher with a 5 pound paint warhead for paint ball wars it would be so cool to see a bunker go up in paint

NOTE FROM PIMPMANN22: Stop kicking up old topics! This is like the 5th dead topic Ive read that youve kicked up, STOP IT!

READ THIS IT'S A FUNNY STORY

i send up a lot of estas rockets, if you use a wing design for fins, and can launch it with the wings perpindicular to the ground you will get more distance, the highest i have launched 1 is - well - it was a 4' 6" X 2 3/4"s diameter on the ground, when the engine stopped burning it looked smaller then a pencil it went so high, we could barely see it, only got to send it up once, u see it was sapposed to be 6' 7"s X 2 3/4"s dia. before i launched it, some1 stepped on it and i had to cut 2' out, and i forgot to make ajustment on parashute, every time the wind blew it just went higher and higher like a kite, so that left us with 2 left over rocket engines - (size D15-7, D = power, 15 = time engine burns, 7 = time before parashute pops), loosing it made me mad so i laid a engine on the sidewalk and lit it up, IT SHOT 5' DID A 90 STRAIGHT UP, DID ANOTHER 90 HEADED STRAIGHT FOR STRIP MALL, LANDED RITE AT FEET OF LITTLE OLD LADY GETTING IN HER CAR, SHE GOT OUT LOOKED ALL AROUND ALL THE WHILE WE WERE HIDEING BEHIND A CAR LAUGHING OUR ASSES OFF, IT WAS TO FREAKING FUNNY !!! THE ENGINE LEFT A CORK SCREW OF SMOKE THE HOLE WAY IN-

that sounds funny but extremely dangerous anyway nice gun it looks good and by the sound of it is very powerful!!!!!!!!! 8)

sorry pimpmann22 im a nubey