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What is the fastest valve ???? - Golf Ball Cannon
Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 9:21 pm
by Tooo Easssyy
im in a competition with a mate of mine and i want to find out the quickest valve for releasing pressure, can anyone help ?????
and would plastic or metal be better to construct the golf ball cannon out of ???
cheers Too Easssyy
Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 9:26 pm
by judgment_arms
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Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 9:26 pm
by OuchProgramme
What you spEAk ABout?
I NO understyand dis LANGUALEGE you tryUN to speak DOOD.
c'MON dopopd, LETS usef some SPELing and gr@mmor
..Seriously
Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 9:28 pm
by Hotwired
Umm....
Well the best performance is from a burst disk which is essentially a clamped bit of material that fails to release the pressurised gas.
For a cannon launching gold balls I'd say metal and the ideal location would be somewhere in my vicinity so I could snaffle them after being launched.
Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 9:37 pm
by JDP12
sigh, judge you beat me to it...
Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 10:04 pm
by bigbob12345
The fastest valve is having no valve at all which is something jsr experimented with,ill see if i can get a link.
But i guess the answer you are looking for is burst disk which has already been mentioned.
Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 10:07 pm
by MrCrowley
Piston valves would be best:
http://www.spudfiles.com/forums/how-to- ... 10381.html
Do some bloody searching, you have NO clue what you are doing.
Read this also:
http://www.spudfiles.com/spud_wiki/inde ... _Rated_PVC
Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 10:15 pm
by elitesniper
Damn there have been to much of these kind of topic's lately, MrC you should pm people who have just joined and give send them basic links on piston valves, pressure rated pvc and such so they would have to read them before posting.
Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 10:19 pm
by MrCrowley
I know, it's bloody frustrating.
I really want a forum section where newbies go to ask questions. Then I can just not reply at all
It wouldn't clutter the (good) forum and they'll either get bored of no one replying or go and do some research.
Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 10:30 pm
by judgment_arms
On my forum I have a “HELP!!!” section, and threads so many days old get deleted so as not to bog down the forum with worthless threads.
Something like that here would be nice, maybe try and rig up an auto-reply that posts a link to the wiki.
Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 10:40 pm
by benstern
I say:
1)link to a thread, tell em to search, or link them to the wiki
2) lock the thread before anyone encourages this type of behavior by handfeeding information.
Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 11:01 pm
by Eddbot
i've got an idea
(lol smilies) anyway, the email that is sent to confirm your address and finalize your account, should have all the important links, then if this really gets out of hand, have a test on basic spudding knowledge contained in said links...well...that's my idea, any takers?
Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 11:42 pm
by xboxteen01
the test idea sounds good
Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 12:18 am
by SpudMonster
The fastest vavle is a ball valbe. No lie you can have one, and open it, and it'll be like "BOOM!" they rock 8) I had one on a cannon once, and it shot a tennis ball liek 400 yards. they're the best valv es ever no matter what any1 says. they are suppper fast
anyway ttyl 8) 8) 8)
Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 12:24 am
by MrCrowley
SpudMonster wrote:The fastest valve is a ball valve. No lie.
This man speaks the truth!