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chamber length (i know this is asked alot)

Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 7:35 pm
by geardog32
i am going to finish my piston cannon tonight and the last thing i have to do is glue on the chamber. my piston valve is built into a two inch T with 1.5 inch porting and i am torn between 20 inches and 30 inches of three inch pipe for my chamber. in your experience what do you think. by the way i will be using a track pump to pump it up.

Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 7:52 pm
by MrCrowley
Depends how long your barrel is, if it's 5' or under, 20" will be enough. Probably can do with even less.

BTW, goodluck sealing a 2" piston with a track pump and a 3" chamber. If your piston isn't o-ringed, in my experience you'll have great difficulty.

Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 7:55 pm
by cannon monkey
interesting tell me how that works out go with wat mr crowley said and will getting it to seal pump fast :D

Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 8:10 pm
by geardog32
i think i will go 20 inches. as for sealing if i place my hand over the chamber side of the valve and give it a pump it seals right away. but we will see, if it doesn't seal right away i have an idea that doesn't involve o rings that will work for sure.

Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 8:21 pm
by MrCrowley
geardog32 wrote:i think i will go 20 inches. as for sealing if i place my hand over the chamber side of the valve and give it a pump it seals right away.
That's without a 3"x20" chamber mind you.

Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2009 3:05 pm
by geardog32
it has no trouble sealing. it actually seals in less than a stroke of the track pump. i will post it in the cannon section later maybe even a video.

Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2009 1:45 pm
by covey12
yea my 2" piston had a 4ft. 3" chamber to account for a large barrel, just say that it was a failure unless i was using co2