SpudFiles

Like the name?

This is my first hybrid launcher, thanks to this site. It's nothing fancy, but it is my first and I am proud of it.

I've not taken past 6x, due mainly because I only have a bike pump. I just got an air compressor, so we'll see where that leads.

It is made of 2" Sch40 galvanized pipe. The meter is comprised of 1/4" nipples and 1/4" ball valves. The frame is made of two 2x4s nailed together. This keeps it off the ground. I plan on building a tripod for it one day.

Here is a link to the spark system: Hubbrid Spark Plug

Here are the pics:

Very nice job
there have been a lot of hybrids lately

and is that a 1in or 3/4in union?
eighther way I reccommend you switch it out with a 1.5in union to exploit the power potential of a larger bore barrel.

Great i cant wait to see it in action. Im sure it will be devastating. any chance of a vid. Also great name

Very noice! (At the risk of sounding like pimpmann22)

Do you use the fill-from-meter method of air injection?

bigbob: I don't really have a desire to increase the union size (I just wanted my feet wet with a hybrid, plus, it ain't coming off anyway).

Maniac: I don't know about a video. Maybe.

Mark: In the meter pic, the schrader is on the left side, although it may be difficult to see. The schrader has seen better days.

The union is a 1". I already had a 1" x 30" barrel and I built the launcher around it (although some would argue with that). It has a ratio of about .8 to 1.

I like the spark plug and i think its what im going to use on my hybrid (eventually ) but also what is the insulation on the wires? Is that electrical tape? And if not, then would electrical tape be a good insulator?

But overall, its nice and i like it. How about ammo?

The insulation is heat shrink tubing. I drilled two holes in the cap just slightly bigger than the coat hangers. I measured them, sharpened on end and looped the other, then put the tubing over the hangers and shrank it. I double layered it to make sure it would not ground out against the chamber. To secure them, I filled the pipe cap with JB Weld, then tightened down the nipple.

I guess electrical tape could work.

Ammo? Whatever fits in the barrel. It's a 1" barrel, and it holds dirt, pecans, rocks, and whatever else. Nothing permanent yet. I haven't shot a potato out of the hybrid yet, but this barrel has seen some starch movement.

get a marble barrel..

i like it! what does evbec say?

Nice hybrid, Definitely get a marble barrel

A marble barrel sounds like a good idea. I like to break $#!+.

As far as EVBEC, I've never taken the time to learn the program so I wouldn't know. I get familiar with it and see what it says.

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The biggest reason I put the pop off on the meter was because it was the only "plug" I had to put in the tee, which I already had. Make sense?

In other words, this is basically a spare parts gun and it costs me about $10 to build and get working. Almost every piece on here was used on another launcher.

And, Spudblaster, I told you it looked like yours.

As far as the name, it's original. I can't remember how I came up with it...

i will love if/when you come back with upgrades

like a damage video/pics and some other interesting stuff..
of some reason this is one of the nicest hybrids i have seen (other than the monsters like jaush and FEAR etc)

job REALLY well done. do you got a chrony?