Indestructible Baloons

[Spitfire]

Ok so today i get this idea that if you fill ballons with flour you get a piece of ammo that "explodes" when it hits a hard surface right?
But then you think that the force of the initial shot would pop the ballons in the barrel, and you will get a white flour cloud out the end, right?

WRONG!

All that happens is that the flour ballons get realy flat!

What went wrong?

[bluerussetboy]

doesn't sound as if anything went wrong. the balloon wasn't stretched far enough for it to rupture.

cops have been using beanbag rounds for decades.

http://www.policeone.com/policeone/data/07-06lomtt3.jpg


almost the same thing

[benstern]

Shoot it at a board with several nails stick through it. That should give you your desired effect.

[TurboSuper]

I filled a plastic bag with flour and shot it at a tree, it exploded in a puff of white "smoke".

I think they key is to fire at an abrasive surface that shreds your vessel.

[Spitfire]

was fired at a rough brick wall. will try with a one layer baloon tom.

[Hotwired]

I've thrown balloons of water about 30ft upwards and watched them bounce on concrete...

The skin has to be under a lot of tension or has to be physically punctured for it to burst on impact.

I'd go with turbos version for a more guaranteed burst, plastic shopping bags are much less stretchy and will rip quite easily.

[daberno123]

Try using the real long balloons that are for making balloon animals. They won't be as round so they'll be able to fit in a smaller diameter barrel

[TurboSuper]

I'd go with turbos version for a more guaranteed burst, plastic shopping bags are much less stretchy and will rip quite easily.

Actually, I was using one of those "Ziploc" bags. Same idea applies though.

[TurboSuper]

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[schmanman]

the key is a container that splits or cracks, not a abrasive surface. the baloon deforms, but doesnt break. the plastic bag broke because it easily splits, most likely on a seam.

[psycix]

If it just got flat and didnt rupture, your gun just wasnt powerful enough.
What did you shoot it with?

[Spitfire]

a combustion, from 2meters. Its powerfull enough to Launch appels 250m.
And at times a bunch of stones through the sound barrier. crunches deo cans, and anialates Cellphones frozen in ice. Not Powerful enough, pft

[TurboSuper]

Try shooting at an angle, the inertia may just pin the flour to the wall.

[schmanman]

I find it hard to belive that you broke the sound barrier with a gun that cannot bust open a balloon.

to break the sound barrier, you need a hybrid or a pneumatic powered by a lighter than air gas, like helium.

[Hubb]

What went wrong?

It seems to me that your balloon was not inflated enough and your cannon was not powerful enough. Try using the "water balloon" balloons. They have a really thin shell and I have yet to have one burst when impacting a target (using a 1.5" barrel).