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Wed Sep 16, 2015 5:21 pm

Hello,

Has anyone ever constructed a cannon for a full size football? If so what materials did you use and where did you get them?

The largest standard PVC I can get at, say, Home Depot, is outer diameter 4" - which is insufficient for even a Peewee football.

Thanks, Tom
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Thu Sep 17, 2015 6:28 am

I remember this one on Spudtech, sadly the pictures are no longer available.
hectmarr wrote:You have to make many weapons, because this field is long and short life
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Thu Sep 17, 2015 6:33 am

http://www.spudfiles.com/combustion-can ... ic219.html :wink:
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mark.f wrote::wink:
Outsearched *gasp* what treachery is this?
hectmarr wrote:You have to make many weapons, because this field is long and short life
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Sat Sep 26, 2015 11:57 am

To shoot a standard football halfway decently you'll need a rifled barrel.
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There is a combustion cannon firing a soccer ball on YouTube, found it quite hilarious the size of the thing, just hope it didn't hit anyone!
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AlfiePB IanB wrote:There is a combustion cannon firing a soccer ball on YouTube
[youtube][/youtube]

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