My latest combustion

Boom! The classic potato gun harnesses the combustion of flammable vapor. Show us your combustion spud gun and discuss fuels, ratios, safety, ignition systems, tools, and more.
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Sat Aug 05, 2006 1:29 pm

This is my latest combustion. This thing shoots a potato around 350 mph and is a blast to shoot.

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Sat Aug 05, 2006 2:25 pm

Any damage pic?
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Sat Aug 05, 2006 3:29 pm

no not yet. I will probably take some today my buddy and I are going to a hill that overlooks a lake and gonna take some pics. Probably make a video too to show distance. Gotta love shooting them over a body of water and seeing the splash 1/4-1/2 mile away ;)
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Sat Aug 05, 2006 4:27 pm

You can shoot that far with a combustion????? Jeez im aiming for 300m with my GB pneumatic so your shooting 400m at 1/4 mile
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Sat Aug 05, 2006 4:27 pm

I think 1/4 to 1/2 a mile is a slight over exageration, more like 1/8 to 1/4.
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Sat Aug 05, 2006 6:05 pm

yeah i would be really really happy if i got 1/4mile with my GB pneumatic with a 4" by 50" long chamber
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Mon Aug 07, 2006 12:54 am

Why would it be an exaggeration, 1/4 of a mile is pretty easy to achieve with the right counbustion knowledge, i think that that gun is completely capable of shooting 1/4 i dont know about 1/2 but its still quite a distance.
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Mon Aug 07, 2006 2:42 am

well sure its possible you could just be one huge mother f*cker of a combustion with propane 8)
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Mon Aug 07, 2006 2:52 am

This thing shoots a potato around 350 mph and is a blast to shoot.


I would like to see a chronograph reading before I believe that your basic combustion can shoot at 513 feet per second, and 1/2 a mile is 2640 feet or 880 yards, with a combustion... I don't think so!

I like your cannon, but I think you're giving us a bit of a fish tale (If you know what I mean).

If you don't know what I mean let me make it clear "Liar, Liar, pants on fire!"
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Mon Aug 07, 2006 4:01 am

LMFAO carl, most people would struggle getting 250m+ with propane.
And your talking about 400m for 1/4 mile.
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