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Compression Theory

Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2008 3:36 pm
by sprayandplay08
Ok I have Another dumb theory,
When Filling A C.C With Spray have the potato at the top of the barrel then put the cleanout on . When you press the potato into the barrel it compresses the mixture by decreasing the distance the gas can occupy

Sorry i know my theorys are way off

Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2008 3:45 pm
by Biopyro
Nope this has been mentioned before and is pretty common. You do have to adjust your fuel ration if you're using a metered cannon

Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2008 3:57 pm
by sprayandplay08
yeah but i mean with spray and pray not a propane gun well then i'm just gonna stop posting then and just read

Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2008 4:22 pm
by SpudFarm
i do it all the time on my small combustions

Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2008 5:05 am
by psycix
Note that the potato might shove back up half of the barrel when you stop ramming it.

Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2008 8:20 am
by sprayandplay08
when i did that there was a small amount of blow by

Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2008 2:45 pm
by jimmy101
sprayandplay08 wrote:when i did that there was a small amount of blow by
If there was any blowby then you probably defeated the purpose.

A very tight fitting spud in a 2" barrel might seal well enough, and have high enough static friction, to get the chamber up to ~10 PSIG. That would be a ~1.7X hybrid. If you calculate your fuel ratio for the chamber+barrel volume, partially load the spud to seal the system, and run the fan to mix the fuel, you might be able to get a small hybrid ratio by shoving the ammo as far down the barrel as you can without having it leak or immediately pop back out the barrel.