Aerial Projectile Launchers

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Mon Dec 31, 2007 4:42 pm

This is something I made for New Years. It will launch projectiles straight up. I threw it together out of random crap.

Here's the only picture:
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Mon Dec 31, 2007 4:50 pm

Cool, your little brother must idolize you. Keep us informed on how she throws those "projectiles" :P
Happy New Year.
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Mon Dec 31, 2007 4:50 pm

hey thats pretty cool how much did that qev cost
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Mon Dec 31, 2007 4:57 pm

Make sure you wear safety glasses when launching your "stuff" dude.
Happy New Year.

Edit: Conformity
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Mon Dec 31, 2007 5:17 pm

I forgot about that rule, Novacastrian. You know, the rule about that stuff...

Oh well, me, you, elitesniper, and Brooner115 are the only ones who saw it, thankfully. Post edited.

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Mon Dec 31, 2007 5:42 pm

haha i completely forgot about that ''rule''
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Mon Dec 31, 2007 5:43 pm

Cool, now i won't have to
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Mon Dec 31, 2007 5:51 pm

Looks pretty decent for something made out of stuff laying around. "Projectiles"... I can guess.
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Mon Dec 31, 2007 6:00 pm

How do you guys ahve QEV's lying arround o.O
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Mon Dec 31, 2007 6:02 pm

you just have them laying around whats not to get? :lol:
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Mon Dec 31, 2007 6:33 pm

i think he means how can you have qev's lying around while us poor sods have to beg borrow and steal to even hold one, well um ok just me then oh well anyway the cannon is interesting, weird configuration though would have hoped for something more adjustable... any way beats the hell out of my pile of parts...

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Mon Dec 31, 2007 6:51 pm

The first two posts of this cannon were against the rules huh? thats a shame
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Mon Dec 31, 2007 7:14 pm

Brooner115 wrote:The first two posts of this cannon were against the rules huh? thats a shame
Why's that? Seeing as they edited their posts before I saw anything, it's fine. Also since this topic is primarily about a cannon, and secondary was about launching against the rules projectiles it's fine as he edited it out. I didn't see nuthin.

What can I do? Nothing for me to do brooner.

You need to realise brooner that your topic was primarily about shooting against the rules projectiles and had no secondary purpose worth keeping the topic for.
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Tue Jan 01, 2008 1:28 am

I tend to like this cannon because of what I can describe of it verbally.

"It is a quick-exhaust valve cannon, with a safety shut-off after the chamber, and have two Schrader fill valves, with a large pilot volume for prevention of accidental Q.E.V. triggering, with a three-way ball valve for firing and filling."

Really, it's just a pile of part I threw together trying to connect parts I had not real simple connectors for. For instance, note the female quick-disconnect on the tee connecting the barrel to the launcher. That was because I couldn't find a 1/4" plug. :P Also, the tee with the two Schraders was from a stairstepper pump I constructed some time ago. The three-way I will probably salvage for *something*.
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Tue Jan 01, 2008 11:07 am

so did the 'stuff' shoot well?, like does it have much power, id imagine it would with a QEV although it is 1/4"...
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