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Harness the power of precision mixtures of pressurized flammable vapor. Safety first! These are advanced potato guns - not for the beginner.
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Thu May 03, 2012 2:27 pm

al-xg wrote:I didn't know whether to say "Thank You" or "Thanks" so I said
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I think longer tungsten(not tungsten carbide) rods could possibly work quite well here, seeing how the nail performed.
If they have to go through spaced layers though, we woulld need much stronger fins... or a drag stabilised shotgun slug type projectile with a hollow tail.
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Thu May 03, 2012 2:33 pm

Nails :

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If they have to go through spaced layers though, we woulld need much stronger fins... or a drag stabilised shotgun slug type projectile with a hollow tail.
I'm thinking something more like 80-150mm depending on the thickness and susceptibility to buckling.
There are no constraints for trying to use cartridges here, so I'd say the longer you can get away with the better.
They should also stay a lot straighter when going through spacing like that.
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Tungsten III :

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Thu May 03, 2012 3:44 pm

Tungsten
that's pretty impressive

ohh and I love the sound that your gun makes... sounds almost like silenced weapons from movies
Children are the future

unless we stop them now
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Thu May 03, 2012 3:53 pm

:D
yes, it makes no noise, fortunately it's powerful!

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Thu May 03, 2012 4:00 pm

al-xg wrote:There are no constraints for trying to use cartridges here, so I'd say the longer you can get away with the better.
They should also stay a lot straighter when going through spacing like that.
True - it would obviously fly slower but the extreme sectional density should more than make up for it.
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Fantastic!

Shame you didn't have enough backing behind the plate in order to retrieve the tungsten, should have rested it on the beam ;)

I'm fascinated by the marks around the entry hole. It can't be fin fragments, delrin wouldn't make that sort of impression on steel. My theory is that fragments from the back of the rod break off on impact and are thrown by their forward momentum into the front face of the plate. If you could find one after firing, we can confirm it ;)
given the mark of the second layer profile, she looks intact thy rod.
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Thu May 03, 2012 4:13 pm

behind the white wood there was a profile!
I found two small pieces ...
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Thu May 03, 2012 4:15 pm

How far away was the shot on that last video ?

There is a flash of something in that slowed down bit at the end, maybe just the rust but it looks like it's actually emitting light.
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Thu May 03, 2012 4:17 pm

it is the tip steel makes sparks! :D

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Thu May 03, 2012 4:22 pm

Petitlu wrote:behind the white wood there was a profile!
I found two small pieces ...
Wow, that is comprehensively shattered!
There is a flash of something in that slowed down bit at the end, maybe just the rust but it looks like it's actually emitting light.
steel on steel makes sparks, even at low velocities:

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Thu May 03, 2012 4:23 pm

"Show us"

EDIT ! :D
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Thu May 03, 2012 4:27 pm

Petitlu wrote:"Show us"

EDIT ! :D
I saw, I saw :)

That certainly explains the pitting around the entry hole!

It's almost like you have accidental FAP!

:D :D :D
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Thu May 03, 2012 4:30 pm

Yes! is that correct, it's an FAP!
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Thu May 03, 2012 4:34 pm

Oups! :roll:
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