ya think this really works?

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Hotwired
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Sat Jun 30, 2007 7:49 am

mike1010 wrote:to me it looks like only one of the barrls shot because of the delay in air plooms
If it's made like a normal multibarrel cannon only one barrel fires at a time and the rest of the rotation is used to reload each barrel.

Could be running at 1200psi. Just have to use a smaller volume of gas for each shot than if it was using a lower pressure.

If it is CO2 then 1200psi might be a tad optimistic.
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Sat Jun 30, 2007 8:03 am

idk..this guy built one and this is definately shooting something you can hear them coming out and hitting the target..




oh and you could aways substitute paintballs for reballs, target stick balls, or marbles. :twisted:
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Sat Jun 30, 2007 9:31 am

quote, "It starts out fine but near the end you can hear only 3 out of the 6 barrels firing. The catches on the other three wore down and wouldn't release." endquote

He hadn't hardened the catches on the barrels so they wore down. That's why we only heard some of the barrels going off.
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Sat Jun 30, 2007 9:51 am

Ive seen this in a (aus) PCPowerPlay mag. In the geek gadgets. They cost $15000 US.

They work. But for 15,000. Crazy.
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