Butane Fueled Micro

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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Torch
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Thu Jun 29, 2006 3:18 pm

I made one like this yesturday..Cap blew off..Moral, Dont use a lot of fuel. Also, the pics are not comin up, is it my comp? :?

EDIT: Nevermind got it working..
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Thu Jun 29, 2006 3:27 pm

did you build it with pvc? In mine it would so much fuel that by that time the mix would be too rich to fire.
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Fri Jun 30, 2006 8:26 am

a hybrid uses twice the normal propane of a regular combustion, and uses compressed air to make up for it, making it extra powerful
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Fri Jun 30, 2006 10:40 am

Beebs a Hybrid uses 2x, 3x, or 4x more propane than a regular propane combustion....

For ever extra Meter pipe full of propane you put in a hybrid you put an extra 14.7psi in the gun....

A hybrid uses a burst disk (normally layers of alluminum foil) to hold in the compressed air\propane and then it uses a stun gun or other high temperature spark to light the mixture fastly and efficiently...

PVC Arsenal what size pipes are thoose? Is it 1" to an airsoft barrel?
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Fri Jun 30, 2006 1:33 pm

no its half inch. extremely small. I need to make one with bigger fittings.
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Sat Jul 01, 2006 11:23 am

yes, i know that a hybrid can do 4x mixes, however i only use 2x mixes because mines made out of sch 40
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