Projectile Prototype with unfolding wings

Because potatoes only last one shot!
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very cool, won't you need a powerful cannon for it to reach its full potential though?
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A decent piston valved cannon with a huge chamber with a long 1.5" barrel and some wadding should do the job. Not bad for $12.
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Nice though a little on the heavy side - seems a shame to fire it off though, you'd want some system to make it recoverable.
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He said that it only weighed 70 grams, that isn't very heavy. Right now I'm putting together a 4 pound steel and concrete round to fire from my burst disk gun. This is a lot more advanced than mine though.
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It's all relative, certainly heavier than the same thing made out of dowels, ply and rubber bands but for the diameter I suppose 70 grams is reasonable.
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now we are almost back where sudguns started, throwing out longlines for fishermen :D
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Whoa, that is amazing! I love it. A whole new era for spud gun rocket competitions.
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