Decided to use bolts and nuts to join the joints (due to on wednesday, i shot a cucumber way over to the other houses, while the 'closing thing' from the back blew off with a huge bang. Ears were ringing for quite the while).
Now, there's no way a simple cucumber will blow the back cover off (or any of the joints that matter). I used cucumber just for the matter that even if i do accidentally shoot at something, it will obliterate into pieces.
In overall, it should shoot a fairly long distance.
Using bolts to secure the joints.
The size of it. Was thinking of making it longer, but then it wouldn't probably have enough power to shoot.
By alone, it generates a strong enough shockwave to nearly blast our old windows off. That without aiming at them at all.
By alone, it generates a strong enough shockwave to nearly blast our old windows off. That without aiming at them at all.
A cucumber ready to be shot.
A hole for igniting the sprayed (and evaporated) alcohol. (the thing needs a preheat for it to work at it's fullest. Can be achieved by lighting some alcohol without the backcover on)
And yeah, i know. My rooms a complete mess. I can't stand cleaniness. I need everything to be messy in order to put together many thoughts. :P
Haha, awesome!
ReplyDeleteThe looks slightly remind me of the vacuum cannon from Teadusbuss ("science van").
At summerhouse, we used to throw potatoes and apples with juniper sticks. No bang, but the speed is pretty good. It flies with a whistle and when it hits a tree or a wall, not much would be left of it. Aiming is tough, though.
At summerhouse, we once stole aunt's slippers and with our feet, we managed to toss them over the buildings and trees there. Aunt was pissed, but it looked so awesome.
We haven't managed to throw cards over buildings yet (usually they start to wobble at the top of the roof, due to the sudden wind that causes them to flip around and get stuck onto the roof).
Vaccum cannon is a bit annoying to build (since having foil or something else to cover both in and out), it's not like you are gonna find a pump anyways (nighthawkinlight made some sort of vaccum pump).
DeleteYeah, i've done that too. You can throw them quite far away. :P
Lol. :D
I used to throw the smaller transformer metal cores around. When you put the two M's across each other you get what looks like an 'H'. They fly fairly well. DIY shurikens. :P