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Build a homemade water gun or water balloon launcher and tell us about it.
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Post by Leprechaun71588 » Mon Jul 19, 2004 3:02 am

Mwah ha ha ha ha.....IT'S ALIVE!

I just started work on my homemade soaker today, and so far things are going pretty good. I used my homemade plans from my previous post, the ones that supposedly wouldn't work, and it is kickin butt already.

I went to Lowe's and bought all the parts for about $20. All I needed was:

(all 1/2")
2x Chack Vavle
4x T-Joints
2x Elbow Joints
3x Male Adaptors
1x Ball Valve

I also used a few parts I had lying around my house:

Many 10" Balloons
Pump from my old XP310
2 Liter Soda Bottle

At first sight, my idea of a horizontal pressure chamber wouldn't work, but that's where the balloons come in. All I did was basically an XPS mod with the bottle acting as my pressure chamber. My only problem is that once I get more than 4 balloons on, it is hard to attach to the gun.

The rest of this week I will keep you all updated on my progress. I attached a pic of the current gun.

Right now I've got 4 balloons on, and it shoots about 15-20 feet. That's not really a whole lot, but I screwed up when I made my nozzle, so its not doing as good as it should.

Any advice you could send would be greatly appreciated...
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Post by Veteran » Mon Jul 19, 2004 4:13 am

Looks like a cross between Doom's homemade and some old Xp parts :Hey, that's funny.:

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Post by Leprechaun71588 » Mon Jul 19, 2004 2:39 pm

Looks like a cross between Doom's homemade and some old Xp parts
That was kinda the point. I busted up my XP310 pretty bad while I was trying to mod it, so I am salvaging what I can to build a new soaker.
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Post by Leprechaun71588 » Tue Jul 20, 2004 3:53 am

I've been trying out different types of PCs for my gun. My original idea isn't working too well because I can't fit more than 3-4 balloons over the opening in the bottle and still be able to attach it. It's range was only about 15 ft.

My second idea was to use the old PCs from my XP310. I did an XPS mod on them, but the range was only about 20 ft.

Next, I used a vertical 20 oz. bottle with 3 balloons. It now has a range of 35 ft.

What's the best way to max my range? Bigger PC chambers?
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Post by Neuro » Tue Jul 20, 2004 5:26 am

I say find a 3l bottle (no typo there, 3 liters), make it vertical, just use an elbow, and use the 3l as an air pressure p/c.
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You can pretty much ignore the times on that, I rarely ever have Xfire on when I play. I should, though.
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Post by Soakologist » Tue Jul 20, 2004 2:33 pm

Question: Where's the reservoir? :huh:
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Post by Leprechaun71588 » Tue Jul 20, 2004 5:41 pm

Question: Where's the reservoir?
It is attached to my backpack, so the reservoir is not actually on the gun. Sorry I didn't explain that earlier.
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Post by SSCBen » Tue Jul 20, 2004 6:22 pm

That homemade doesn't even look like it's glued together. I don't think it could be very powerful if it's not. I would glue it together, and make a real PC, that one is too much work for it's performance.

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Post by Veteran » Tue Jul 20, 2004 11:26 pm

Instead of using a bottle, why not just use the lower half of a Secret Strike? ^_^ But seriously, I took my Secret Strike apart and the lower half could totally be used for a pc, at least the outer covering of one.

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Post by SSCBen » Wed Jul 21, 2004 12:59 am

If he wants to use something as a PC, I think he should use PVC. It can hold much more pressure than any soaker put out by a company. ;)

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Post by RacerSoaker445 » Wed Jul 21, 2004 1:21 am

OFF TOPIC: I have a question for you Doom, I can't get my homemade to shoot more than 30 feet. The gun is VERY similar to your APH and was based on that. I'll get a picture soon.
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Post by Leprechaun71588 » Mon Jul 26, 2004 12:41 am

My gun is almost done, I just need a little more help.

I finally got it all glued together, so it's not bursting open on me anymore, and I've got my backpack water container built. My only problems now are in the range...

What is the best way to increase range?
Will the nozzle size change my range that much?
If so, what is the best size to use for a nozzle?

Right now my current range is 40 ft. and it puts out about 2 20oz. bottles worth of water in less than a second or two. I want to increase my range and shot time.
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