Pump?

Build a homemade water gun or water balloon launcher and tell us about it.
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Hunt_and_Annoy
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Pump?

Post by Hunt_and_Annoy » Mon Mar 24, 2008 12:09 am

I'm sure I looked it up before, but has anyone ever tried using a water pump or air compressor hooked up to a battery to pump a homemade?

And easier way would be to store all the water in pre-loaded lrt, but that gets bulky.

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Re: Pump?

Post by Silence » Mon Mar 24, 2008 12:43 am

Recently, Buzz Bee Toys has made a few (good) electric water guns - the Scorpion and the Tarantula. The Scorpion has been discontinued (I think) in favor of pistol-sized ones, but I'm sure you can still buy it. Read the iSoaker.com reviews...decent performance, but noisy.

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Re: Pump?

Post by sbell25 » Mon Mar 24, 2008 1:38 am

Falcon made a WBL that was pumped with a small 12v air compressor, powered by a lead acid battery (like a miniature version of a car battery). According to Falcon, it takes 1 minute to pump up the 2 pressure chambers on the launcher to 100psi.

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Re: Pump?

Post by Hunt_and_Annoy » Mon Mar 24, 2008 2:07 am

Interesting. Thanks for the links. The problem with the buzz bees is it's hard to sotre a battery and pump large enough to pressurize a gun with the size of a large APH or a CPS 2000 in a short amount of time.

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Re: Pump?

Post by akumabito » Sat Mar 29, 2008 7:44 pm

I have considered it, but those cheap 12V compressors have a pretty low output. Also; water + electronics = bad idea... unless of course you can properly waterproof the system. For practicality, maybe a heavy-duty footpump would be a better option? Idunno... it'd still take forever to pressurize an airtank though..

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