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yeahyeah
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Post by yeahyeah » Tue Aug 03, 2004 6:06 am

Alright I'm going to make a WBL that has a barrel 5" in dia. It may sound far fetched but I'm going to do it.

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Post by Commander_Gaunt » Tue Aug 03, 2004 8:38 am

Good luck!
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Post by SSCBen » Tue Aug 03, 2004 1:50 pm

You're going to need a huge butt air chamber to shoot that. Also, don't expect this to be cheap, 5" PVC is expensive. Use a solenoid too!

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Post by yeahyeah » Tue Aug 03, 2004 4:16 pm

Okay! My birthdays coming up shortly, so I hope to get enough money to make it!

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Post by War Admiral » Tue Aug 03, 2004 10:09 pm

That would be sweet if you made that.
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Post by BlueSmudge » Wed Aug 04, 2004 12:45 am

Seriously. Im not sure if the size of the air chamber would even change linearly. Prolly exponetially, which means a very large PC. If im right, thats 421875 square cm. Break out the PVC! Or you can make it out of metal and get like, 3000 PSI or something. Hey, that's funny.

EDIT: I think my calculations are completely off. Forget that PC size number :P
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yeahyeah
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Post by yeahyeah » Wed Aug 04, 2004 12:50 am

Yeah, actually I could get one made <_<

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Post by Neuro » Wed Aug 04, 2004 1:03 am

3000psi is way overkill - the world's largest air cannon, which launches pumpkins almost a mile from a 100 foot long barrel, only has a p/c pressure of a little over 2500psi at launch. something along the lines of 500psi would be appropriate. also, where do you plan to get a 5" diameter water balloon? logistics error! or even more difficult - WADDING for a 5" diameter water balloon! sorry dude, I just don't think that'll work.
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Post by senormario » Wed Aug 04, 2004 1:39 am

it would be awesome if it did it would go zoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooommmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm and then splat

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Post by BlueSmudge » Wed Aug 04, 2004 3:24 am

dude, 5" isnt that big. Like the largest size that most water balloons can take. Or with a launcher like this, just to withstand the power, you might want to use helium party balloons anyways. Also for packing, just use a bunch of plastic grocery bags. Its my packing of choice.
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Post by blaze » Wed Aug 04, 2004 5:41 am

Blue, I use styrofoam cups and my gun shoots twice as far as your gun. And thats at a low angle. Wait till I angle this thing all crazy like. Oh wait--they Don't make styrofoam cups that big. No--he could use a styrofoam bowl! Yeah!

Also if you're using the same type of valve that the aqualabs guy uses, in a store it's called an electric automatic anti-siphon sprinkler valve.

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Post by RacerSoaker445 » Wed Aug 04, 2004 2:19 pm

I use Cotton Insulation for my WBL's wadding (We are having a new addition put on our house, so now I can use the leftover junk), It works GREAT, I have gotten up to 190 feet on my WBL with that stuff.
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Post by revengeofline » Wed Aug 04, 2004 3:48 pm

I highly doubt this will work. First of all, as Doom said, 5" PVC is going to be outrageously expensive. The air chamber is also going to be huge (and your going to need a ton of pumps to pressurize this thing), especially if you want to go up to all the way up to 500 pounds per square inch. This could also be extremely dangerous to you and the person you fire at, as "there is a very real chance you could have PVC shrapnel ripping through your skull," and a water balloon that weighs like 5 pounds smacking into someone... It would be cool if you could actually do it, but it doesn't sound very practical.

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