combustion WBL

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combustion WBL

Post by Neuro » Thu Sep 04, 2003 7:26 pm

do you guys think a combustion WBL would work?
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Post by SSCBen » Thu Sep 04, 2003 7:36 pm

Maybe. I think it would pop the balloon most of the time though. Maybe if the explosion pushed some kind of piston and the piston pushed the balloon. I've never made a WBL though, so I really don't know much about them.

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Post by Neuro » Thu Sep 04, 2003 7:38 pm

the same thing would happen with a pressure powered one, but the current design uses a styrofoam cup for wadding. I just don't know if the same would work as well for combustion, considering lit hairspray would probably set it on fire...
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Post by SSCBen » Thu Sep 04, 2003 7:43 pm

Even if it did work, it would probably be loud. If you are going to use hairspray as your accerant/explosive/whatever, make sure it'sn't(to make a new word) aerosol type. Bugspray would work, too.

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Post by Neuro » Thu Sep 04, 2003 7:51 pm

? - combustion spudguns use aerosol.
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Post by SSCBen » Thu Sep 04, 2003 8:02 pm

Isn't aerosol bad for the environment? And your shooting potatoes out of those, so I'm guessing that the potatoe is stronger than a balloon. Ask AquaTech, he knows WBLs.

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Post by Neuro » Thu Sep 04, 2003 8:15 pm

naw naw, they took the stuff that was bad for the environment out of aerosol years ago. but ok, I'll ask him.
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Post by shadowstalker » Fri Sep 05, 2003 2:12 am

hmm mably not an expolion but maybe something that burns and makes Co2 and uses the pressure to larnch the balloon thats how the longer the bareal the longer the ranage thing works.thoe it will need to burn relly hot and relly fast like nitro-methine but nitro methine is vary expencive and VERY harmful the fumes can kill you and it's unstable. If thats to work you will need something safer and less costly <_< :( :nugget: nitro methine cost 30-50 us dollors a gallion and it's bad for the enverment
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Post by SSCBen » Fri Sep 05, 2003 9:43 am

I think that air pressure is what most people use for a reason.

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Post by Neuro » Fri Sep 05, 2003 8:05 pm

good point.
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Post by shadowstalker » Fri Sep 05, 2003 8:50 pm

agreed -_- ;)
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