Spud Cannon Plans
- RacerSoaker445
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Spud Cannon Plans
Spudfiles has a LOT of great homemade pneumatic potato cannons that could be adapted to shoot balloons easily.
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- SSCBen
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Water balloons wouldn't burst in the chamber, most of the time that is. They're more likely to burst from the barrel itself, especially if no wadding is used. Catapults and trebuchets on the other hand won't get as good performance and will take a lot of effort to make well. I've made two or three water balloon catapults over the years with my Boy Scout troop and they never seemed to be useful for more than a distance test.
- DX
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For 3" PVC, a tennis ball can is as close to perfect as you will get using a common item with no modifications to it. You can load the barrel, and the protection will allow all the balloons to fire without breaking, and they will all travel the same distance. Plastic cups work second-best, but not nearly as effectively as tennis cans.
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- m15399
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- Flannel
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I am sorry if I said that they weren't.m15399 wrote:Well, water balloon launchers ARE spud guns... Just with a different payload.
Thanks for saving me the time.Ben wrote:Catapults and trebuchets on the other hand won't get as good performance and will take a lot of effort to make well. I've made two or three water balloon catapults over the years with my Boy Scout troop and they never seemed to be useful for more than a distance test.
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