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Started by Porsche Monkey, September 21, 2009, 08:43:56 AM

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I doubt that mild explosion could rupture a buried gas line...
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I agree, unless it was already leaking.

Anyhow, I love this thing

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Quote from: KnightofNi on September 21, 2009, 12:49:40 PM
i don't think gas lines would be under fields.


It shows it being used in small gardens too, not just open areas.

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Quote from: mitt on September 21, 2009, 12:37:17 PM
What happens if the burrow runs right around an underground gas line?

Cool idea though.


mitt

did i mention it is a potato cannon.

it uses a very small amount of gas.  the action is concussive, not flame. 

the gas is probably a low concentration and it might even not leave the device.  just create the explosion in the device (like a gun) and the gases create the concussion which vibrates the gopher hole like crazy.
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thats one of the better B.L.E.V.E. pictures i have seen
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I was surprised by this with my potato gun.......

I always used aquanet as my accelerant.

Then I thought WD-40 would be better.

WRONG.

pretty interesting

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Quote from: cyrus buelton on September 21, 2009, 06:34:11 PM
I was surprised by this with my potato gun.......

I always used aquanet as my accelerant.

Then I thought WD-40 would be better.

WRONG.

pretty interesting



I've done quite a bit of experimentation with potato guns (I am from Nevada after all  [cheeky]). The best accelerant is ether (I think that's what it is anyway)...carburetor spray you get at auto parts stores. Aquanet is effective, but coats everything in nastiness over time.

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Quote from: Triple J on September 21, 2009, 06:45:00 PM
I've done quite a bit of experimentation with potato guns (I am from Nevada after all  [cheeky]). The best accelerant is ether (I think that's what it is anyway)...carburetor spray you get at auto parts stores. Aquanet is effective, but coats everything in nastiness over time.

yup and you get a nice buzz if you sniff it

ether is great for flushing out a squirrel nest.. flood it with ether and they pass out, then just light it and boom go the squirrel guts.
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Quote from: cyrus buelton on September 21, 2009, 06:34:11 PM
I was surprised by this with my potato gun.......

I always used aquanet as my accelerant.

Then I thought WD-40 would be better.

WRONG.

pretty interesting



its all about the flash point
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Quote from: cyrus buelton on September 21, 2009, 06:34:11 PM
I was surprised by this with my potato gun.......

I always used aquanet as my accelerant.

Then I thought WD-40 would be better.

WRONG.

pretty interesting


i have always wanted to build an air powered one that was portable.

the problem is pvc isn't rated for pressures that high.
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Quote from: KnightofNi on September 22, 2009, 05:52:40 AM

i have always wanted to build an air powered one that was portable.

the problem is pvc isn't rated for pressures that high.

I had some friends in high school that had a pneumatic one from PVC.

Needless to say, I never saw it being used as I knew PVC isn't rate for that.


These guys also used propane as an accelerant as well. No thanks, too unpredictiable.



To solve issues with aquanet........just keep a spray bottle of water to spray off the screw cap so it won't stick. Problem solved.
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Quote from: KnightofNi on September 22, 2009, 05:52:40 AM

i have always wanted to build an air powered one that was portable.

the problem is pvc isn't rated for pressures that high.

you can get pressure rated PVC pipe, schedule 80 i think..

about 1000 psi at 3" up to about 3000 psi at half inch.
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Quote from: ducatiz on September 22, 2009, 06:41:24 AM
you can get pressure rated PVC pipe, schedule 80 i think..

about 1000 psi at 3" up to about 3000 psi at half inch.

this was on a college budget.

we also started figuring out how to shape the potato for the best aerodynamics.
we could put holes in plastic windows from 50 yds with the standard gun.

i blame all of this on the attempt at a supersonic potato by orange smoothie productions. (i still have their original mathcad files)  [laugh]

we also had a professor convinced to let us do it for one of our engineering classes. it never came about because we couldn't get a safe enough area with the barrel length we needed.  :(
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The best was to put a potato in sideways, verse vertical.

You get a much better fit yielding better trajectory and distance.



god I loved that toy
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