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D_Hall
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 Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2009 11:01 pm Post subject: How's this for towed artillery? |
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Haven't played paintball in several years, but I got my start messing around with cannons around here. As such, I figured ya'll might appreciate my latest project. It's not a tank but I think you'll like it anyways.
Oh, and no, it's not finished yet. Probably won't be for several more months but it oughtta be cool when it is. 
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Max Lenox
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| Posted: Sat Sep 05, 2009 10:29 pm Post subject: |
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D-hall, I was on Spudtech when this you first posted this idea. I haven't been to spudfiles in about a year...
Great job, I never thought you would get the approval for it.
Glad to see you again, sort of...
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Drakterdrag
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| Posted: Sun Sep 06, 2009 1:11 pm Post subject: |
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| what kind of pipe is that? oil/gas or something? I could only imagine how many nerfs you could get in there for a 'flachette' effect, or how many paintballs you could put. What size is it? Anyway, good luck on it for whatever purpose you use it for.
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pigtech
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| Posted: Sun Sep 06, 2009 10:46 pm Post subject: |
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Looks more like for pumpkins than nerfs.
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D_Hall
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| Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2009 2:13 am Post subject: |
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LOL...
No, not pumpkins. Way too big for such projectiles. Put it this way... Design goal is a 100 pound projectile to 1000 fps. Bore is 19".
So what IS it's purpose? It's a laboratory tool for people studying transonic impacts.
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Max Lenox
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| Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2009 2:32 am Post subject: |
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Still going for a Hybrid fuel mixture?
If you are updating the Spudfiles thread, could you give me a link?
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D_Hall
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D_Hall
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Nearing completion, she's lookign much better.
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TJ Allcot
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So, if you can get 100 lbs to 1000 fps, any chance of being able to orbit 10 lbs?
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pigtech
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| Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2009 4:55 am Post subject: |
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Sweet.
TJ, doesn't look quite as big as the Babylon Gun that Gerard Bull was working on for low-orbit firing:
http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/babongun.htm
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D_Hall
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| Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 8:05 pm Post subject: |
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| TJ Allcot wrote: | | So, if you can get 100 lbs to 1000 fps, any chance of being able to orbit 10 lbs? |
50 pounds gets to about 1300 fps.
10 pounds would in theory make it to 1900 fps, but honestly I don't think you could actually make a 10 pound projectile that would realistically hold up to launch forces.
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