marshmallow cannon
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Topic: marshmallow cannon
Posted By: Die-Trying
Subject: marshmallow cannon
Date Posted: 22 January 2006 at 12:06pm
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Well I thought I might as well share with you all my engineering
project that I did a few months back. It’s a marshmallow cannon made out of
pvc, steel braided line, tippmann 98 asa, and a 20oz tank. The project was a
contest at UCF my team had to make a device that shot a marshmallow 50ft to
land on a paper plate, it also had to cost under 25 bucks (used 4oz pre-filled when in
the contest to meet the price limit). To shoot it you simple turn the tank into
the asa as fast as you can…not really inventive but I was trying to make it cheap.
After a few test it worked really well and I found that if you turn the tank
fast enough into the asa then the Co2 will freeze the marshmallow solid and put
a pretty big hole right threw the middle. It also proved to be a pretty good
fire extinguisher…
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Replies:
Posted By: curby972
Date Posted: 22 January 2006 at 12:09pm
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cool and nice dirt bike ------------- ya thats right im from KY |
Posted By: Tiger Stripe
Date Posted: 22 January 2006 at 12:10pm
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that looks cool... Iwant it
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Posted By: Cheetos3254
Date Posted: 22 January 2006 at 12:16pm
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cool cool.. ------------- 
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Posted By: Smitty
Date Posted: 22 January 2006 at 12:20pm
| Nice. You should somehow cut a slot for a stop with a hole in it somewhere that is covered when you have it out, but then when you push it down, you let the CO2 out of the hole and it pushes the marshmallow out. That way it's faster and you won't blow O-Rings as easy. |
Posted By: whack-a-mole
Date Posted: 22 January 2006 at 12:26pm
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That's pretty cool. It sounds like a college engineering project? ------------- NASA and the Americans spent millions of dollars and hundreds of hours to develop a pen that would write in space.....The Russians used a pencil. |
Posted By: Die-Trying
Date Posted: 22 January 2006 at 12:36pm
I’m in high school but taking a college class called "intro to engineering 1& 2" its part of the magnet program I’m in. ------------- Ion sanded and bondo'd body Orange painted body and frame Dead On Bullet Drop Evo II 68/4500 crossfire Evil pipe kit with ultra tip |
whack-a-mole wrote:Posted By: yesr
Date Posted: 22 January 2006 at 12:48pm
| looks cool man good job |
Posted By: diedonimpact
Date Posted: 22 January 2006 at 12:50pm
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amazing could you possibly give us instructions please ------------- 
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Posted By: pbdude985
Date Posted: 22 January 2006 at 1:07pm
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thats pretty cool , good job dude ------------- 
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Posted By: FlyGuy10
Date Posted: 22 January 2006 at 1:26pm
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nice! I love it...nothing like school projects ------------- my tippmann is better than yours http://model98.org"> 
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Posted By: brihard
Date Posted: 22 January 2006 at 1:28pm
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Good stuff. Now you need an on-off switch and a valve so you can genuinely fire it. Marshmallow launchers kick ass. ------------- "Abortion is not "choice" in America. It is forced and the democrats are behind it, with the goal of eugenics at its foundation." -FreeEnterprise, 21 April 2011. Yup, he actually said that. |
Posted By: dirtbike14455
Date Posted: 22 January 2006 at 1:43pm
| cr125 or 250? i like bike and the launcher |
Posted By: Die-Trying
Date Posted: 22 January 2006 at 1:54pm
It’s pretty simple. Just get pvc, end cap, air line, asa, and Co2 tank. Glue end cap to pvc, drill hole in the cap, put your air line to the hole and to your asa, and then screw on the tank.
cr125, and thanks ------------- Ion sanded and bondo'd body Orange painted body and frame Dead On Bullet Drop Evo II 68/4500 crossfire Evil pipe kit with ultra tip |
Posted By: Tiger Stripe
Date Posted: 22 January 2006 at 2:14pm
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Ahm'a makin maslf one o them!!!
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Posted By: CIA356
Date Posted: 22 January 2006 at 2:43pm
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YAh I would get a valve like you put on potato cannons so you can fire it without twisting the tank all around ------------- 
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Posted By: Mr.Shake56
Date Posted: 22 January 2006 at 3:11pm
| gotta make one and by the way nice dirtbike |
Posted By: MVM91
Date Posted: 22 January 2006 at 8:24pm
| how do the marshmellows taste afterwords? |
Posted By: Die-Trying
Date Posted: 22 January 2006 at 9:45pm
they taste like dry ice, and burn your mouth....it was a bet what can i say. lol ------------- Ion sanded and bondo'd body Orange painted body and frame Dead On Bullet Drop Evo II 68/4500 crossfire Evil pipe kit with ultra tip |
Posted By: *Stealth*
Date Posted: 23 January 2006 at 10:36am
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Seems to me like you should have gotten an on off ASA...
Or, an On off Tank. Would have made things alot easier. |
Posted By: Die-Trying
Date Posted: 23 January 2006 at 3:21pm
There was a price limit of 25 bucks. ------------- Ion sanded and bondo'd body Orange painted body and frame Dead On Bullet Drop Evo II 68/4500 crossfire Evil pipe kit with ultra tip |
Posted By: Dye Playa
Date Posted: 24 January 2006 at 10:08pm
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they wouldnt have known lol ------------- 
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Posted By: tecumseh
Date Posted: 24 January 2006 at 10:51pm
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very creative ------------- what? |
Posted By: SSOK
Date Posted: 25 January 2006 at 6:14pm
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Id hate to put your Cannon to shame but My homemade projects are better 1. A Trebuchet. Basically a Catapult that uses weights instead of rubber bands, shoots a little farther than the avrage spyder 2. A solarcar. Basically a Model solar car that won a bunch of awards, those of you that ever went to middle shcool on the east coast: Ever herd of the juionor solar sprints? 3(The Best) A hovercraft. Yeah, I know none of you believe me but its true. Its built out of a Peice of 1/2 inch plywood with a skirt made of a blue tarp, Oh yeah I forgot it uses a leafblower to propel it, And YES it works i can prove it ------------- 
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Posted By: Yomillio
Date Posted: 25 January 2006 at 7:05pm
Thats great and all, but why dont u go start ur own tread with pics and vids... Nice launcher. ------------- 
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Posted By: Die-Trying
Date Posted: 25 January 2006 at 8:22pm
It was a contest at a college, with a price limit of 25
bucks, I made it cheap for a reason...oh and wait till you see my latest home
project custom painted ion frame, and milled body should be done before Saturday. Chevey orange ------------- Ion sanded and bondo'd body Orange painted body and frame Dead On Bullet Drop Evo II 68/4500 crossfire Evil pipe kit with ultra tip |
Posted By: RedLion56
Date Posted: 31 January 2006 at 7:57am
Hmm ------------- A5 12"Bigshot Pure energy 20ozCo2x2/AntiSyphon 32 degrees Black X_chamber Pen spring mod Polished Internals |
you can prove it ...do it?Posted By: WGP guy2
Date Posted: 31 January 2006 at 9:58pm
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Nice, so the plate was like a target? Thats cool, but you could
have not used the hose, and bought a valve and 2 male-male connectors,
that way you would have a valve and get better pressure behind the
marshmellow. Cool though. |