High power air cannon - launching eggs

I put on my science hat and built a high powered air cannon. In this episode I'm launching eggs. What I launch next time is up to you. Comment with your ideas for crap I can launch, and if I like it I'll launch it!

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Mad props to TheyGrewAgain for the catapult idea. It wasn't exactly what happened, but close enough!

Special thanks to My brother-in-law and the Just Kidding Goat Farm for letting me come blow stuff up on their land.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• somecallmejim
• high
• power
• air
• cannon
• crap
• launcher
• eggs
• spud
• gun
• rifle

[XXPERISHXX]

on the aircompressor version does the aircompressor itself have a safety overpressure valve built in so you don't explode your pvc tank?or do you still need to install one? you mentioned tapping one in i'm unsure how that nossle won't shoot out of the hole.

[somecallmejim]

Yep, there's a pressure valve on the air compressor itself. I set it to cut off about 10 psi below the safety rating on the PVC, so there's no explosion risk. Once the cannon is fully charged though, I have a cutoff valve on it, so I can unplug from the tank for better aiming.

This season I may build a heavy duty model from steel. We'll see if anything comes of that.

[icepanther]

UGL, I want to see your cannon like NOW.

I have a one with a steel airchamber, but a pvc barrel.

I tried launching an egg in my first one like a year ago and it turned into liquid before it left the barrel haha.

[somecallmejim]

I had the same problem. To actually get the eggs to stay intact I had to hard boil them, and then I put a single strip of duct tape around the middle just for good measure.

[UGLandrum]

No mine is way better, ALL STEEL, NO FUCKIN PUSSY PVC! All the cannons you see on YouTube are fuckin PVC, COME ON! Mine will punch through a fuckin car with a blunt slug of cast aluminum! No cans, eggs, pumpkins, or usless crap go in my barrel, anything that is solid and that can inflict damage to metal! I will post it when I get ahold of a camera. Oh no offense somecallmejim, I encourage you to make a large steel cannon so large you have to tow it behind your car, I know my next on will be

[somecallmejim]

Well Alright. No offense taken.

The reason I built it from PVC was because it was cheap and easy, and I'm broke and lazy, thus making it a good match.

As i mentioned in reply to another commenter, I actually wanted to do steel, but I thought I'd start small. Maybe next summer if I'm in the mood I'll do something more industrial.

Shoot me a message if you get a video of your cannon up. I'd be interested to see it.

Later.

[efs5551]

lol the chickens are like "WTF???????"

[texaust]

Launch a chicken!

[Hockey8323]

very vedry very very very coooooooooooooool

[lotsofgametime]

I can think of a couple of houses I would like to do that to on Halloween.

[thegoodhen]

Oh yeah, henz! kdák kdák!

[bytmeh]

what a fat cunt !!!!!!!!

[THESCHILLDOG]

lol a chicken

[mgpscooter96]

Nice was that gun where you spray and light or is it an air gun

[ThePhilosopher91]

yeah, thats not that impressive

[kbckiwi]

@somecallmejim which is diameter of the barrel 'cause i two cork rifles (you can see in my channel if you want) and i use a one and a half inch pvc pipe for launching golf ball and i want to know wich is the diameter of the barrel please respond

[TchCokesify]

NICE, i great way to waste eggs :l

[polerigger]

you should go egg someones house with that!