Homemade Fan Gun Snowmaker

This was the first run of my home made fangun since I installed the stator vanes to straighten the plume airflow. This was a warm weather test and I am not running any nuc.

Output is ~ 3.5gpm, but should scale to 8+gpm easily.

Fan is a custom 8 blade 17in fan, running off a 1.5hp motor.

Water is ~ 200PSI from a Cat310 on a 2HP motor

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• snowgun
• fangun
• snowmaking

[Mod1fyD]

can i have some plans for this? i would pay for them. or even the snow gun itself?

[7hereverendmaynard]

@Mod1fyD Check out snowguns dot com

[jackreiter10]

Could you please tell me the exact specs for the fan, and also how you regulate the water pressure going through the hago nozzles.

[7hereverendmaynard]

@jackreiter10 I documented the build on snowguns dot com

[mgdsports]

ill give u 1500$ bucks for it

[7hereverendmaynard]

@mgdsports Thanks - but its not for sale

[edevaldo895]

because this?

[RobloxMemories]

@Mod1fyD 

[nzb11]

Hey, I am building a fan gun but am having a problem. Are you runing only water through the nozzels and then the wind from the fan hits the mist. Or are you using compressed air along with the fan.

[JediSawyer]

If you want to make snow I think you may have to wait for a colder day or time of day.

I think that you might need to use colder water also. If you had a barrel of water that iced over and you pumped that water to the machine you would have a lower enthalphy or heat of fusion to overcome. Also you might want to make it muddy water or use a little flour in it so you can get good nucleation. Without nucleation water freezes at -42 F

[dabigjokeoftheday]

YOU MEAN MISTER.........

[ivhus]

where is the snow?

[pfun41]

@7hereverendmaynard how much snow does it make? and how do i subscribe to a thread on there?

[crackbabykid]

how much did u make for

[MoveFast319]

What state are you in BTW???

[MoveFast319]

Holly crap! That looks almost exactly like the driveway from my old house!!!