Brad Linaweaver presents Robert A Heinlein's Brass Cannon
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Free Luna!
3 years ago 9
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Very timely during the Heinlein centennial year. Great info about The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress.
4 years ago 8
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He will be sorely missed. He was a gift to us all.
The Moon is a Harsh Mistress is one of my all time favorite novels, along with Glory Road.
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TANSTAAFL!
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TANSTAAFL! This brought on such nostalgia. TMIAHM is one of my all time favourite books. I love the fact that the cannon is real! :D
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i just learned this happened!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch!
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TANSTAAFL
2 years ago 2
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wow they let you have those in california? must be an oversight
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Hi jt
I was the one who rebuilt the cannon and set it up for firing. Powder = black powder FFg grade. The only projectile was a ball of paper wadding, because this is a "salute cannon" and the 1" bore is not final-finished. Such roughness when combined with a solid projectile would cause high risk of pressure spikes that could blow up the cannon.
A blown up cannon would not have pleased either the history fans, nor the people who were using the cannon on the range! :-D
2 years ago 2
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more onfo please! i.e. powder type? amount of powder? any projectile? caliber? please respond!
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TANSTAAFL! what would RAH have written about youtube/wiki/facebook?
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So was the cannon firing anything other than a blank charge?
Davidkevin 3 years ago
Yes. There was wadding to hold the charge in.
jneilschulman 3 years ago