Air Cannons (arrow bolts + soda cans) vs. Clothes Dryer

Multiple videos of me shooting at, and through, a clothes dryer with a few of my cannons. One cannon has a 3/4" QEV, 1.25" chamber and 3/4" PVC barrel and is fired at 300PSI. The other cannon has a 2" sprinkler valve piloted by a 1" sprinkler valve with a 2"x3' PVC chamber and 2.5"x3' PVC tennis ball/soda can barrel.

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[Thedog0101]

any idea on the velocity of any of those projectiles, espically the drill bits and crossbow bolt.

[PerformanceCannons]

Good question, my chrony wasn't working when I filmed this but I could chrony the projectiles when I get some time. The drill bits and darts I would estimate are going around 600-800fps based on GGDT simulations. I'm not really too concerned about performance with these cannons because I have two hybrids for when I want to get 1200fps+ velocities, but the dart shooting cannon is a nice simple cannon with decent performance, as this video shows, so it can still be great fun. Thanks.

[Gamehero911]

How come you call it a potato cannon?

[PerformanceCannons]

Most people are familiar with "spud guns" "potato cannons" or "spud bazookas" rather than "pneumatic cannon" or even "air cannon" but I guess I probably should change the title to something a bit more accurate anyway. Thanks.

[MonsterNewWave]

Amazing work dude !

[Fifun Mefrutsu]

armor pearcing?

[johnny771977]

These things will be good for home defence in an SHTF RIOT situation, but not as good as a firearm.

[PerformanceCannons]

I'll see if I can film something tomorrow for you ;)

[CyberPilot360]

oh i meant the qev cannon ; D

[PerformanceCannons]

Is that the QEV cannon or the tennis ball/soda can cannon you're talking about? Thanks.