Candy Cannon

A way to send halloween treats into the sky, without wadding or dangerous projectiles.

video

see the video. 3 sec. hang timefor the candy. container didn't leave the barrel because of loose seal.

Step 1: First you need a large barrel potato gun.

This is the threaded end, where the fuel goes (I use ether). I added screws in addition to the ABS glue for extra strength, although it probably isn't necessary. It is also your access to the ignitor (see next step) and how you ventilate the cannon between shots, to get some fresh air inside quickly.

Comments

[Jakeg]

so what do I use that makes it explosive. Is it just the air thats pressurized?

[Jimmy Proton]

hairspray is the most common but you can use most any flammable in a spray can

[Colonel88]

"GTFO you crazy kids! *Shoots at the kids* There, you happy?!?"

[geodez]

i see i am supposed to aim it up instead of pointing it at them.

[7777777777]

where can I buy this cannon?

[geodez]

you have to build it, here is a link to a basic cannon, works very well.http://dangerouslyfun.com/spud-gun

[thefunktopus]

whats a potato gun? could it be something that fires potatoes? where would i get one? Is there any way to mod this so it can fire rocks or small animals?

[Wafflicious]

Make one with PVC. Yes it can fire small animals but just not your little sisters pet mouse.

[Thundertydus]

hahahahahah wow the last line made me crap my pants laughing

[yeerk21]

i agree

[finnster]

how do you not know what a potato gun is

[Big Bubba]

look at this Bad @$5 potatoe gun finn

[finnster]

lol haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

[Big Bubba]

look at this one, thats bad-@$5

[Big Bubba]

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[T3hpw9ag3]

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[thefunktopus]

i thought they were small handguns

[Wafflicious]

those are spud guns

[finnster]

big foot duck can explain

[bigfootduck]

a potato gun is a big cannon, about the same size as this cannon, but it launches potatos hundreds of feet. It is powered by a chamber full of hairspray. You stick the potato in, light the hairspray, and watch the potato burst through walls. I mad a mini one out of a chapstick container once. It was cool!

[DYLEGO]

hairspray is for whimps! you need to go pneumatic if you want to go "hundreds of feet". A pneumatic potato cannon has an air chamber filled to 80-90 psi, and a sprinkler, ball, butterfly, or piston valve right after the air chamber. when you open the valve, the air pushes the projectile out the barrel.

[T3Hprogrammer]

I've built a similar device and found that you can nearly double the range/power by putting the container in the other way (opening facing down.) This way the air pressure will expand it, making a better seal, rather than compressing it and creating leaks around the edges.

[kiss my donkey]

bad @$$ potato gun

[johnnyoh]

I had encountered the wadding problem with my cannons as well. I found that a simple paper cup works if you mark the outside of the cup where it becomes snug in the barrel and then cut down to that point from the rim at the 12 3 6 and 9 o'clock points of the rim. Basically it functions much like a shotgun wadding and lands a few feet away.

[paper warrior]

use a beer can filled with concrete for ammo, you could probably knock down a tree or total a car

[bob the builder #1]

LOL

[theosullis]

My friend used gasoline instead of hairspray and the whole gun blew up in his hand and almost sent him to the ER. Just a moral, HAIRSPRAY IS YOUR FRIEND!

[zachninme]

I would like it if someone could build a "nice" one... one that you can do inside... and won't kill innocent bystanders...

[adamazing]

Prrrfft. In my experience, bystanders are rarely innocent.

[xproplayer]

lol there could be a robber in a crowd dun dun dun lol

[Camster911]

Wow! Knock the children out by embedding hard boiled sweets in there sculls, nice one! :D

[Ushanka]

For the record, I launched lollipops out of a model rocket. Yeah, I got hit in the head with one falling from 500 feet. No, I did not crack my "scull". It's friggin CANDY. There's very little momentum and it's mostly prone to shatter if it hits something firm.

[jeffconnelly]

yeah, try using it at a parade

[Kayjay]

not to mention the extra drag created because of the wrappers they arnt the best 4 aerodynamics

[knexgunner94]

lets make candy parachutes, then we could drop them from model airplanes

[funwithfire325]

lol my uncle flies thoughs

[xproplayer]

lol knock someone out with a good 15,000 feet of momentum

[Ushanka]

Nah, the candy will break before anything bad happens. The momentum will be about the same from 15,000 feet as it will from 150 feet. Candy is not very aerodynamic (Well, I suppose Tootsie Pops are pretty bullet-like) and it will have a slow terminal velocity. Combined with the small mass the momentum will be less than knock-someone-out strength. Moral: No Tootsie Pops. :P

[octavian234]

what about jaw breakers?

[Bad Donut]

:D