How To Make A Potato Cannon (Combustion) Advanced Ep 2 of 2

video How To Make A Potato Cannon (Combustion) Advanced Ep 2 of 2

Finally!

Here is a tutorial video on how to make a combustion potato cannon from the man behind www.themonkeybase.com ..

TheBuG or MushiYoshi. The video shows how i made my standard size potato cannon step by step.

Made in Norway

For more info about this cannon and how to make one, go to www.themonkeybase.com and go to the potato cannon link

AlbinoMoose308 says: Apr 9, 2013. 2:33 PM

You seem like the kind of person who knows a thing or two about massive cannons...

What do you think of my idea to build a 12"(diameter) air cannon to shoot ~35 pound water balloons with a muzzle energy of ~184,000 foot-pounds?

voltagedude says: Apr 9, 2009. 7:03 PM

does it work better than an air cannon?

marffy in reply to voltagedudeNov 23, 2009. 8:56 PM

that depends on how u build ur air cannon. I could easily build a stronger cannon then this. The cannon is VERY powerful but there can be more powerful. Depends on how u make ur cannon.

Cobalt59 in reply to marffyJan 18, 2011. 3:36 PM

Using explosives is more fun though.

marffy in reply to Cobalt59Jan 18, 2011. 5:06 PM

Very true.

blugyblug says: Dec 29, 2008. 7:06 PM

FINALLY an ADVANCED combustion cannon on instructables. all the others are lame pill bottle ones that shoot like 10 metres.

entoalexa in reply to blugyblugFeb 7, 2010. 9:50 PM

yea, but YOU'VE made a pill bottle gun

wolfmage356 says: Aug 1, 2009. 2:27 PM

what stops the combustion from burning up the internal mechanisms such as the wires, fans, wood, and pvc

marffy in reply to wolfmage356Nov 23, 2009. 8:54 PM

The "explosion" inside the chamber just makes pressure not so much heat. This results in no melting and burning of internal parts.

astrong0 says: Aug 18, 2009. 12:08 PM

are the "corks" soda bottle caps?

D4NG3RNL says: Aug 8, 2009. 6:49 AM

Me and a friend of mine made one of these, with just 4 small puff's of hairspray we launched a energy drink molotov about 100m far away (energydrink molotov: a empty energydrink can, filled with gasoline and then add a small piece of gasoline drenched cloth in the hole, light the cloth and launch it within about 20 secs of lighting it) We did this at an old abandoned mine so we couldn't put anything on fire :) Energydrink cans fitted amazingly into ours ;D, or those mini cola cans, their the same diametre as energy drink cans, but smaller! Ps: We made interchangeable barrels, you could just "unscrew" em like a silencer and change the diameter of the barrel :) we can shoot from marbles to tennis balls ;D

wolfmage356 says: Aug 1, 2009. 2:49 PM

also how much in total did you pay for all materials in the end

thepaul1993 says: Jun 9, 2009. 4:28 AM

how did you make the spark generator

mrianniello in reply to thepaul1993Jun 25, 2009. 8:17 PM

i suggest buying a bbq lighter... there 5 dollars but they have the best results

thepaul1993 in reply to mriannielloJun 25, 2009. 10:50 PM

that one was powered by a battery

kollijolbein says: Mar 8, 2009. 10:06 AM

this gun is much more advanced than my gun :P Looks badass too

bowhunterhall says: Nov 7, 2008. 8:02 PM

what is the fan for i don't get it.

cowscankill in reply to bowhunterhallNov 28, 2008. 2:17 PM

Circulating air and fuel. Not really needed, but can help.

blugyblug in reply to cowscankillDec 29, 2008. 7:06 PM

Mixes the fuel and air together so the explosion in the chamber is equal and spreads. Its actually pretty useful.

cowscankill in reply to blugyblugDec 30, 2008. 4:17 PM

But it's not needed :P

blugyblug in reply to cowscankillDec 30, 2008. 6:12 PM

Yeah its not vital but it helps.

ChappyShowcase says: Oct 17, 2008. 3:41 AM

Dude, your gun is super cool. Way more complicating than mine in my video. Of course, I was going for creating something a general audience could figure out. Kudos again. ChappyShowcase