Pyrotechnical Application for Potato Cannons

 by shoemaker
video Pyrotechnical Application for Potato Cannons
I applied the concepts from my Fire Breathing video to my Pneumatic Cannon and ended up with a cool backyard flame thrower that turns ordinary flour into flaming balls of fire.
teknohawk says: Jul 19, 2012. 3:51 PM
How do you learn to do stuff like this?
mgrundvig says: Apr 10, 2012. 5:22 PM
This is EXACTLY what I did for Maker Faire KC. It's downright ironic how close this is to what I ended up doing. It works very well.
Aron313 says: Mar 6, 2012. 3:27 PM
That is awesome! Do you know how to make explosive ammo?
shoemaker (author) in reply to Aron313Mar 6, 2012. 4:10 PM
I was just doing som experiments with a combination of pop-its and black powder. So far, the are not able to survive the rip down the barrel.
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