Cannon for the BX25

[bcp]

Rapid fuelling potato cannon mounted on Kubota tractor

 

[creekbend]

It appears that someone has discovered a new use for a FEL.

 

[murphy1244]

that's cool

 

[Baby Grand]

I need one of those!

 

[mowin]

As a kid we used to make them out of beer cans...Beer cans were made of steel back then, not thin aluminum. We used tennis balls, and would have several kids with baseball mits way down in a field, and launch the tennis balls for them to catch.

 

[snpower]

I want a flamethrower option!

 

[Gary Fowler]

I could just see my two grandsons using that. Potatoes are a bit too expensive for projectiles though, have to find something to use that would be recoverable and re-useable like foam rubber balls. What would be really cool for adult usage would be some exploding grenades with colored smoke that the fuse is ignited by the cannon fire, just like the old cannon balls.

 

[PapaPerk]

Lol! Nice! Need a remote igniter on the dashboard! (0:

 

[Singalo]

You need a set of cross hairs mounted to the hood to aim it.

 

[dodge man]

As a kid we used to make them out of beer cans...Beer cans were made of steel back then, not thin aluminum. We used tennis balls, and would have several kids with baseball mits way down in a field, and launch the tennis balls for them to catch.

I did that too. Loads of fun, but I'm not sure how safe.

 

[radioman]

I could just see my two grandsons using that. Potatoes are a bit too expensive for projectiles though, have to find something to use that would be recoverable and re-useable like foam rubber balls. What would be really cool for adult usage would be some exploding grenades with colored smoke that the fuse is ignited by the cannon fire, just like the old cannon balls.

Got a crab apple tree nearby? My kids always picked up a bushel of crab apples and used a rubber slingshot mounted on two trees and try to shot apples into a bucket in middle of hayfield.

 

[4shorts]

Cool. Seen the same thing done here in Newfoundland.


Rapid fuelling potato cannon construction details - YouTube

 

[mowin]

I did that too. Loads of fun, but I'm not sure how safe.

Ya probably wasnt one of our safest activities....beer cans duck taped together, lighter fluid, and a match...What could posibly go wrong...:bomb:

 

[aczlan]

You need a set of cross hairs mounted to the hood to aim it.

Camera mounted to the tube with a monitor on the hood would probbaly work better.

Aaron Z