http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2015/05...shoot-golf-balls-600-feet-in/?intcmp=features
There's something about mad scientist types making sci-fi style weapons in their backyards. It's the stuff anyone with a passing interest in science and tech dreams of doing at the weekend. The appropriately named Backyard Scientist is living that dream, and his latest venture is a propane cannon, that produces a cool visual effect that's straight out of Ghostbusters. Then, with a few modifications, it becomes capable of shooting golf balls 600 feet into the air.
Apparently, the cannon is relatively simple to build. You take a TS8000 propane torch, some flexible, transparent tubing, put it all together, and see what happens. The effect is dramatic, colorful, and very sci-fi. It gets even better when different elements are added into the plastic bottle at the end of the tubing. Boric acid and charcoal seem to produce some of the best effects, as demonstrated in the video.
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Oh yeah....I know someone who's gonna be making one of these......
(Watch out, Peoria!)
There's something about mad scientist types making sci-fi style weapons in their backyards. It's the stuff anyone with a passing interest in science and tech dreams of doing at the weekend. The appropriately named Backyard Scientist is living that dream, and his latest venture is a propane cannon, that produces a cool visual effect that's straight out of Ghostbusters. Then, with a few modifications, it becomes capable of shooting golf balls 600 feet into the air.
Apparently, the cannon is relatively simple to build. You take a TS8000 propane torch, some flexible, transparent tubing, put it all together, and see what happens. The effect is dramatic, colorful, and very sci-fi. It gets even better when different elements are added into the plastic bottle at the end of the tubing. Boric acid and charcoal seem to produce some of the best effects, as demonstrated in the video.
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Oh yeah....I know someone who's gonna be making one of these......
(Watch out, Peoria!)