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A potato cannon, also known as a ... the Phillie Phanatic injured a fan with a hot dog cannon in ... How Pneumatic Potato Cannons Work —Audio slideshow from the ...
A typical factory-made toy die-cast spud gun. The cap attached to the muzzle converts it into a water pistol. A spud gun or potato gun is a small toy gun used to fire a fragment of potato. To operate, one punctures the surface of a potato with the gun's hollow tip and pries out a small pellet which fits in the muzzle.
M61 Vulcan, a hydraulically, electrically, or pneumatically driven, six-barrel, air-cooled, electrically fired Gatling-style rotary cannon; M134 Minigun, a six-barrel rotary machine gun with a high rate of fire; Potato cannon, a pipe-based cannon that uses air pressure, or combustion of a flammable gas to fire projectiles, usually potatoes
The WCPCA World Record, which includes only shots made at the annual World Championship event, is currently held by The American Chunker air cannon, captained by Brian Labrie, at 4,694.68 feet (1,430.94 m) on November 1, 2013, in Bridgeville, Delaware. The difference in results between Delaware and Utah may be due to the higher, thinner, drier ...
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An air vortex cannon is a toy that releases doughnut-shaped air vortices — similar to smoke rings but larger, stronger and invisible. The vortices can ruffle hair, disturb papers or blow out candles after travelling several metres. An air vortex cannon can be made easily at home, [1] [2] from just a cardboard box. [3]
Note that the cannon rotates with each blast, thereby directing the sound to different portions of the surrounding area. Propane scare cannons are one of the most common types of bird scarer available in Europe and America. It is a propane-powered gas gun which produces a periodic explosion.
Diagram of recoil mechanism, British 60-pounder gun Mk.I, 1916 The idea of using a water brake to counteract the recoil of naval cannons was first suggested to the British Admiralty by Carl Wilhelm Siemens in early 1870s, but it took about a decade for other people (primarily Josiah Vavasseur) to commercialize the idea.