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A MythBusters episode tested a potato cannon held together by duct tape compared to one held together using PVC bonding agent. Another episode, testing MacGyver myths, supplied Adam and Jamie with the materials to build a potato cannon as part of a challenge to "MacGyver" up a way to signal a rescue helicopter; however, they used the piping and other supplies present to build a large kite instead.

Arabe, Katrina C. (23 April 2001). "A Dynamic Duo: Thermoplastics and Compressed Air Systems". Industry Market Trends. ThomasNet News . Retrieved 16 August 2011. Essentially, if you are a 18 year old, in a farm with no one around for 280 meters further than your projectile will fire, and you can show that it is NOT CAPABLE under any circumstance of producing more than the specified power and you are more than 50 feet from any roadway a car can travel on, you may win the court case.Any pneumatic with a potential power output exceeding 12 ft-lbs will also fit within either section 1 or section 5 (Section 2 cannot be air powered)

Promotional sports cannons: Portable pneumatic cannons which run on bottled CO 2 are common at large sports games in the U.S. where they are used to project items such as T-shirts or wrapped food into the audience. Such cannons can be dangerous: the Phillie Phanatic injured a fan with a hot dog cannon in June 2018. [24] Such "air cannons", as they are often called, tend to be made of higher-quality materials than an average pneumatic spudgun, but they use the same methods of operation. Van Horn, Dale R. (October 1932). "Perform These STARTLING STUNTS with DRY ICE". Modern Mechanix and Inventions: 114–116 . Retrieved 15 August 2011. Duct tape: sometimes used in simple cannons, it is unsuitable for sealing any significant pneumatic pressure and if used on a combustion cannon the heat produced can soften the adhesive and melt the tape, greatly weakening any seal or joint it creates.

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New stuff". The Spudgun Technology Center. 14 January 2010 [6 July 2002] . Retrieved 16 August 2011. Combustion launchers are usually less powerful than their pneumatic or hybrid counterparts, especially when hairspray / alcohol is used as a propellant. Bottled oxygen can be added to the firing chamber, though this can cause an explosion of the pipe when firing, potentially injuring anyone nearby. By the explosion of a dry ice bomb placed in the pipe before the projectile, generally referred to as a dry ice bomb cannon, these are limited in power by the materials and size of the dry ice bomb but firing pressures can be around 200–300psi (1.4–2.1MPa). The important thing is that if the cops want to press the issue, they can - they might not. They might just give you a warning and take it off you. However, they able to do more if they choose.

JSR's lethality point stands however. The police may use any ammuntion they choose when deciding if your launcher is fatal. Note that "potentially fatal" means able to break skin in UK firearms law - not "likely to kill", as you seem to be hoping. All spud guns propel projectiles down their barrels using pressurised gas in the same manner as a firearm (although at a much lower pressure). There are four basic ways that spud guns may achieve this: Using steel and much higher pressures of 800psi (55bar) or more, but achieving these pressures is difficult. CO 2 gas, although it can reach these pressures, is not suitable due to its high density. How legal is this device? Would it be considered a firearm, as it 'fires' ? Is it no more legal than going to a park and igniting hairspray using matches, even though this all happens in a confined area?

How the Humble Potato Cannon Served the Allies in World War Two Popular Mechanics, Retrieved April 4, 2017. Downie, Neil (2006). Exploding Disk Cannons, Slimemobiles, and 32 Other Projects for Saturday Science. The Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 5. ISBN 9780691149660.

any device capable of propelling a projectile with a muzzel energy greater than 12 foot pounds is classed as a firearm ( so most spring air rifles are not a firearm ) While combustion cannons may be legal in a given area, stun guns, sometimes used for ignition, are illegal in some states. [4]Pneumatic spud guns are subject to the same laws as air guns, i.e. they are not classified as weapons if their muzzle energy is below 17 joules. Combustion spud guns are considered firearms. [3] Other notes [ edit ]