The video featured in this article demonstrates the function and design of a powerful form of air cannon that operates using a purpose made valve that opens very rapidly.
Compressed air water cannon.
This instructable will guide you through the steps to build a basic air powered cannon to launch things such as water balloons or t shirts.
A compressed air powered water balloon cannon made from pvc pipe that you can build at home in about 3 hours with parts found at your local home improvement center.
Or as my brother calls it the water balloon bazooka.
This little weekend project is all about water ba.
Now don t be fooled.
Ultimately co2 is compressed air stored in liquid form.
This thing can be dangerous.
The piston or tube were necessary because the air always floats on top of the water so to fire a water gun at an angle without either solution only compressed air would shoot from the gun.
The original supercannon had leaks and unusual problems with getting the water out the tube so that idea was scrapped in favor of a piston design.
The design of the cannon also allows the barrel and the air chamber to occupy the same space and so it.
A lot of you have inquired about the use of co2 in the various guns offered.
Follow along as we build this awesome air compressor powered water balloon cannon water balloon launcher.
All my air cannons use air valves to be filled from an air compressor or other source of air.
Measurements for the air tank and barrel lengths found in steps 2 and 3 are the dimensions that we found to.
This allows for a massive amount of pressurized air to be released at once to throw a projectile many hundreds of yards.