PVC in Taterland - Pneumatic and Combustion Potato Guns and everything needed to build one

(11 Feb, 2011) - The dates on this site are a dead giveaway that I don't build potato guns anymore. I've moved on to career type hobbies :). You can check out my latest electronics projects at http://Tech-Tut.com I thought about this site today and came to check it out. I had a laugh because I hadn't updated anything on here in almost six years. If you still want to build a "Solen-tater", just use three 9 volt batteries with it. Most solenoids are meant to be used with 24V AC controllers. I didn't know that back in the day. If you are here, I appreciate you stopping by. I can't believe Angelfire is still around... <\p>

(10 April, 2005)

In July of 2000, I decided I would build a potato gun to keep up with my friend's technological advances. He had been out of high school for some 2 years and worked at my family's company and knew me through the business (and I'm sure something else that almost 5 years later I can't remember). When you have a 18 and 20 year old "kids" hanging out, there is bound to be mischief.

It has been 4 years and some change since the building of my first potato gun. I recently signed onto AOL instant messenger and received a message from someone that had just looked through this site. He (and I assume the person on the other end is a guy) had a suggestion of how to improve something I have showcased on this site. I have recently abandoned the project and sold the evidence, but took to heart the improvement. I also took to heart that people still enjoy something that I obviously haven't done in a while. I joined the Army a year after creating this site and I haven't done much to improve it since then. The "Solentater" has been a *NEW* idea for almost a year. Some kind of Tatergun site this is!?

Although I cannot promise that I can make it better I can promise that I will "try" to improve it. I am sure that people with slow internet providers look at it the most, therefore I will try and make the main page smaller in size and link it to separate pages for the "old" designs. I am also going to add a links page that is separate from the "web-ring" to facilitate some sites with ideas that are unique as my own.

I must go eat dinner now, but I leave you with this...Potato cannons are, without fail, never boring and never stale, but my dinner will be if I don't get it within ten minutes.

(24 April, 2005)

Paypal seems to be one of my most visited spots on the net these past few weeks. I love to sell stuff on Ebay and I had the most brilliant idea...why don't I sell pre-assembled taterguns online??? I'm going to put a poll on here to get some input from the visitors to this site. Please visit my blog site and leave a comment on whether or not I should build and sell them on my site.

How to build the Airpea. Does not include interchangeable barrels.

12" of 1.5" Sched. 40 PVC

22" of 3/4" Sched. 40 PVC

(ONE) 1.5" End cap

(ONE) 1.5" Coupling

(ONE) 1.5" x 3/4" Reducer Bushing

(ONE) 3/4" PVC ball valve

(ONE) Tire valve

PVC cement

This gun is safer but still has a great risk.

Step one:

Drill .5" hole in end cap for tire valve.

Step two:

Cut 4" off the 22" of 1.5" pipe. You now have a 4" and 18" piece of pipe.

Step three:

Sand all parts to be glued

Step four:

Wash pipe in soapy water or prime it. Which ever you care to do.

Step five:

Pull tire valve through hole in end cap

Step six:

Glue end cap on one end of 1.5" pipe

Step seven:

Glue 1.5" coupling to the other end of 1.5" pipe

Step eight:

Glue 1.5" x 3/4" reducer into 1.5" coupling

Step nine:

Glue 4" piece of 3/4" pipe into 1.5" x 3/4" reducer

Step ten:

Glue ball valve onto 4" piece of 3/4" pipe

Step eleven:

Glue 18" piece of 3/4" pipe into ball valve

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PSI	Velocity (m\s) ±5%	DPA=15	DPA=30	DPA=45	DPA=60	DPA=75	Projectile
20	19	18	32	37	32	18	Bottle Rocket Technology
40	26	34	60	69	60	34	Bottle Rocket Technology
60	32	52	90	104	90	52	Bottle Rocket Technology
80	39	78	134	155	134	78	Bottle Rocket Technology
100	45	103	179	207	179	103	Bottle Rocket Technology
I have designed a better projectile for the Airpea. It is constructed of 3/4" dowel rod with a tail of 1/4" dowel rod. I like to refer to it as bottle rocket technology. These calculations neglect air resistance. To reach these distances projectile must be shot with a strong wind. (DPA=xx) - Distance Per Angle {45 would be the furthest if air resistance was non-existent} Not Exact (±5%) The overall average cost of the "Airspud" is $30.00. Status: (No longer own)

This guy has a pretty awesome site. These are his links. He has researched it as well as I have. Check out his site. You won't be disappointed.

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