ok...so my big one broke and i made a mini..

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Tue Nov 28, 2006 10:26 pm

ok, im prolly the newest member on here since i just registered but i just broke my under-over pneumatic that was about 5 foot in length...but i made a mini to replace it, and my name "superbeast" is in rememberance of my first cannon :cry: it coudnt quite fit the AA batteries in its barrel but it sure broke through countless pieces of wood with D's..well, anyways, im only 14 also so ill try to be as descriptive as possible when i update, but without further ado..here is my mini i completed tonight with about 5 bugs to work out!...

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its the worst quality in the world since its my webcam, but im gonna fix my original cannon and post damage shots and videos of me power testing it..again :( .....but ill be making about 7 more cannons in the next month, so ill post those too, i hope i enjoy it here on spudfiles, i heard it was "the coolest place this side of the URL"
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Tue Nov 28, 2006 10:34 pm

Welcome to the forums my friend!
Good luck with repairs, can’t what for damage pics.
Seven cannons in a month! It’s taken me that long to build one!
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Tue Nov 28, 2006 10:39 pm

Again welcome and we hope you stay here! Minis are fun but a pain to get the right fuel-air mix correct. Cant wait to see those cannons :wink:
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Wed Nov 29, 2006 8:23 am

yam it was hard to get the mix right, also i accidentally pulled out the copper wire from the ignitor so i have to hold the wire to get it to spark
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Wed Nov 29, 2006 11:01 am

7 ofum huh, mighty tall order for yourself, fun to build, even more fun to shoot. Keep us posted, damage pics are allways cool, where do you plan on putting the videos, youtube i hope, photobucket is good to. Mini's are starting to get my intrest, now i'm thinking of makeing one! Ideas, ideas, ideas.

How are you getting the fual into your mini? I don't see a cap on yours.
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Wed Nov 29, 2006 8:36 pm

oh, i only had a little plastic cup so i cut that down and held it on the back by a rubberband, but tonight i made a pill bottle gun, theyre alot more fun since you can see it ignite..but ya, i gut held it on by a piece of cup, pretty quick-fix..but my ignitor fell off on the sidewalk and broke so ill need to fix it :lol:
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