Some useful advice regarding spudgun fuels

Combustion spudguns are powered by flammable propellants. If you are using a combustion spud fun, you would need fuel to power it and to launch your potato right there in to the orbit. Though there are plenty of fuel choices to make, you must be careful as your choice of fuel can make a difference between successful and safe launches and missed strikes, singed scalps, and burnt eyebrows and faces.

Here are some of the fuels that are commonly used to power combustion spudguns.

Right guard- it’s clean, powerful, and good stuff to power your combustion spudgun

Glade air freshner-it comprises of propane, butane, and isobutane. This propellant is powerful but contains large amount of water and smells quite bad

Butane-this too is a clean, powerful fuel for spudguns. The only drawback is that is that it is difficult to measure it and get the right amount.

Propane-it burns cleanly, is powerful and reliable too. You can measure it accurately using a propane meter.

Cologne, hairspray, and deodorant-all of these are decent choices to power your spud gun. The best part is that these are readily available. The drawback is that you can’t measure the quantity for good ignition. Plus, hair sprays and deodorants gum up inside the gun chamber and are smelly too.

When adding fuel to the spudgun, always remember that too much fuel in the spud gun chamber is not good. You won’t get enough oxygen to ignite the fuel mixture. Less fuel on the other hand would make your potato gun shoot farther. Experiment with different quantities of fuel to get it right. Last but not the least, use safe fuels to enhance your fun.

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Learn to make your own combustion potato gun

Although spud guns and potato guns are readily available in the market and also at online stores, if you want you can make your own spud gun. Making spud gun is quite easy and doesn’t require you to possess any rocket science. Plus, the materials are readily available and that too at affordable rates. Spud gun materials cost roughly $25-30 and you can easily make your gun over the weekend.

Read on to learn how you can make combustion potato gun all on your own.

You would need some materials for making the combustion spud gun.

PVC coupling 4 inches

PVC cleanout with plug 4 inches

PVC pipe SCH 40, 4" X 1.5'

PVC reducer coupling 2-4 inches

BBQ igniter

Nails

PVC primer and cement

Hammer

Saw

Once you have all the material, you can start the production process.

You may begin by cutting the PVC pipes with the help of a hack saw to the appropriate lengths.

Make sure that the pipes are clean. Now hammer two nails across the PVC pipe and wrap the stripped ends of the igniter wire just beneath the head of the nail. The points of the nails must be about ¼ inches away from one another inside the pipe.

Push the igniter button. You would see a spark inside the pipe.

Apply PVC primer and then PVC cement to the ends of the pipes for cementing the pipes together. Leave it for drying for a day before you set out for spud gun shooting.

Put a potato with a stick down to the end of the barrel of your spud gun. Spray an aerosol like hairspray or deodorant into the back chamber. Your combustion spud gun is ready to fire.

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Bring out the little boy in your father with unique gift of Spud gun!

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At some point or the other in our life, most of us feel the sad nostalgia of moving on from childhood. We secretly wish if we could re-live the sense of childhood fun, carelessness, and joy once again in our adulthood. If you wish to bring out the little, mischievous boy hidden in your father and want him to amuse himself like children, gift him a spud gun on his birthday!

A Spud Gun is a device that is designed to launch a potato a few hundred yards. Depending on the make and model of the spud gun, you can launch a potato 200-300 yards or even farther.

There are two different types of Spudguns-Pneumatic and Combustion. Pneumatic Spudguns are powered by air pressure where as Combustion Spudguns are powered by flammable propellants.

Spud guns are also referred to as potato cannons, spud cannons, spudzooka, spud launchers, and potato guns.

Potato Guns are legal in most parts of the world. You must however check with your local authorities to find out if they are legal in your area before you buy one to gift to your father.

Just get a state of the art spud gun, some potatoes, and go to an open field. If you don’t want to shoot potatoes, you may take some vegetables or fruits as well. Potato cannon would become a favourite toy of your father and your whole family.

Using spud guns is quite easy. You can look for safety tips online or buy a good book on how to use spud guns. If handled carefully, this outdoor sport promises unlimited fun and excitement.

Your father would be thrilled receiving this unique gift from you. Buy a spud gun or potato fun plans and make his birthday all the more special.

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Learn to load the potato gun in 5 easy steps

Spud gun or potato canon as it is popularly called is highly addictive sport. Just fire out few potatoes out of a blaster once and you would want to do it over and over again. This outdoor sport promises lot of fun and amusement.

If you have never tried this before, learn how to load the potato cannon in 5 easy steps. Following safety precautions is paramount to prevent any accident and injury from this amusing, but dangerous sport.

1. Never ever load your potato cannon if you don’t intend to use it immediately. A loaded spud gun is very dangerous. The trigger can be pressed accidentally, causing immense loss of life, livestock, and assets. Identify a target first and then load your spud gun.

2. Now get a potato and fix it down the barrel of the spud gun. You can use a broom or a pole to wedge the potato down the barrel. Make sure that the potato fits in tightly in the barrel. If the edges of the potato are trimmed off when you put it in, you can rest assured that it is fixed properly.

3. Ideally you must load the potato cannon with potatoes but you can use other things as well. Just make sure that the thing you choose for loading your potato cannon is smaller than the bore of the gun.

4. Before you load your spud gun, stuff a wet rag down the barrel. It would form a tight seal and would ensure that pressure doesn’t escape around the object-keeping the object in place.

5. Once loaded, shoot your spud gun in right temperature. It shouldn’t be too hot or too cold as PVC pipe can get brittle and may break down, causing safety hazards.

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Troubleshooting your spud gun

Potato gun has become one of the most cherished outdoor sports nowadays. A lot of youngsters and even those who are middle aged indulge in this cool sport over the weekends. As well as promising lot of fun, spud gun allows one to put their skill and endurance to test.

If you and your friends have planned to for spud gun this weekend, make sure your potato gun is all set ready. To avoid the disappointment as well as embarrassment in front of others due to a non-performing potato gun, check out the following things before you leave home.

Check all the connections. If any wire is loose, the spark may not travel through the wires and this may prevent your spud gun to work.

Do remember to clean your spud gun after every shot. Every time you fire, a lot of hairspray is left in the chamber of the gun. If it is allowed to remain there, it would harden and would prevent your gun from making the spark. Further, if you do not clean your gun, the cap may also get stuck.

Do not wait for too long to fire. After you spray the hairspray in the chamber, fire the spud gun immediately otherwise the fumes will condense-leaving a sticky glob like thing in the gun chamber.

Check the seal around the projectile. It must fit tightly in the barrel otherwise the spud gun would not work.

In case your potato gun doesn’t work, you know how to troubleshoot it. Fix the things and get ready for a fun-filled potato gun shooting experience next time.

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Potato Cannon- Chemistry makes it

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Potato cannons are really fun, can be made easily by following some construction guidelines. But what happens in background, when a potato gun fires. The firing mechanism use Charles and Avogadro Law. Here we can see chemistry in full action. For more information, read here:

Source: http://blog.thinkwell.com/2010/11/chemistry-in-action-the-potato-cannon.html 

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Boost your Knowledge about Spud Gun

Do you know what is Spud Gun? How it works and its types? Let us tell you everything about potato cannons so that you can enjoy it in much better way. Spud guns are often home made, mostly with PVC pipes. The potato inserted in pipe and then propelled out using firing mechanism. Read here for more information. 

 Source: http://en.netlog.com/kaitlynsimms/blog/blogid=11807904

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Create a potato gun with ease

Potato guns are easy to make. It requires little training to create a spud gun. Here we are telling about material you required to build a potato gun. A diagram is also here to make you understand about the design of gun. Just follow the instruction about construction & enjoy shooting.
Source: http://www.jawish.org/blog/archives/191-Make-a-spud-gun!.html

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