Tennis Ball Mortar
Introduction Originally published: 2004 This is a brilliant launching device – simply due to the sound of the boom when fired! It doesn’t have much of a range when compared… Read more »
Category Archives: Cannons
Mini Cannon
Introduction Originally published: 2003 I had some parts lying around my bench and I had an idea for a mini combustion cannon. I had a plastic tube that fit plastic… Read more »
Pneumatic Potato Cannon
Introduction Originally published: 2002 After building my first combustion cannon I wanted to try a cannon that was slightly different. The pneumatic cannon works on the principal of using compressed… Read more »
Potato Cannon II
Introduction Originally published: 2004 This was my second combustion potato cannon. It was a significant improvement in efficiency and size over the first cannon. The following content is from the… Read more »
Potato Cannon I
Introduction Originally published: 2001 This was my first potato cannon. It used basic solvent welded plastic pipe fittings from the local hardware store and I didn’t really consider the combustion… Read more »