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That obviously is a lie. You'll need a hell of a lot more power than you can get from a powersoaker-like gun to do that. The most I'd see it going is 60 feet. The problem with guns like these is that you get one shot (unless it has a backpack), and you can't really hold it steady while firing.Nick wrote:I heard it fires 100 feet.
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With the amount of power necessary to fire an extremely long distance with a piston soaker such as the Californian Water Cannon, I've wondered whether a mechanical force could be used to force the tube up with that much power. A normal plastic piston might not hold up that kind of force so maybe only the metal tube of a Californian Water Cannon would be resistant enough for that. Then there's always the high price of mechanics to think about.
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Umm, actually you wouldn't need it to me made out of metal to do that. PVC is thick enough to make a gun shoot 100 feet. Not that you'll be able to do that by yourself.Field Marshal Yang wrote:With the amount of power necessary to fire an extremely long distance with a piston soaker such as the Californian Water Cannon, I've wondered whether a mechanical force could be used to force the tube up with that much power. A normal plastic piston might not hold up that kind of force so maybe only the metal tube of a Californian Water Cannon would be resistant enough for that. Then there's always the high price of mechanics to think about.
The alluminum might slide faster though, it would have less friction. So maybe the metal does have a real purpose.
Yeah, it used to have more information, but then it got reduced to only what you see on there now (i.e. title, pictire, copyright notice). They probably stopped making them so they left that up as a spaceholder. Maybe it'll disappear completely sooner or later.Soakologist wrote:Huh. california-water-cannon.com. Go figure...
Well, the site isn't too informative, to put it lightly.
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Now I'm thinking that instead of having a motor power the mechanics to force the water out, how about have a mechanism that uses one's entire body weight all at once to force the water out to a great distance? Perhaps hydralics?Doom wrote:Field Marshal Yang wrote:With the amount of power necessary to fire an extremely long distance with a piston soaker such as the Californian Water Cannon, I've wondered whether a mechanical force could be used to force the tube up with that much power. A normal plastic piston might not hold up that kind of force so maybe only the metal tube of a Californian Water Cannon would be resistant enough for that. Then there's always the high price of mechanics to think about.
Umm, actually you wouldn't need it to me made out of metal to do that. PVC is thick enough to make a gun shoot 100 feet. Not that you'll be able to do that by yourself.
The alluminum might slide faster though, it would have less friction. So maybe the metal does have a real purpose.
(My tech knowledge is low so excuse any of my obvious misconceptions.)
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