You should open up a spring loaded umbrella. They have an exceptionally beefy spring but small diameter. Oh and I wanna make a jolt brass nuckle (foam tip)
Captain Xavier A couple tips that might be worth sharing... You are surely aware of both, but maybe they'll help someone else reading this. First tip: a quick brush-up with coarse sandpaper of any smooth foam will always make a glue bond stronger. The smooth side of the grey floor mats in this video (and most sheets of craft foam) are good examples of the type I mean. A quick rub with 60- or 80-grit on each surface to be glued will provide lots of nooks and crannies for the glue to bind in- just remember to brush the dust off before using the glue! Second tip: After applying glue to both surfaces, let it sit for a brief time before pressing them together; this also improves the bond. How long you need to wait depends on your glue... Rubber cement is usually in the 3-5 minute range, while super glue is more like 30 seconds. I wouldn't recommend using super glue on the open-cell foam of a pool noodle, though... It's likely to be a VERY brittle bond. Random semi-related tip: if you ever need super glue to set and harden faster, sprinkle it with a dusting of baking soda around all the exposed glue... I have no idea *why* it works, but it does. Thanks to ex-Mythbuster Adam Savage for teaching me that one, lol.
XTL ! Xavier’s Titanball League ! Also: Pool noodles are slightly more open cell foam... Thoughts on how to better seal the inside wall of the noodle to maybe get better performance out of these?
The side of the foam with the texture on definitely will need sanding, as contact cement can struggle to adhere to is since it is heat sealed. If you sand away the texture the surface of the foam becomes porous again and will allow the glue to adhere much better as it then has a better surface to grab onto. It may work for a while if you don't remove the texture, but I wouldn't be surprised if the side attached to the pool noodle get's torn loose or blasted off by a Titan at some point
I make LARP weapons and I'd like to offer a couple of ideas! For the end of the pool noodle you're putting contact cement on, you can cover it with aluminium foil before hand (As smoothly and flat as possible, no crinkles on top) and take a hot iron to it. It'll melt the foam a bit and close off some of the cells and give you a better gluing surface! If you glue your foam mats smooth to smooth and then use your belt sander on the rough side, contact cement will hold better - though not by much so this might be a pass just because it's not nearly as helpful as heat-sealing the pool noodle. For the fins, I'd suggest taking a soldering iron and heat cutting a narrow channel to glue your fins into - that will also work better with contact cement, but honestly both weldwood and hot melt are fine. To keep a consistent angle of attack on your fins, use a triangle of paper or some other paper guide rule. I've done that to make foam-based throwies for LARP. I doubt it'll be a problem for your pressures, but if anyone finds they're popping the heads off their missiles, cut two foam disks, just like in the video, but smaller and to fit inside the space in the pool noodle and glue them into place, just under the two circles as done in the video - basically creating a stem to your dart head, as it were.
Contact cement is the bomb. Dap weldwood is fine, but if you can find it, Barge Cement is apparently more flexible, so it might help some stuff last longer. Pain it the rear to get hold of it though.
Rhino_aus is actually Ryan from MTB if you didn't know. He actually mentions the 3d printed file in MTB's video on making your own titan rockets. Rhino aus is also his reddit username.
In school we made model rocket from scratch rapping paper around a dowel to make the rocket body and we made the nose cone on a lathe from wood including the fins I did the same with the fins I put them on at a slight angle mine flew pretty straight others not so well because of the crudeness of manufacturing and I knew it was going to need a slight spin because of the Diy body and the nose cone made on a well worn lathe!
Are you sure about only one rocket per Titan ? My friend got the power unity system for Christmas when they first came out and I distinctly remember him having 3 rockets.
Damn that looks cool together. I now they're incredibly impractical if not outright useless if the game type doesn't give them a special value, but I love demolisher rockets; I'd take a tri-strike stock and a bag of rockets over a jolt and darts any day!
Good idea, but would you consider designing a 2 part 3d printed template for the fins so that people could cut their own out of foam sheet, in case they dont have access to the finned foam footballs? Failing that, would you be willing to put out a high res picture with some kind of measurements or a ruler next to it or something so that people could design their own?
...or people could use a pencil and a piece of paper to just design their own...the shape and size really does not matter much. It just needs to be vaguely fin shaped
Good point...I figured the fact that I was using dollar store fins but mentioned homemade Titan fins would have made it obvious that shape was not important.
If you make the rocket without fins you can shoot it out of the nerf dog tennis ball blaster also you can fit 5 ball pit balls in it and make it a shotgun that doesn’t hurt because of how the ball pit balls are made
Hey cap, got a question has any of the fins fallen off on you cause I had an idea why not slit the pool noodle and glue them into the said slit, for in my mind extra durability
WEAPON IDEA: in call of duty zombies when you upgrade your 1911 starting pistol it goes from being 1 shitty pistol to two dual wield grenade launchers. So my idea was make a pistol that is STUPIDLY overpowered and has the possibility of shooting rockets. And can be dual wield.
😅 yea i gues that was a bit obvious I ordered it and I don't have it yet so I just wanted to get a head start on things but thank you for the help ill just have to be patient
How do u bore out the center of the pool noodle rocket. I thought you would show us how to make it and bore out the center of the rocket because you said it in I think Walcoms video on a topic of titans
Wouldn't it br advantageous to buy a football that is symmetrical? Or do you consider the fetching s to be worth only getting one rocket from one ball?
im gonna try to make my own rocket launcher that uses shells that hold air from an air compressor... quick reload rpg with three or four shells and can reload with a small air compressor
For circle cutting foam, Craftwerks makes a cutter that does 1"-6" circles easily. It can cut up to .5" depth no problem. Tntcosplaysupply.com sells em.
i have a modded/paint double strike that for some reason isint shoot as far as i use to, i tried everything, is there antway i could send it to you for you to fix like in you use to do? i can make a video showing what the internals of the gun looks like. (btw i just c/p this coment cuz u uploaded this as i was typeing the comment)
this is perfect i have a rocket but no titan.
Y A N K E E W I T H N O B R I M
thanks Peter Grasserkin, very cool.
You should open up a spring loaded umbrella. They have an exceptionally beefy spring but small diameter. Oh and I wanna make a jolt brass nuckle (foam tip)
Captain Xavier A couple tips that might be worth sharing... You are surely aware of both, but maybe they'll help someone else reading this.
First tip: a quick brush-up with coarse sandpaper of any smooth foam will always make a glue bond stronger. The smooth side of the grey floor mats in this video (and most sheets of craft foam) are good examples of the type I mean. A quick rub with 60- or 80-grit on each surface to be glued will provide lots of nooks and crannies for the glue to bind in- just remember to brush the dust off before using the glue!
Second tip: After applying glue to both surfaces, let it sit for a brief time before pressing them together; this also improves the bond. How long you need to wait depends on your glue... Rubber cement is usually in the 3-5 minute range, while super glue is more like 30 seconds. I wouldn't recommend using super glue on the open-cell foam of a pool noodle, though... It's likely to be a VERY brittle bond.
Random semi-related tip: if you ever need super glue to set and harden faster, sprinkle it with a dusting of baking soda around all the exposed glue... I have no idea *why* it works, but it does. Thanks to ex-Mythbuster Adam Savage for teaching me that one, lol.
This is perfect I have a titan but no rocket
This is perfect I now have a rocket but never had a Titan!
Now we just need to figure out how to mass produce them and sell them on eBay.
Someone already has them on eBay
Builder BB link?
Omar3722 no link search replacement Titan, I've seen green with football heads and yellow with stress ball heads
I love how this video popped up in my feed hours after finding a titan at a goodwill...
"It's better to teach a man to make a titan rocket than give him a titan rocket."
Thank you for all these Mod Tip Video. I just thrifted two Titans and raided the Dollar Tree for foamy goodness.
XTL !
Xavier’s Titanball League !
Also: Pool noodles are slightly more open cell foam...
Thoughts on how to better seal the inside wall of the noodle to maybe get better performance out of these?
Great mod guide, Chaylo! Thank you. Now.....where’s the “how to make a homemade Titan launcher” guide. 😆
I can't wait to see the titanball rules.
Need to get foam blast to sell that adapter part for us non 3D printer guys
Yeah!
deffently helpful
thanks for the heart caption
I’ve got a good idea for fan mail I hope you like it once you get it
Yay! Giant foamy projectiles of doom!
The side of the foam with the texture on definitely will need sanding, as contact cement can struggle to adhere to is since it is heat sealed. If you sand away the texture the surface of the foam becomes porous again and will allow the glue to adhere much better as it then has a better surface to grab onto. It may work for a while if you don't remove the texture, but I wouldn't be surprised if the side attached to the pool noodle get's torn loose or blasted off by a Titan at some point
I make LARP weapons and I'd like to offer a couple of ideas!
For the end of the pool noodle you're putting contact cement on, you can cover it with aluminium foil before hand (As smoothly and flat as possible, no crinkles on top) and take a hot iron to it. It'll melt the foam a bit and close off some of the cells and give you a better gluing surface!
If you glue your foam mats smooth to smooth and then use your belt sander on the rough side, contact cement will hold better - though not by much so this might be a pass just because it's not nearly as helpful as heat-sealing the pool noodle.
For the fins, I'd suggest taking a soldering iron and heat cutting a narrow channel to glue your fins into - that will also work better with contact cement, but honestly both weldwood and hot melt are fine. To keep a consistent angle of attack on your fins, use a triangle of paper or some other paper guide rule. I've done that to make foam-based throwies for LARP.
I doubt it'll be a problem for your pressures, but if anyone finds they're popping the heads off their missiles, cut two foam disks, just like in the video, but smaller and to fit inside the space in the pool noodle and glue them into place, just under the two circles as done in the video - basically creating a stem to your dart head, as it were.
Brilliant! All of it! I have taken notes and will call it Mark II (kittenclaws variant)! Thank you!
Found A Titan launcher at goodwill. I will try a miter saw for 90 degree cuts of the pool noodle
FoamTac might be a good idea for bonding the foam, I use it with my RC planes quite a bit.
I found a titan with a working pressure tank for 4 dollars at a value village today! So I’m gonna have to try making these rockets!
Contact cement is the bomb. Dap weldwood is fine, but if you can find it, Barge Cement is apparently more flexible, so it might help some stuff last longer. Pain it the rear to get hold of it though.
Thank you captin I just recently got a ultamator and I needed rockets
Very nice! I was working on making TPU Titan heads for pool noodles but your solution is so much easier
Well, how did you core it out?
this will be really helpful, when I can find a titan in my area. thanks cap !
Rhino_aus is actually Ryan from MTB if you didn't know. He actually mentions the 3d printed file in MTB's video on making your own titan rockets.
Rhino aus is also his reddit username.
I am aware, and someone else already commented this. :)
Sorry. I have failed comment etiquette- read the other comments before posting.
Did you customize the hot glue gun. Its in your colors😎
In school we made model rocket from scratch rapping paper around a dowel to make the rocket body and we made the nose cone on a lathe from wood including the fins I did the same with the fins I put them on at a slight angle mine flew pretty straight others not so well because of the crudeness of manufacturing and I knew it was going to need a slight spin because of the Diy body and the nose cone made on a well worn lathe!
Fun fact: the Nerf dog tennis ball shooter also fires Titan rockets, as long as you take the fins off.
Yay! I always thought if I found or bought a titan I would lose or not have a rocket for it.
You can find the floor mats cheap at Harbor Freight...sometimes even Ross or dollar stores have them, too.
I've gotten foam sheets like you have at 5 Below in the past. They also have them at Walmart in the workout section.
Thank you for this. Now, I need to crank out several.
Not sure if you knew, but RhinoAus is Ryan from MTB, and they have an amazingly accurate rocket guide on their channel that you may find interesting.
Yup, I used their guide when designing mine.
( 2:29 ) I knew you would say bread knife!
it a beautiful day on the titan ball field
This makes me want to build a home made air powered Ultimator even more!
I am SO looking forward to the hvz squad communication vid
Are you sure about only one rocket per Titan ?
My friend got the power unity system for Christmas when they first came out and I distinctly remember him having 3 rockets.
Cool! Maybe me and my dad (mostly my dad) can make a titan-like blaster and make a few of these.
If you run Tyr or a Titan at Ragnarocktoberfest I'm just gonna run, not even gonna fight, assuming I am not on your team, though I hope to be
You can use the remnants of the rocket and some pool noodle to make a pretty good stick grenade/throwable.
...not a bad idea!
I didn't think Titan Ball would be fun because it's like foot ball and I don't like foot ball, but it's acturally a lot of fun!
Captain, a miter box would work for cutting the noodles and a myriad of other things.
Yes, but I left mine at WalcomS7's place and have not recovered it. It was not tall enough though.
Damn that looks cool together. I now they're incredibly impractical if not outright useless if the game type doesn't give them a special value, but I love demolisher rockets; I'd take a tri-strike stock and a bag of rockets over a jolt and darts any day!
May try to give "demolisher ball" a go, it's like titan ball but smaller.
Can you make this same video but for the Ultimator rockets?
...it would exactly the same...just bored out to a different diameter.
How would you recommend boring out the center? This is awesome, I’ve got 2 Ultimators and only one rocket
I have a custom made tool. They may be available soon.
Captain Xavier my apologies, read earlier comments after asking thought I’d deleted mine. Guess I’ll have to get... creative. Haha.
Amazing video
In Soviet Russia Titan rocket makes you.
Theoretically speaking, couldn't you use a hot metal wire to cut the foam? Shouldn't be too difficult, right?
Yes
Ummm what do i do if the only pool noodles i can get are super tiny like 1 4th of an inch hole
Are you not able to order things from the internet?
Captain Xavier ha ha ha brain fart....
I wasn't trying to be snarky, some people don't. But yeah, you can get pool noodles on Amazon or Ebay.
cap, just find you a paper guilatine for cutting the noodles
Holy crap this is amazing those rockets are $50 a piece
I'm working on a mini grenade launcher from a demolisher and starwars bowcaster, this will come in handy for extra ammo
A miter saw box might work for cutting the noodle
Good idea, but would you consider designing a 2 part 3d printed template for the fins so that people could cut their own out of foam sheet, in case they dont have access to the finned foam footballs?
Failing that, would you be willing to put out a high res picture with some kind of measurements or a ruler next to it or something so that people could design their own?
...or people could use a pencil and a piece of paper to just design their own...the shape and size really does not matter much. It just needs to be vaguely fin shaped
Well, thats also an important thing to state, so thank you for that. I appreciate it.
Good point...I figured the fact that I was using dollar store fins but mentioned homemade Titan fins would have made it obvious that shape was not important.
Glad to see even his hot glue gun is in his colors
Awesome video, but I don't have a titan. And I can't find one in my area.
If you make the rocket without fins you can shoot it out of the nerf dog tennis ball blaster also you can fit 5 ball pit balls in it and make it a shotgun that doesn’t hurt because of how the ball pit balls are made
Thx these look fun to make
Hey cap, got a question has any of the fins fallen off on you cause I had an idea why not slit the pool noodle and glue them into the said slit, for in my mind extra durability
Not so far.
That is how I do mine. :)
Now I have a reason to keep my titan
WEAPON IDEA: in call of duty zombies when you upgrade your 1911 starting pistol it goes from being 1 shitty pistol to two dual wield grenade launchers. So my idea was make a pistol that is STUPIDLY overpowered and has the possibility of shooting rockets. And can be dual wield.
you could also use this to make custom demolisher missiles
Hello again captin I have a question regarding the ultamator rokets how wide should I bore out the pool noodle?
Slightly smaller than the post on the Ultimator...
😅 yea i gues that was a bit obvious I ordered it and I don't have it yet so I just wanted to get a head start on things but thank you for the help ill just have to be patient
Idea rough cut absolver so you can fire 2 darts at a time!
Hay cap you could just use a miter box instead of making a jig for it
I like the look of that
How do u bore out the center of the pool noodle rocket. I thought you would show us how to make it and bore out the center of the rocket because you said it in I think Walcoms video on a topic of titans
The technology I use is not mine to reveal. The man who developed the tool has asked me not to give it out yet.
@@CaptainXavier and now?
I wish I had a titan
You could make it on a 3D printer if somebody scanned the Titan’s shell and used some air tank and a gauge to represent it.
Same bro.
How do you bore out your Titan Rockets
Trade secret
I dare you next war to run a rayven with a 2s lips with a worker flywheel cage and worker flywheels
You "dare" me? What is this Middle School? :P
More ammo for titan which is good
Part one, get your nuclear warhead
Wouldn't it br advantageous to buy a football that is symmetrical? Or do you consider the fetching s to be worth only getting one rocket from one ball?
I consider the fletches worth it.
Do you think you could get away with not using the foam mat?
No. You need the seal and the mass.
Also you should make a knkfe it sounds like you have the tools for it
Ho did u cut out the center of the rocket(pool noodle)
Captain Xavier, is it possible to modify a rival nemesis to be a P90?
With enough epoxy putty...
Hey cap would it be possible for you to mod an ammo counter to read little pieces that would go on magazines to then show the magazines capacity
Little prices being whatever the counter is reading
Yes, it has been done.
im gonna try to make my own rocket launcher that uses shells that hold air from an air compressor... quick reload rpg with three or four shells and can reload with a small air compressor
Question how do we boat out the proper hole in the noodle?
You need a special tool. The easier option is to change out the Titan's barrel for a smaller one.
Curious if you could make a demolisher style rocket
Soon...
For circle cutting foam, Craftwerks makes a cutter that does 1"-6" circles easily. It can cut up to .5" depth no problem. Tntcosplaysupply.com sells em.
You should do a k26 episode on the X-Shot Vigilante
I have considered grabbing one when I see them at Goodwill but they are always already broken.
I want to make a kar98k. Will you make one captain
can you make demolisher rockets?
Yes
@@CaptainXavier Thank you so much, I built a drain blaster shotgun but I didn't have any missiles to shoot off of the singled attachment.
How do you make demolisher rockets out of pool noodle?
...exactly the same way...but smaller...
Ok thanks
i am sorry but what was the size you boared the inside out to?
To slightly smaller than a Titon post.
Thanks!!, making a drain blaster that fires titan rockets so this will be helpful!
i have a modded/paint double strike that for some reason isint shoot as far as i use to, i tried everything, is there antway i could send it to you for you to fix like in you use to do?
i can make a video showing what the internals of the gun looks like. (btw i just c/p this coment cuz u uploaded this as i was typeing the comment)
i might
What Meow said...
Can you purchase pvc threading for the titan?
Not sure what you mean. You can buy the adapters. I think Foamblast sells them.
@@CaptainXavier, oh ok I was wondering if like a certain pvc pipe size could thread it
No, it is not a standard thread.
What would you use to core the rocket if no 3d printer
I would use the special coring tool I have that was made from PVC.
@@CaptainXavier I am going to buy a working titan of eBay and I wanted to make extra rockets how would I make the coring device
What do you use to bore out the rocket
I have a custom tool made for me by a fan.
Why don't you sand the ruff side of the foam
The pattern creates more surface area and the spongy foam of the tube and head grip it better.
before I watch is it
a pool noodle and football thing
Edit:got it right
if you were to sell these, how much would you sell these for?
I would need to work out the actual parts and time cost but probably around $15 + shipping
When my mom gets back I will ship the stryfe to u do u want the trigger and any parts to it I still have and do u want and other blasters
The more parts the better. :)
Wonderful rocket ,but there was no intro music
...Monday Mod tips has never had intro music...
Captain Xavier i have never notived that before
uhhh, im disapointed in you xavier
Admiral Snackbar why
Dale Litton I only come for that awesome intro
lipo care and instalation pls