Building a Solenoid-Triggered Air Cannon
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Try to make chocolate bowls and use it to eat ice cream
You know the things in the microwave that cooks your food. You should try to increase the power and range and use it to make a radiaton gun
Ok, I misread that at first and thought it said "Friends don't let friends know about this show" and I thought "Are you f%#&ing serious?! I'd let all of my friends know about this shit if I had any friends 😂"
Can you do a modern rogue on pickpocketing? That would be awesome
It's nice to finally see the cutest couple ever make a video with EvanAndKatelyn
This is my favorite comment.
@pabloxc83 or amazing at being human!
When they fired the cannon together 😍
“You are free to fire, Mr. Murphy.”
They had us in the first half
I want to like this comment but it's at 420 likes, it would be rude to ruin that
Brian... I can't believe you gave into the changeling influence!! 👽👽 also sorry we almost shot you with a magnet, please let us come back and visit 😋
saftey? on the modern rouge? you gotta be kidding me
thE CHanGELIngS dID NoTHINg wRonG. TheyRE juSt MIsundERsTOOd. YOu shOUlD heAr theM OUt.
@@ModernRogue go away skinwalker.
Seeing your faces I dont know if he told you what he was planning
@@phauntis I don't think planning entered into the equation at all!
Get William Osman on the show
They could build something amazingly terrible together.
She's wearing one of his shirt designs.
William Osman AND Michael Reeves!
These guys would probably start a pneumatic steampunk facial recognition based skynet
Also Micheal Reeves and The Backyard Scientist
I love it
Evan and Katelyn - Expert amateurs.
The Modern Rogue - Expert at being amateurs.
Loved the vid, BTW!
These cannons sound like the name of a good band together.
"Give it up for Charlotte and the Crucial Mistakes!"
With their new album Jingle Blaster!
That's. Good Charlotte
And their Christmas special album, jingle blaster
Hit songs like “Changlings” “Alpha, Beta, and Away” and “Assimilate”
I mean, Brian becoming a changling was inevitable. He did eat the changling's gelatin and joined the collective when they recreated Jason's head.
I was just waiting for the betrayal.
(Also, still love the fact that you guys keep a lore going for Modern Rogue. With President Kardashian, The C.H.I.L.D., Krav Maga, etc. It really does make this channel one of the best channels on RUclips. The fact that you guys don't get all the money and all the views, makes no sense to me.)
There needs to be a database of the MR lore so we can all exist in Brian's and Jason's make-believe world!
This is the collaboration that the internet needed! I love this video and I love you guys! =D
Punished Props Academy where’s the switch, Bill?
Yeah,bill.
If you look closely you can see the gears in Jason's head turning to what they can make for ammo type... *flash back to nerf gun video with razor blades*
Boy that ending sure was.... something.
Unrelated note: does SkillShare have classes on defending against changelings?
[[EvERyoNE knOWs CHangELINgs arEN'T ReAL. AnD iF tHEy WEre, I'M sURe tHEY'rE noT a THrEAt.]]
You know what, you're probably right. I shOUld SToP StREsSINg oVeR IT aNd SiMPly fORGet i saID ANyTHIng
Cole Lane Skillshare shows modern rogue episodes XD
Welcome to the modern rogue. They push the bar further and further in terms of weird but hilarious as hell videos. They're middle aged 14 year olds lol
@@techfreak244 I feel like 14 is generous
Fun story: back when I was a kid, my buddies and I got ahold of a book we'll say. One of the things in that book was how to make a potato cannon. So we went to this alley way behind our houses, found some PVC pipe from construction going on that they were tossing out and an old grill and made our own cannon. The PVC was a bit too wide though and all we could put into it were these grapefruits from a tree growing in this guys backyard. We spent many hours with hairspray just launching grapefruits down the alley.
good times.
@@justinkirschenman2232 maaybe
@Soviet who Cuts It's entirely plausible.
@Soviet who Cuts hmmmmnnn
Lol! I'm 65 years old. I know what you read that summer.
a book, you say? a _cookbook_ of sorts?
ENGAGE THE JINGLEBLASTER!
I have that profile picture as my background.
"You have a tamping stick. Did you name the tamping stick?"
*Team Ramrod*
I love how Katelyn waits to scream till Evan does, and even then her first reaction is to aim her gun at Brian even though it's empty. That's some muscle memory right there
This whole channel is basically the documentation of Brian's descent into madness. I love this so much.
Who would win: Air cannon or Modern Rogue improvised body armor?
That's too dangerous to test though
It could be tested not on a body to see what happens.
@@Prs722 Changeling body armor?
On the one hand, the cannon *might* explode, thus killing everyone in a 14 mile radius. On the other, the body armor ceramic might explode outward. Razor sharp ceramic.
@@kaarpiv375 normally ceramic body armour is embedded inside super strong rubber type materials. Their version has duct tape lol
I love the energy in this video. Watching these four all giddy together is the most fun I've had in days.
The last episode of this channel is gonna be an all out war between the humans and changelings and people are gonna die.
Yes... we now possess everything necessary for our roguish army
Nice, its cool to see 2 of RUclips's best power couples meeting!
Speaking of Adam Savage.
Did you know, that mythbuster made the worlds longest pneumatic canon?
Ps: please, make a canon that’s 6 blocks-ish long!
I too would like to see them make a 6 block long Canadian.
A Canadian that's 6 blocks long?
The world isn't ready for that much *_sorry._*
Yeah, I remember it was so long it was causing air pressure to push the ping pong ball inwards.
@@teamcybr8375 lol
20:12
Brian sticks his finger in the pumpkin. Upper right corner? "Suggested Extended Outakes: Stick your finger in there".
Brandt, I love you so much.
:D
YES! Two of my favorite RUclips channels working together to bring more awesomeness to the platform! Love all of you involved in this!
Dude Evan was just radiating happiness and excitement. He was practically giddy he was so psyched to be showing off all their cool ideas. For some reason it reminds me of my black lab going swimming. Just pure simple joy and enthusiasm. Very fun to watch. TMR always finds the coolest people. Always good energy. 👍
The crossover episode I didn't know I needed. It makes perfect sense though, E&K and MR both have enthusiasm turned up to 11.
This channel makes me feel less guilty about watching RUclips instead of studying because at least I’m learning 💗😂
yes.... educational
I don't miss those days. Haha
Jason, I think you're going to have to get a new Brian... I think yours is broken.
I absolutely love you guys. This show is everything if not the only thing that needs to be on RUclips right now. No politics no BS just straight fun-loving antics. It's a classic Abbott and Costello set up with you guys. Jason plays The Abbott character and Brian well he's just Bryan but I'm more up-to-date castelo. I'm just waiting on you guys to break out the who's on first routine. Keep up the good work guys.
I believe that Brian speaks truth. The changling is the next stage in human advancement, and Brian is the prophet who shall lead us there!
These four make SUCH A TEAM! Amazing vid! I hope they collab again! I love how this is a mix of Evan and Catelyn's proffesionality and general life skills with MR's production quality and entertainment value.
Man that "The Crow" line after the magnet shot out accidentally was DARK like WAY DARK.
I am currently a Mechanical Engineering student at Texas Tech, my semester project is a ping pong ball cannon. Our design is eeriely similar to yours, but we are using a electric water valve. We are still in the testing phase, but we are shooting for as close to super sonic as possible (pun intended).
This collaboration between y'all and E&K makes me so happy.
14:40 Man... I feel ya Jason Murphy
, I too am the Jason Murphy
of my group.
You're running out of pressure. You need to make the pressure chamber much bigger. My sprinkler solenoid cannon has a 3" pressure tank that is 50" long. It will launch a potato 300+ yards and shoot through 3/4" plywood easily.
deep lore is developing and im here for it
accurate.
we will soon need a wiki on the modern rogue lore
Two of my favorite creators together! Ahhhhhhh. I LOVE IT!
Making PVC cannons here in my country is pretty basic even for kids(before you ask, it's a makeshift firework for holidays as the tradition requires loud noises for celebration). Same set up with yours but, what makes ours more reliable to fire is the fuel we use. we use denatured alcohol about 2 squeeze from a spray bottle sprayed from behind as what you would've done with the hair spray. then hold the middle and swing it like you're shoving air to the muzzle for roughly 3 - 5 seconds. this would make the fuel-air mixture you need, and it would fire 95% of the time. 5% failure rate due to drowning the igniter. Be careful though as it is VERY LOUD, and would highly recommend doing it OUTSIDE with HEARING PROTECTION. Sound differs with the diameter of the pvc used, smaller diameter quieter sound vice-versa.
The modern rogue topples a dictator
Dravonion the modern rouge creates a terrorist insurgency
@@decdeclanlan against what tho?
@@solomonheppner Does that really matter?
@@Tunkkis obviously it would. You wouldn't fight against paid holidays off or a just legal system, would you?
The Modern Rogue successfully reenacts Guy Fawkes Night
Your little skits make me so happy, they -no joke- make my days. Y’all are the best!
Brian is so goddamn weird. I love it!
I love that the box for the chairs they are sitting on is in the background. My wife works at target and made me pause the video to look it up.
The sheer JOY in that room must have been palpable.
Modern Rogue got a switch from Evan and Katelyn, who got it from Bill Doran, who got it from Adam Savage. All we need now is a Modern Rogue/Tested one day build and we come full circle! Make it happen! The internet needs it!
RUclips: posted 10 minutes ago
Random guy in comments: “great video” (insert random specific detail/question about video) *9 minutes ago*
Video: *32 minutes long*
Me: how the hell?
Wait.... I just watched a 32 minute video?? I did NOT notice it was that long!
@@Just_Sara Tom Scott just released a great video on why that happened. its called "Why Computers Cant Count Sometimes". basically the video was uploaded longer than 10 minutes ago youtube just hadnt gotten around to updating the time
Elijah Lord-Minniti Not quite. The video that you're mention refers to user counting, however, the case that the comment is about is people who probably skip ahead. That or patreon early releases.
I noticed that the pneumatic cannon was lees powerful than the propane cannon. I have deduced that this is because the small hose size of the solenoid valve was restricting airflow. In short, that means the air cannot get through the valve fast enough, due to the hole being too small, so the round is not shot with as much force.
I think it's more a battle of projectiles. The propane cannon fires a heavier round with rifling that doesn't break apart upon impact.
In the first few shots, it can CLEARLY be seen that the pneumatic cannon fired the potato at a significantly greater velocity, but the impact was lessened as the potato exploded violently upon striking the target.
2:30 Small pipes of the same schedule hold pressure better because hoop stress is proportional to Radius/Wall_Thickness, though this is not done for the reason people think. The reason for added pressure rating is to achieve minimum specified pressure for the schedule, and then meet bending strength requirements. The bending strength requirement is most easily met with thicker walls. Heavy duty cloth reinforced tape is a good idea for wrapping the main tank. Using a second adapter behind the back of the main tank is also a good way to allow for proper tank wrapping by allowing longitudinal wrapping to go over both adapters and loop around them in ways that hold them on. Wrap angle shall be 54.7 degrees for optimal performance per:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pressure_vessel#cite_note-17
When you have a back adapter, you don't need reinforcement of the fuel inlet and loading is less error prone and can be made quicker through the use of a bolt seal and crossbolt design. A creative designer could even make the back adapter wider than the barrel, add a long bolt with a spike to the bolt seal and make a breach loading potato cannon.
~One Engineer
Brian’s commitment to the bit still astounds me every time
They deadass just filled a broken pumpkin with spaghetti
You've obviously never handle a real pumpkin (or any gourd) in person.
I did something similar to this when I was bored whilst working for Honda. We had 6 bar air supply and a ton of electrical conduit. I threaded it and attached some valves to the inlet for the supply then stuffed some M fucking 16 bolts down it’s 6 foot length along with some packing to minimise windage.
We put a hole in the corrugated steel wall, thing could’ve kill somebody. It was swiftly disassembled and never spoken of again. Only one of several Honda engineering fuck about stories to look fondly back on.
Wow! I'd like to roast the seeds from those changeling gourds!
Who is this elfin vision of loveliness?
[Edit] Oh, it's Murphy.
You didnt edit it
@@obamabinladen911_ You omitted the punctuation.
@@LughSummerson bruh cut the rats
I'm like 99% sure that this show only exist so Brian and Jason have an excuse to do awesome shit.
Also for our entertainment!
I'm 99% sure that wasn't a secret anyway :p
I'll be back to watch later but THIS IS THE COLLAB IM HERE FOR! Two of my favorite channels coming together is amazing.
nice! so glad you approve!
Keep it up, these are great late night vids.
Okay now fuse them together, make it using metal tubing. pressurized air with the fuel using the electric pump, use the solenoid to release the air-fuel mixture into the ignition chamber that is bigger than the shooting barrel in diameter to get a faster shot. Use a car spark plug wired to a trigger for better ignition reliability also it'll last longer. And you got yourself a really dope "potato" Canon.
Also you guys working with Savage would be the best crossover I could ever hope for
Look into hybrid cannons
Which are essential the combination of both designs, whereas a traditional potato cannon uses unpressureized fuel and air, a pneumatic cannon uses pressurized air, a hybrid cannon uses a compressed fuel air mixture
You should all do a collab with Punished Props to decorate this thing!
I feel like Evan and Katlyn have been collaborating with almost everyone I’m subscribed to. This is like a crossover marathon it’s great
I watched this high and let me tell you, that was an experience and I was utterly unprepared.
The pop up on my email and phone that the Modern Rogues have posted a new video always makes me smile and look forward to getting home to watch it. Thanks guys in front and behind the camera
I WILL name my first born "the crucial mistake"
kidding aside it is the most badass name i heard in this show
A solenoid is a length wire wound in a helical shape similar to a slinky. Due to natural properties of electromagnetism, when a current is ran through a wire, it creates a perpendicular magnetic field, so a solenoid is essentially an electronic device that creates a magnetic field that can be used to trip a switch. Like a small rod being drawn up the center of a slinky when you run electricity through the slinky. This is also essentially what a transformer/tesla coil does but with induction. You guys need a go-to physicist on MR. :P
The dont need notifications squad
I can’t express how much I love this channel It’s awesome
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So I guess Brian is a changeling now? This lore is getting hard to keep up with.
its weird to me that you guys had so much trouble, i made my own basically the same with abs instead of pvc and used axe body spray for fuel and it worked basically perfectly
Name the tamping stick the Tampon
3:07
Well, actually, you're right. The chemical reaction that takes place is the propane (CH3CH2CH3) react with oxygen gas (O2) in the next reaction:
CH3CH2CH3(gas) + 5O2(gas) → 3CO2(gas) + 4H2O(gas)
As you can see: at the left of the reaction (unburned fuel) there are 6 particles present. At the right (burned fuel) there are 7 particles present in gas formation. The counting of the ammount of particles in a reaction is *STOICHIOMETRY*
This increase in ammount of particles causes an expansion in volume, and pushes the projectile out...
So, yeah! Jason, you're right. Very clever of you! I'm proud. Good job.
Honestly I'm disappointed
WHERE ARE THE EXPLOSIONS I LIVE ON THE BOOMS AND THE KAPOOWIES
You need to use a larger valve and retap it for a manual trigger. Solenoid valves open more slowly under increasingly higher pressures, due to the plunger having to overcome the increase in pressure. With a manual trigger, the valve opens almost like a butterfly valve and thus more oomph.
That pumpkin looked like Krang from the ninja turtles 😂
You should use a larger valve. The solenoid-assisted valve is a chokepoint for the compressed air. Then please use a small projectile with wadding. All the force then gets concentrated on a small spot. This is basically APDS.
"We almost got 'The Crow'd'!"
An orange gun, also known as a potato cannon or spud gun (usually constructed from a piece of plastic piping with modifications which allow it to shoot things like potatoes and oranges with surprisingly high velocity using air pressure or combusting gas) - is classed as a prohibited weapon in Australia.
We need to baptize Brian in Whiskey to make him unchangelinged
Even if that doesn't purge me of the changelings, I'm game.
Surely the Pruno would be effective against being changlingized? Btw to remove the risk pasteurization ie boiling it for a few minutes should kill the bugs. Baptism in whiskey? I think this is what the church is missing.
I don't know why but I do not watch every video when they come out. I will skip them. Then maybe later come back and watch them. I have been subbed here for a LONG time probably since the eary days of the channel since I was subbed to Scam School way back when Brian had insane hair (probably 2011 or so). But this channel embodies so much stuff I love. Making, spy stuff, weapons, con artists, physics, etc... and its hosted by 2 guys that don't even pretend to be smarter than the average joe but they really are quite intelligent. Damn I love this channel the more I think about it.
Damn you Changling! DAMN YOU Ch-ILD!
''The Crucial Mistake'' Sounds like a unique weapon in Borderlands 2
I feel like you’ve stolen some of E&Ks innocents. Thank you sirs
The quality of the videos have really taken a step up, you guys have come a long way. Cheers!
Eh, too much science and knowledge, not much trial-and-error and Brian's Magic Hands getting injured.
Just doesn't feel like an MR episode with all this actual knowing what to do!
(10/10 for Brian becoming a Changeling, though!)
Nice this is what I was supposed to email you guys.... Glad to see Evan and Kate hooked you up.
More laser and more taser pliz
Taser bullet for the cannon!
Ok. This is super late to this video, and no one will see this but i've built a TON of potato cannons and have had a lot of success. Schd 80 is a great idea. But, if you want the simplest cannon that works every damn time make one of these two:
Combustion cannon:
Chamber: there is an optimal barrel to chamber (C:B) ratio of about 2:3 (slightly under if you want to be a perfectionist ~.60). Ie. the barrel should have a volume of about 2/3rds the total volume of the chamber. A higher ratio will not build as much pressure, and will lose performance, and a lower ratio will not keep enough pressure behind the potato and will cause it to start slowing down while still in the barrel. Use 4" pipe for the chamber because the flame front will move fast and build a higher peak pressure as well as make the overall length more manageable (but 4 to 1.5 reducers are harder to find than 3 to 1.5). You can incorporate a screw fitting between the chamber and barrel to allow changing of barrels.
Barrel: Use 1.5" pipe for potatoes, and 2" for shooting tennis balls. There are also rifled barrels that work *great* for spin stabilizing a potato in flight. Unrifled barrels punt the potatoes out and they will kinda go anywhere. Chamfer the *outside* of the pipe. Not the inside. It will cut better and create a perfect seal. Chamfering the inside will create a tighter seal, but will create more drag down the barrel, and higher(more dangerous) barrel pressures.
Ignition: Use a piezoelectric sparker from a bbq grill for the ignitor. Drill a hole in the cap and jb weld it into place (or tap and thread if available). It's simple, but it works. Advanced options include using a stun gun and screws for constant high-voltage spark. Keeping the sparker in the cap also allows for easy cleaning and unloading if something goes wrong (just ram the potato out backwards)
Fuel: DO NOT USE HAIRSPRAY. It really is not nearly as powerful as other options, and leaves a sticky residue all over everything that will foul your sparking device. Use tag/axe body spray. The propellent is butane, and the solvent is alcohol. It has a VERY wide combustion limit (combusts at a very lean or rich ratio fuel/air) and lots of power. Is it the absolute best/most powerful propellant? No. But it is dead reliable. Spray about 1 second into the chamber until cloudy in the chamber, and screw on the cap. More powerful and waaaaaay more touchy options include starting fluid (ether), but they are not nearly as reliable. The pulse for good combustion is about .1 of a second and is too easy to mess up.
There are better/more powerful options out there, but are much more complex. I may write an addendum later...
Pneumatic:
Dead simple. Use the same C:B ratio (but undershooting it won't hurt) and add a butterfly valve in between the chamber and barrel. Add a automotive schrader valve in the back of the cap instead of the sparker for allowing pressure in. You can use a bike pump to keep it portable, but a compressor is almost necessary for repeated runs (~5 min charge up time). These are also a bit quieter than a propellant based cannon. The faster you open the valve, the more power you'll apply to the potato.
Now build a stargate
I would really like to build one but, here in Germany these are so illegal that you can't legally build one even with a gunlicence which is really hard to get. Until last year you could go around that by blocking the barrel with a pin, bolt or grid so you can't load a projectile IN the barrel. So as replacement you need something like a hollowed out arrow on the end of the barrel. But now those devices are considered a firearm. So I guess the only way to arm up on artillery is a fullauto ballista. Nice Video!
Can I meet you guys please mans meets me
So... Did you thought about making canon based on Tesla valve?
If you don't know what is it, basically it allows fluids (like rocket fuel) flow only one way easily and the other very hard, almost at all. At the same time it has very funky things with flammable gases - ignited from one side it inhibits explosion, ignited from other side can accelerate it quite much
The guys pretend to be really dull but are actually insanely smart. And funny. Big fan!
Crossover between a couple of my current favourite channels.... With cannons.... Excellent!!!!!
Last 5 Videos:
3 Videos about blood
1 Video about drones
1 Video about making a cannon
What Jerry rigged potato attack helicopter crime are you about to commit?
You guys HAVE to check out the book "The Poor Man's James Bond". It has some really sketchy stuff such as how to poison people, sabotage their cars, make explosives, etc. but it has plenty of youtube-friendly things you guys could make videos on. Its not hard to find a pdf online. Awesome video btw!
The whole episode "Brian" was actually THE changling in his form to learn our technology. He was hurt plenty so he ate the young found on the area to replenish himself. The real Brian is still out there.
Jason: "DON"T FREAK OUT!!"
Evan: Runs away wildly windmilling his arms.
Brian: Rolls eyes.
Katelyn: Grabs blowtorch and hose apparatus and spins around wildly.
I suspect part of the reason that the first point blank shot didn't work is because there was no vent for the air inside the pumpkin. When you tried to accelerate the round, the pressure built up inside the pumpkin and resisted the pressure accelerating the round, meaning the terminal velocity was lower than normal. The force from the pressure build-up was distributed around the whole inside of the pumpkin, rather than being focused on the point of impact. My guess would be that if you put a vent in near the back of the pumpkin, it would have broken more easily. (Of course, putting the vent in would weaken it too, but whatcha gonna do?!)
I made a comment a short while ago mentioning how I love seeing the Modern Rogue's updates pop up on my phone....... i have seen the ending...... I love it even more. Brain god dam you go all in dont you you Magnificent bastard you
By the gods. This was perfect. The war with The Changeling is not over.
haha-- so glad you enjoyed it.
So, not to sound negative, but the best potato cannon I built would blow the doors off what you guys have. I had 3 spark plugs wired to a stun gun so I would have constant spark and 3 ignition sources, thus burning the propellant faster. It would throw a potato 1000ft easily, and actually had noticeable recoil. When I shot it at a white pine tree, it ripped the 1" thick bark off where it hit, leaving a bald patch. Lol