NightHawkInLight - 2017-03-31
In this video I build a high power air cannon using a PVC piston from my previous video (seen here): https://youtu.be/BCZGWvieJ7I In case you're wondering how this cannon valve operates, I demonstrate the internal function at the 5:35 mark in this video. The sprinkler valve I use at the end of the video was modified as shown here: https://youtu.be/ymfrrX5kIvM?t=1m16s Check out my Patreon page and if you like my projects a contribution would be awesome! Link: https://www.patreon.com/NightHawkProjects Special thanks to my top Patrons! Syniurge, Matthew Leitzke, & TheBackyardScientist! Music: Sam Davies - Northern Lights (Original Mix) https://youtu.be/h7BW2Oh7ZI0 (Provided by Silk Music) Thanks for watching!
When zombie apocalypse kicks in.
I'm sticking with this guy
when I made my first hairspray powered Spud gun it was a lot more powerful thank expected. I shot it at the side of my dad's shed and ended up putting a tater hole in the wall. I was both impressed and in trouble. good times.
Really smart how you used the rubber coupling to create the seal! Reminds me of the days I used to spend hours at home depot walking up and down the aisles waiting for inspiration to strike. I may try something like this! Thank you for your dedication to this channel :D
dude omg i used to watch all your stuff back in the day! Whatcha doin here?
I suggest using silicone grease instead of oil, petroleum based oils can make o-ring and plastic swell an be brittle it can also be used to lube the valves
But you can't get if off of anything. Everything it touches is doomed to be slippery until the end of the universe.
swiss aint that bad but it is the whole point of lubing it :P
Yeah works well. I usually use that in my cannons but only after I know everything works right since it's a pain to clean. Concerning oils damaging the o rings, I've heard that for years but have never seen it happen myself.
NightHawkInLight work fulltime as a mechanic and sometimes brakes are totally ruined because someone used petroleum based lube (like copper grease) doesent happen over night but rather months or even years but i have seen bad cases over just some days.
love your videos anyway ☺
put 5 ping pong balls
O-ring info - It's an AS568-326 o-ring (you can find it anywhere online). O'Reilly Auto parts has it under the National O-ring brand, part number 326. My local O-Reilly has it for $2.99
I love quality content like this on YouTube. No clickbait, no stupid trends, just solid and informative content that looks good. Keep up the great work!
would love to see how you would rifle a barrel.
He should make a guide with a hole and a custom "drill bits" to manually drill straight and to dig through pvc/metal ...
the problem with rifling pvc has more to do with the projectile. We need something that is solid enough to hold together, yet softer than the pvc so the rifling can grip the projectile and rotate it. The only way to effectively do it is by using a copper pipe or a metal pipe and cutting the rifling in there. Also take your time you don't want anything aggressive, with a 3 foot barrel you might only want a 2-1 twist per foot, possibly 1 to 1. So in essence a 3 foot barrel would have 3 or 6 full rotations before leaving the barrel. since we are going subsonic i recommend going with the 6. But we still need to find the right projectile.
@NightHawkInLight any update on the progress of that rifled barrel, there was a company that made em but they seem to be out of action.
@tankkiller308 No, I haven't played with the idea recently.
@David Armes good idea in fairness
When you said nsf-pw the first thing I thought was not safe for pressure work XD
a smart mind is always behind these projects keep them coming ! cheers :D
Your laughing after the first shot felt like childhood.
Fantastic.
And that's how a plumbus is made.
Wubba Lubba Dub Dub!!!!!
And thats the way the news goes
William Powell i need the sauce!
At the start, I didn't quite understand how it was going to work, but when you explained it, once it was finished, it made heaps of sense. Really great build and really well edited I think!!
Scoop Science 16 hours ago?
Patreon supporters get early access to videos
seems legit
NightHawkInLight oh ok
NightHawkInLight Oh now i understand how you do it, I thought the video was uploaded directly to Patreon but it seems like you just put the unlisted video link on patreon.
This is my air cannon, let me show it's features!
I do just love anything air cannon related, or projectile related in general- Peter Pan syndrome... :D
0:28 how to basic wants to know your location
Imagine using this with flour :)
Everytime I see nighthawk in light, I think of John wick 😂😂😂
Very honored to have one of our recent releases by Sam Davies as the official soundtrack of this one. Massive thanks, NightHawk.
Thanks for the great track
that's a great valve design. I'ma have to run to Lowe's now.
I've been a sub for a couple years now, it's always nice to see a new upload from you. There's always neat projects coming out of your channel. It would be awesome to see this scaled up to a larger barrel to fire larger projectiles, perhaps a mounted cannon variant. Keep at it Night, your videos are always something to look forward to.
This is genius i love the animations!
In the end, that mad genius laugh of success! Love it!
Very clever barrel-sealing valve.
I made this and it works like a charm, fired a potato out of it and went really far hitting the side of the hill. If you fill the barrel full of snow it turns it into a shotgun. thank you for the project.
Love the vids - so well explained and structured. Keep up the outstanding work!
Yessssss I've been waiting for this one
The power of this thing is outstanding, great work mate ! It's a really ingenious build, It is also obvious that you got a lot of fun firing it ! :p
I'm your new subscriber.Grant Thompson the king of Random sent me.
Im gonna try to build this one for my exams at the last high school year. Im serious, with arduino I can apply a IR tracker to a target. Really really really cool.
Very cool. I had been thinking of how to make a valve like that out of plastic tubing from time to time.
I wonder if that blowgun you put on the sprinkler valve would work straight up on the back of it. You probably don't need a very sudden release of gas. Once the piston starts to open up at all, the pressure that goes in the barrel barrel really upsets the balance and gets it opening up really fast regardless (provided there's some sort of projectile in the barrel)
Whatever valve is used behind the piston just needs to be able to let air out faster than it can refill from the small port hole in the side. However, the faster the air is dumped out of the back the faster the piston will move, so a small blowgun valve would make it pretty slow opening. It would be too close in size to the port hole so a lot of air from the chamber itself would empty before pressure was low enough behind the piston to pull it backwards. If instead of just an open hole in the side of the piston you had a one way check valve that would help solve the issue of using a blowgun, but still the larger the valve the better to get that quick backward snap of the piston.
NightHawkInLight I found that out the hard way as I used a fill set up from past cannons that hooks up to my compressor doesn't let out air fast enough. couldn't find the o ring though so if you could link that it'd be appreciated
Once the seal breaks, the piston actually should accelerate more slowly (as the pressure in front of it is dropping). Ideally, you want as small a volume behind the piston as possible, and you absolutely want the fastest valve to vent t he pilot volume you can find.
Using the sprinkler valve in between the blowgun and the main valve is a very good idea and will result in much better performance (and greater consistancy, as slight variations in how fast he pushes the blowgun will have less of an impact on the final valve speed)
cool. looks fun& simple.
on another note: that reverb sound in the last 3 shots with the paper I find oddly satisfying/ amazing.
Yes now I can get justice from my bully
파워가 강력하네요 Good!
So early!
Grant Thompson - "The King of Random" sup I love both the f your channels I would pay to see you guys work together #engineeringDreamTeam
Grant Thompson - "The King of Random" I miss your old "random weekly projects." I hate your new daily videos, they're not enjoyable to watch.
i think this vid was inspired by you ( the candy cannon vid )
Grant Thompson - "The King of Random" aye
Rudy Roman bro we have the same profile picture 😜
Watching these videos make me happy to see how smart some people are, and what intelligence and creativity can do. Makes me feel good as a math major
My boys and I built one over the last couple weeks. I figured it was a better way to teach them some plumbing skills without making them crawl under the house like I did. When we finished we couldn't find anything to launch with it, wait a jumbo marshmallow. Launched it clear across and out of our 1 acre lot. My youngest called me the day giggling that fishing bobbers worked well also. Finally got some ping pong balls to play with. Today I used it to launch a monkey's fist knot over a branch I need to pull and trim. So fun, useful and educational 6 thumbs up, fine holiday fun. THANKS
3:16 stupid teenager laughing noises
I'd love to see you fire something with more mass!
Thanks for the awesome design I am currently building this project except I am putting it in the back of a vacuum cannon!!!
Ever thought of making a GoPro cannon? I feel like footage from a GoPro flying through the air would be insane... shoot it into a snowy sky for that lightspeed effect. Lol.
wow will weaton have a youtube channel
Chris Inventor, Hahahaha nice one
You have the superior design on youtube.
This was so cool! I would love to see a power comparison between this and a hairspray powered potato gun
You also can make dart-like projectile.
Or print mortar-like projectile with parashute for GoPro camera,.
When I say compressed air I mean like a hand pump attached to the rifle it self
Awesome. Now I finally found a way to get rid of those pigeons on my roof.
Nighthawkinlife, your projects are the greatest and your videos are of great quality. Would love to have a skymatic of your ball valve piston air cannon. Thanks for your great work.
Thanks! I don't have a schematic but I have several other videos on my channel about similar cannons that may help you
ah. a homemade cannon for the zombie apocalypse! going on the list!
Love the great explanation! Awesome build!
Cody'sLab - 2017-03-31
Now fill it with hydrogen!
herold henry - 2017-05-29
pipe overload.
Zhasie Shmoist - 2017-09-09
And blow it up!
Sacation - 2018-06-13
or helium, i wonder what sound it will make cody you're awesome, you two are planning to do a project together anytime soon?
Patrick Ryan Agapito - 2019-08-25
NO, fill pingpong ball with gunpowder, I guess?
Huan Le Cong Quoc - 2020-02-19
Cody'sLab And only h2 . I would prefer hho