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In lugnet.technic, David A. wrote:
> If you like technic sets you probably have by now a big collection of
> technic engine cylinder heads and round engine pistons. I know I do.
> I don't like single purpose pieces and I tried to think of an alternate
> use for them. What I came up with was to use multiple engine
> cylinder heads stacked one on top of the other to form a barrel [1],
> then, the engine piston makes an excellent projectile (bullet) with an
> exact fit inside the barrel.
> If you put the bullet at one end of the barrel and blow through it the
> bullet is 'shot' quite rapidly.
> I tried to use pneumatics to replace my lungs in order to make a
> pneumatic gun (with a valve as the trigger) , but the result was
> disappointing - the bullet came out of the barrel so slowly it hardly
> looked like anything real [2].
Could you use a hammer mechanism to launch the projectiles, or are you
focused on a pneumatic solution? It seems easy enough to imagine a setup
with a magazine of piston heads, a spring-loaded striking rod, and a rotary
device to cock the rod.
Steve
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| (...) Well, it could be done, but then the barrel seems useless - it'll only stop the piston with friction. The long barrel is only an advantage when you use compressed air (in a pneumatic gun) or other compressed gases (in a regular gun). I really (...) (26 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.technic)
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| (...) If you like technic sets you probably have by now a big collection of technic engine cylinder heads and round engine pistons. I know I do. I don't like single purpose pieces and I tried to think of an alternate use for them. What I came up (...) (26 years ago, 15-Aug-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.technic)
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