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Post by blowemupspudguy on Apr 28, 2005 21:51:42 GMT -5
which would be more powerfull: a hybrid cannon or a combustion cannon that could hold an equal volume of air/fuel and had multiple igniters?(the multiple igniters so that it would be able to compinsate for the fuel/air being less compacted as it is in the hybrid therefore not being able to ignite it as quickly) im not planing on building a combustion cannon that large, im just wondering if there would be a difference. -Mr Man Personguy
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Post by DReynolds on May 2, 2005 20:38:01 GMT -5
The thing is, the compressed air in the hybrid combusts so much faster than any normal launcher that it just isn't comparable.
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Post by blowemupspudguy on May 27, 2005 12:23:53 GMT -5
thanks, i have made a (sort of) hybrid before, it was more of a combustion with a tire stem. i only went up to 10psi at the most, and used heavy plastic bags for the burst discs. i just was wondering about the real thing. i like to stay with pneumatics anyway, they're cheaper to use
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Lukas
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Post by Lukas on Jun 18, 2005 16:23:02 GMT -5
Another factor is the thermodynamics: you will still get the same amount of power out of each, but the size of barrel to extract it will be much smaller for the hybrid. Also, a hybrid can theoretically shoot things faster than the local speed of sound, where even a pneumatic cannot!
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Post by blowemupspudguy on Jun 18, 2005 22:34:13 GMT -5
true, but you would still get more power out of the hybrid if you did have a longer barrel because you would get the same amount of air as with the combustion. actualy now that i think about it, you could have a longer barrel with a hybrid than you could have with a combustion because you have the extra air pressure that you fill it up with to begin with, that is if your chamber survives
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