thought this was kinda neat, AirZooka! gun shoots air pulse across the room:)

[DanTMWTMP]

LOL cooool!!!!! have instructions drawn in pain apache! ahaha

 

[MonkeyK]

Found some more instructions at Vortex ring launcher

I improved my design a little by using the soup tub lid to seal off the plastic bag. Now I can feel the blast and a plant will wiggle at 6ft away, but I don't think that I could blow out a candle.

Patchy, how far in does your plastic bag sink into the carton? Right now mine is set to about 3/4". I am going to play with this variable before changing the hole size.

 

[nativesunshine]

I was at the mall once...in some store..and I couldn't figure out why I kept feeling these big puff's of air on me...then I look around and some dood who works there was laughing at me. So I ask him what's going on..and he shows me that airzooka thing. Pretty cool..but ehh....i did not appreciate being "shot" at. Heh...

 

[BennyD]

i'll make one as soon as i finish this tub of b+j

 

[Moonbeam]

Family history tells me these toys have been around since at least the fifties which isn't surprising since you can shoot an air rifle without a pellet and get a similar effect and that idea's real old.

 

[ApacheXMD]

Just be sure that you're not dry firing (no pellet) a spring piston air gun, cuz that's a quick way to destroy it. And i don't think the blast from an air gun could be felt with much force from 20+ feet away. This is a little different as it creates a swirling donut vortex of air that retains alot of enery as it travels across a room.

MonkeyK, My diaphram sinks in a good 1.5". So the total volume of air is greater with mine. Try increasing it.
That's a good site, but doesn't go too much detail about dimensions and stuff.

Anyhoo, I made my full size Airzooka, and man is this thing strong. It seems everybit as powerful as the real deal (judging from the videos found here). I shot out a candle at about 20 feet, and think i can go farther. But I have no handle for now, so it's a pain to hold.

-patchy

 

[MonkeyK]

They don't have good specs on dimensions, but the suggestions for smoke is excellent. Should help to "tune" the zooka!

 

[DrPizza]

IDIOTS! trying to blow out a candle from across the room....

I'd think you guys would be more creative than that... fill the Airzooka with some super-flammable vapor and go for the opposite effect with the lit candle across the room

 

[0roo0roo]

Originally posted by: DrPizza
IDIOTS! trying to blow out a candle from across the room....

I'd think you guys would be more creative than that... fill the Airzooka with some super-flammable vapor and go for the opposite effect with the lit candle across the room

it sends a pulse wave, not actual air from what i've read.

 

[MonkeyK]

Apparently something can travel on that wave, since smoke ring guns operate on the same principle.

 

[crumpet19]

Yes, but can you stuff it full of marbles?