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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4I-p8vjQ95s

The Smarter Every Day videos are great; I posted about the one where he constructed this cannon a few months back, but I can’t find that post.

Anyhow the baseball is going Mach 1.3 or so if I recall correctly... :shock:

The muzzle blast is astounding.
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Good videos. Anything going Mach 1 is gonna hurt.
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I love the inner-child enthusiasm in these Youtubes. 8)
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Bill in Oregon wrote: ↑Tue Nov 17, 2020 9:01 am I love the inner-child enthusiasm in these Youtubes. 8)
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More on the baseball cannon for those interested...

https://youtu.be/at-xZA5U1ps
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Mach 1.5 is 1674 fps .... that's moving along!
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JimT wrote: ↑Tue May 17, 2022 8:46 am Mach 1.5 is 1674 fps .... that's moving along!
So, what's the Taylor Knockout Value for it? :lol:
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Gotta admit, I'd not want to blow up a gun that big, but I'd be all about weighing that baseball, finding out what size steel ball-bearing was just a bit less in weight, and putting it in a lightweight sabot...

Then the next project would be time-travelling so I could go after a T-rex... :D
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AJMD429 wrote: ↑Tue May 17, 2022 1:45 pm Then the next project would be time-travelling so I could go after a T-rex... :D
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OK. IF I got the math right, the TKO would be in the neighborhood of 1,486
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Talk about a sucking chest wound!
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Seeing the pressure wave ahead of the baseball and the kinetic energy released into the target was fantastic. Bring on the ballistic gelatin! And lots of it! -Tutt
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CowboyTutt wrote: ↑Tue May 17, 2022 5:43 pm Seeing the pressure wave ahead of the baseball and the kinetic energy released into the target was fantastic. Bring on the ballistic gelatin! And lots of it! -Tutt
It would be interesting to see what a glob of it the size of a tri-axle dump truck bed would do. Especially if it did the jumping up in the air jiggle dance you see sometimes....!
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