If you have the need to launch something farther than you can throw it, the Douchenator Water Balloon Launcher may be what you need. Simple to build and is sure to be lots of fun until someone loses an eye.
Watch the video.
“The launcher will shoot anything from a golf ball to a tennis ball at extremely high speed and extremely far. For wadding, a tennis ball can works best. For the valve, use a solenoid or metal ball valve at least 1 1/4″ in size.”
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July 4th, 2006
I was bored this independence day so i figured that this such project would take up a good afternoon.
I dont have pictures to post yet, but overall, I’d say my attempt at a launcher went rather smoothly.
though my local hardware store is serverely defficient in some areas, I managed to scrounge together the appropriate length of 3″ pvc, a 2″ pvc valve, and the neccessary fittings and endpiece.
with a 2′ long pressure chamber and a regular tennis ball can for wadding, the first shot at 20 psi went a good thirty feet straight up.
subsequent shots at 40, 60, and 80 psi all went out of sight, though probably because it was dark by the time we were firing, and there was lots of ambient smoke from the children’s fireworks.
I dont want to try any higher than 100 psi with my current setup, it doesnt quite feel secure enough to go higher than 80, and there is a minor leak in the chamber that doesnt help much.
August 20th, 2006
heh, had a bit of an accident with it. i managed to embed a 6′ length of 2″ pvc pipe 22″ into an inch of plywood celing 20′ above the ground.
i’ve got pics too
September 25th, 2006
My son and I spent the weekend building one of these. Now we are just waiting for the
valves to come in the mail. I just do not understand the wadding? Pringles can? HELP.
September 25th, 2006
Hey Craig,
Those are some impressive results!
September 25th, 2006
Hi Jim,
Wadding is a device that does not allow the air to move past the object being propelled. For example if you are shooting an egg the wadding would allow the full force of the air to push the egg out.
If a Pringles can fits into the opening snugly then that would be a good choice. On some of my launchers I have used a large bunch of paper crumpled up and then tapped into a nice round ball that just fit snug in the barrel. A bit of WD-40 helped it slide nice and free while not allowing air past.
Hope this helps…
May 27th, 2007
i never build stuff like this… are the items u need to buy expensive? what will it cost alltogether to make? is there newhere u can buy it?
June 22nd, 2007
i built one and i was wondering if it would be possible to add aerosol fuel and use it like a spud gun
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