Automatic Potato Cannon

alduria.com/hos... This is the first movie of our automatic potato cannon, controlled by a computer and fully automatic.
More info and images: alduria.com/hos...

[@Stuartyh7]

This is the most ridiculous and awesome thing I have ever seen. I want one.

[@gonephishing]

I love it :) very cool to see a potato cannon that is automatic but still using hairspray!

[@pioneeringtech1592]

😂

[@jdlives8992]

Omg congratulations you have made one of the coolest things I have ever seen

[@ericlotze7724]

Despite using the starter fluid / spray can propellant fuel, this is honestly one of the best builds i have seen, great job!

[@MightyFineMan]

This is the most impressive potato cannon I have ever seen on KZbin

[@desertsoul02]

Oh my god , it's beautiful !!!

[@ItalianAvalanche]

Very nice! Very smooth mechanical process! You're biggest slowdown is the exhaust phase.

[@vidskitkid]

Very impressive design and execution of the design, well done!

[@WackyBroProductions]

I would replace the fan with faster compressed air to vent the chamber. Reminds me of the ww2 battle ship cannons venting after firing.

[@enigma647]

This is the famous flak cannon Germans used to destroy Soviet tanks?

[@colemanchristy2770]

Yes. This can easily go through several inches of armor, enough to destroy some tanks.

[@ali-azizimayer-peters6686]

Russische Panzer halten nicht einmal einen Apfel aus hahahaha ! Nein, nein, nein, nein !!!!!!

[@astrox9097]

Yes

[@trejbiorgroup1713]

No.....this is the technique behind Soviet Autoloading T-64 Tanks!

[@tind33p]

This is the most glorious thing ever created. You have just won life. ....12 years ago

[@TechTheHack]

The servo powering the switch 😂😂😂 come on guys

[@Stephen-ct6dc]

This guy builds auto breach loaders for the Navy now

[@trejbiorgroup1713]

Best thing I have seen on internet till date!!! This is the next level of auto loader guns

[@EmperorHirohito-kv2uc]

BEHOLD, THE FUTURE OF POTATO CANNONS IS IN FRONT OF YOU. P.S. this is realy awesome, my best regards for the authors)

[@user-eo3ul9fe6u]

I can imagine a smooth talking texan man with a banjo standing next to this

[@JeremyFinch42]

America: We have the strongest militant force in the world! *Soviet Russia, Germany, and Ireland forward this video to America* America: *Oh my.*

[@astrox9097]

Ok

[@ariesleo7396]

Now you need to make a Gatling gun version I would modify it to shoot nail darts

[@kwantoon]

Love the engineering, great job guys!!

[@pinksmurfproductions]

this is probably the coolest thing i've ever seen! i have a potato cannon that i made and i thought it was pretty cool but yours would DESTROY mine any day

[@jdpower123456]

Very good automation, simple and very effective. thanks

[@MechInvent]

thats probably the cooling effing thing ive seen in a while, great work

[@DudeUnperfect21]

It's like the future was back in 2010 when people would make all these experimental little robots, what happened to this.

[@jalsjaz4445]

I bet no one can do this at home.

[@col2142]

how in the world did you..... i cant even.... what? how? thats so cool!

[@bobmac8418]

this is amazing! perhaps use compressed air to speed up cyclic rate?

[@buatepep6296]

After 11 Year youtube finaly Show This On recommendations Wow Epic.

[@sweftwp]

wow a fan for refilling oxygen and all.. this is amazing :D luv it

[@oldschoolgreentube]

Strangely hypnotic.

[@emirkarakus4100]

Me : searches potato guns for make them myself . This video exist Me : fk this sht im out

[@lnchgj]

Clever, well done.

[@justmerc1642]

This is amazing! Now make some HEAT shells.

[@demti2]

i like the lego pneumatic pistons

[@chaseanderson4088]

this thing shoots at 6 rounds per min lol, ITS AWSOME!

[@joshjosh6526]

That would make hanging big loop antennas so easy. I need one!

[@cameronbagarino8338]

Make the bullet metal and you got a real cannon

[@BrianTissue]

Very cool; very well thought out. #engineering

[@needs_more_dakka5774]

if only they had this during the emu wars.

[@theskeletons2317]

This Will go viral

[@lolzzxxyy]

@MrChrille2k lol starter gas. i think the term is starter fluid. ps you're still an amature. use mapp gass or propane for a measureable amount of gas to be more exact. ad a chamber fan for when its cold outside.

[@1drivingfast]

Very nice!

[@montey1017]

i had a similar idea, involving 2 inch PVC shells, and an action resembling a modified semi automatc shotgun action (it would be ful, but to cut down on machining...) and a 5 shot mag. as for a firing pin, ide use a spark plug, and put the magnetos on the bolt...the shells would be 6 inch lengths of PVC, with a potato in the front, and gasoline vapors in the back (maby 17:1) held in by foil, the spark plug would puncture the foil, fire, eject the shell, and the spring would load the next shell

[@notbraindead7298]

Brilliant!! And waaaaay cool!

[@espermatazoide]

Fantastic!

[@Slovflyer]

HAHAHA awesome job! Love the gizmos working.

[@masmas1029]

I can't stop

[@meatoffender12121]

That. Is. Incredible. But why not use air pressure instead of combustion? Or is it because of portability reasons?

[@djfoxlink]

This is sick I’m going to make one myself I like it

[@tigerswede3]

Awesome! I'm sure that took a lot of work.

[@saiboy92]

WOW, rig this up with 88mm shells and you're in business!

[@ultraguy3362]

Make it the main cannon of a paintball tank

[@charlesdimiaux6415]

Wowww amazingly complicated!! nice job

[@thomasjohanthorsrud]

That's awesome! :D i've buildt potatocannons since 2006 but has always done it the manual way. ofc i dreamt about semi automatic but i gotta say this was a awesome build! :D

[@apctube6006]

Look at the site posted in the description for this clip.

[@venires8968]

Hey look budy, imma engineer

[@Fredabig12]

Holy shit! That's AWESOME how long did it take?

[@MrBajaJunky]

I love it!! Hopefully my one will also work so perfect like this but I have to do a lot first...

[@ariesleo7396]

And now go down path one and upgraded to darts, then go down path 2 and upgrade to faster shooting then upgrade path to again to multi barrel then you’ll have a good tower for early game

[@RichLather]

Rube Goldberg would be proud!

[@SmellyStingFace]

Christing hell that's amazing!

[@chrisbaker9704]

I feel like this thing would use less energy, be more powerful, and have a higher firing rate if they used hho gas instead of hairspray and a fan

[@MrChrille2k]

@lolzzxxyy haha it isn't hairspray its starter gas

[@_qualetor3257]

Cool!

[@gdmrglassesofficial2165]

auto loading potato gun... - this should be used on a tank lol

[@dnukPL]

ZAJEBISTE !!!

[@tylermcbride2807]

This is awesome how hard are the electronics I'm new to that stuff what program do u use to run this

[@pauljs75]

You could make this a lot faster if you removed the cutting piston from the gun. Instead have the spuds pre-pressed like that into "cartridges" made of tubing sections. Because then the cartridge would always fit perfectly for fast feed, and the slow process of loading the cartridges as ammo would be separate from the actual firing of the spud gun. If you design cartridges as a tube long enough so the potato is only filling half, you could add fuel at a step in the magazine before chambering. Burnt fuel gasses would be contained and removed with the spent cartridge. Then it's just a matter of cartridge feed and ejection of spent cartridges. How fast you can go would only be limited by how fast you can do that without jamming.

[@WackyBroProductions]

+pauljs75 I thought of something like this but the propellant would need to be something other than hairspray because hairspray must be freshly mixed.

[@pauljs75]

If it's fast enough (as in less than a second immediately before chambering), I don't see why it wouldn't work. Maybe a metered charge of propane or something like a spray of ethanol would be better for the quantity though. The point of the cartridge idea is that it should eliminate a whole lot of problems with fast-firing due to loading and variation. Look at the "real" firearms and how no practical machine guns existed before that idea was implemented.

[@SecretAgentXD1]

ow long until i can buy one?

[@crackzakk123]

Genius

[@w0onka]

SO FUCKING AWESOME DUDE!

[@torskdiver]

How much would you charge to make a few of these?

[@electricianbytrade6013]

needs a better intake before anything else. That fan setup is way too bulky and time consuming. You could be premixing air and fuel.

[@chupa808]

that's pretty!

[@burstyou4290]

That's awesome I wanna build one

[@28_nguyenchinhnguyen75]

nice

[@cooleocooleocooleo]

lol not bad... only problem is that it takes to long for it the reload ill send you a vid of mine it goes full auto 2 shots p/s

[@cakecheese55]

What if the computer becomes mad and tries to shoot you, not that fun with a automatic gun then huh?

[@harsh9558]

Legends🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@LBKewee]

Why not use CO2?

[@74KU]

Sentry gun going up!

[@kodyman20]

Comes in every russian happy meal :D

[@DreadMerlot]

Engineering question: are those "potatoes" pre-cut or pre-shaved or pre-treated in any way?

[@MrChrille2k]

They are actually golf balls :)

[@DreadMerlot]

That answer makes me depressed, and at the same time inspired. A design which integrates and auto-conditions raw potatoes would be closer to the dream.

[@MrChrille2k]

We decided to go with golf balls because of the messiness of potatoes.

[@MrChrille2k]

Cool

[@MrGjordin]

REVENGE OF THE NERDS!!!

[@ahonda55]

AMAZING

[@joshuathomas5062]

that is amazing

[@fuyoki_san2692]

i would love to make that

[@fuyoki_san2692]

i can probaly turn it into a centry gun

[@byron6693]

if they mount that in a home tank they have a tank with autoloader

[@butaangas]

Wow o_0 Now that is awsome!!!!!!!!!!!

[@rapipocudo8690]

Pov: You are a french engi in 1944

[@alexterito1]

awsome!!

[@octaviushorsfield9045]

this is some iron man shit

[@EsterinMovement]

genial

[@gwagwa76]

You can use propane

[@dasintellentstier6760]

Are these Lego pneumatic cylinders?

[@MrChrille2k]

Yes

[@foxdroad]

2:15 lego pneumatic rofl

[@ramicaza]

genios

[@thelongranger55]

If you had an oxygen tank and hairspray both feeding the chamber at the same time you would not have to use the fan to feed new oxygen and it would shoot quicker

[@thewhitesheep4156]

You also need to get rid of the carbon monoxide after each shot

[@thelongranger55]

@@thewhitesheep4156 that’s why I said what I said , you purge the system with the oxygen / hairspray mix pushing out all the old air from last combustion , just like a combustion engine sucks in new air fuel

[@thewhitesheep4156]

@@thelongranger55 i just thought a chamber fan would make it alot faster

[@SnekInTheGrass]

that looks just a little complicated

[@nickzom]

f'ing awesome