Supersonic ping pong ball, rev2

[gingerbee]

wow thanks for the updates very cool and I knew you could get the ball to melt a little bit, can't wait to hear you hit Mach 5

 

[clshades]

So the pros use bigger balls eh. Noobs.

 

[Cypher^64]

Damn!! THis is awesome! Keep us updated

 

[Izerous]

Would be amazing to see something like that Mach 2 shot in person. I hope you will be able to get some kind of high speed footage of it

 

[Sagath]

Would be amazing to see something like that Mach 2 shot in person. I hope you will be able to get some kind of high speed footage of it

This is Ross, the infamous Eater of Brains.

He will likely rent a 32k FPS camera for the event, if I know him at all. And he'll laugh with that laugh only people who know Ross understands, while it happens.

 

[Marzipan]

how loud is the sonic boom...say to a bullet from a rifle?

 

[BrainEater]

@gingerbee : I want a ping pong ball to completely melt into liquid when it hits air, Mach 5 might do it.....ultimately it's the strength of the ball VS Max acceleration, eventually the ball aint gonna take being hit by a sledgehammer moving at Mach 3++++

I only have 1 go-pro...I'm looking for Camera's.. haha...... not for the measured shots, but the ping pong ball VS full king can of beer shot at 1000+ Joules !!

Hahah.

It's actually less loud than the subsonic shots. The most basic version of this, the vacuum cannon, is the loudest I think, because both ends of the barrel are opened to air. I do have a decibel meter, will bring if I remember.

I just got the Helium attachments done , ready to go.

 

[BrainEater]

Here's the Helium setup :



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I've improved the heat setup to that SS coil.
I can get 500C gas no problem.

 

[clshades]

Here's the Helium setup :

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I've improved the heat setup to that SS coil.
I can get 500C gas no problem.

Lan table o doom!

 

[BrainEater]

My stainless vacuum hoses should be here in a day or two .