This Fireball Cannon Will Be My Weekend Project

Rosa Golijan — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 21:20:00 EDT

The shoulder-launched dry ice cannon is great, but it takes $200 in supplies. At $55, this fireball air cannon is a far better deal for bargain hunters. Actually, forget being cheap. IT SHOOTS FIREBALLS. It's better period.

What you'll need:

Air Tank
Air Valve
Plumbing Nipples
Plumbing "T"
45 Degree Elbow (optional)
Air Compressor Nipple
PVC Fittings
Teflon Tape

What you'll get:

Now, if you still want to make one of these beasts after seeing that and you meet the required skill level of "Experienced and Insured" then check out this second video and the detailed instructions on Inventgeek. And don't blame us if something goes wrong. [Inventgeek]

Massive Air Vortex Candle Cannon Built: It Blows, Bigstyle

Kit Eaton — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 08:01:15 EST

Baking a cake to celebrate 20 years in business wasn't enough fun for sub makers Erbert and Gerbert, oh no— they decided to build a man-sized air vortex cannon to blow out its candles. What's an air vortex canon, you ask? It's one of those big gun-like toys that fires puffs of air surprisingly far across the room. Watch the video of it blowing smoke-rings that would even impress Gandalf: you'll be blown away.

According to Erbert and Gerbert, their "Candle Cannon" is the largest and most powerful version ever built. The windy beast is larger than the Mercury space capsule, and requires two aimers and one (brave?) cord-puller.

Having exhausted its candle-snuffing capabilities, the guys also put it to another good use: recreating the Three Little Pigs tale, with just one pig but a whole lot of huff and puff.

[Candle cannon via Neatorama]

Gizmodo: air cannon

This Fireball Cannon Will Be My Weekend Project

Massive Air Vortex Candle Cannon Built: It Blows, Bigstyle