[Alberg30] Potato cannon

[RABBIT649 at aol.com]

In a message dated 3/7/01 1:48:43 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
Kim.Chatfield at ev1.net writes:

> perhaps arming your crew with potato cannons and then putting them out on
>  trapezes would give the desired competitive edge to windward.  Knowing the
>  construction on modern boats a potato poses a serious threat to them,
>  whereas our hulls will make mashed potatoes!
>  
>  I made one of those things in high school as a science project and i've
>  always wondered if anybody knows how to rifle a PVC barrel.
>  
>  john
Great thought.And it fits right in with my idea of using semi-cooked potatos: 
they'll mash right into the grooves and seal off any air leakage!
As for a technique for creating lands and grooves, I confess I don't even 
know how it's done in regular gunsmithing, but I guess we'd have to start 
with extra thick walled PVC. Might be simpler to put little angled tailfins 
on the potato. But I'll keep thinking about it.
Paul
#23 Ashwagh
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