You don’t need any of that chemical nonsense to just have fun, though, as this compressed air cannon from [OtisLiu153] demonstrates. The build uses PVC pipes for both the barrel and the air tank.
Later, Ildebrando Zacchini invented a cannon that used compressed air to launch humans in 1922, eventually earning Zacchini family members a spot in the Ringling Brothers Circus Hall of Fame.
A pair of Colorado men got creative in Louisiana, using an air compressed cannon in a failed bid to launch drugs and tobacco onto the grounds of a federal prison. Jose Francisco Herrera Munoz ...
The suspects, Jose Francisco Herrera Munoz, 18, and Angel Gonzales Gutierrez, 19, allegedly planned to use a compressed-air cannon to send $112,000 worth of tobacco and $89,500 worth of ...
It’s a large compressed air cannon. All pressure is human generated using an exercise bike turning a pump. Apparently the team’s first contest entry was a classic surgical tubing slingshot.
James and Sim place Action Man in a compressed air cannon to see how he fares.
The men planned to use a cannon propelled by compressed air to launch the items over a security fence and onto the prison grounds. The cannon has a range of over 350 feet, the sheriff's office said.