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Posted: 9/21/2014 9:26:22 PM EDT
This thing's fun :) Some pipe and ingenuity goes a long way.
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjXrZ2ngU88[/youtube] https://scontent-a-ord.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpa1/v/t1.0-9/r270/10650004_679511055458308_1016607072974035158_n.jpg?oh=abf765c27ef0386f4b516941259abcb8&oe=54C24D79 |
| Basically, it shoots dummy rounds made from pvc pipe and a golfball. It is fired by inserting a homemade ematch into a homemade booster which propels the dummy round. I'm working on rockets for it, but cant actually launch any since its too dry where I live. So for now, its a noise/flash maker. Anyone can make something like this with metal pipe and an estes launch controller. I've just taken the idea a bit further :) |
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Quoted: Basically, it shoots dummy rounds made from pvc pipe and a golfball. It is fired by inserting a homemade ematch into a homemade booster which propels the dummy round. I'm working on rockets for it, but cant actually launch any since its too dry where I live. So for now, its a noise/flash maker. Anyone can make something like this with metal pipe and an estes launch controller. I've just taken the idea a bit further :) How far does your dummy golf ball round fly? |
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Nice, buddy of mine is a Navy Gunner's mate. He had been testing the new Airtronic US Made RPG7 launcher - bad ass by the way. He experimented in his garage and built a PVC RPG launcher that launched the little Nerf like footballs that kids play with. To get stabilty, he dipped them in a wax like substance and coated them with paint. Thinking they were harmless, he had a coworker go long in a parade field at a Navy base in Va Beach......capped off the round and the Nerf went sailing true and steady. It hit his bud in the noggin and left a wet the size of a golf ball.......................seems the wax was a little too rigid..........his bud walked around with a red welt covered with chalk and paint. It was pretty fun to cap off, not RPG training round fun, but fun.
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| I've seen a few pictures of those Airtronic launchers, theyre so sweet! I would love to be able to be up close to one someday :) And that sounds like a blast. It sounds like some kind of compressed air cannon. I could see making something like that in the future. And thanks :) |
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These two pictures show what I am trying to accomplish.
http://sadefensejournal.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/rpg6.jpg http://sadefensejournal.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/rpg7.jpg I will use 4 or 5 fins, made from plastic, and hot glue them onto the rocket body. I might have to use some kind of epoxy if the hot glue melts too much. I ordered 1/32" sheet plastic used in vacuum forming, and I feel that it will work well for this use. Here are some close up pics of my replica rocket with the fins i designed. And a pic of my general use dummy round with fins. They are curved on the bottom so they'll slide into the pipe easier and not catch. https://scontent-b-ord.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xap1/v/t1.0-9/10639722_679511038791643_3821981425618806853_n.jpg?oh=f3d510d60805de573e0c3bc0f8f130cd&oe=548EEE9A https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpf1/v/t1.0-9/997045_679511065458307_2510432926147115371_n.jpg?oh=a3426a9ca95c2ffb59a024cfb8564e78&oe=54897C0E&__gda__=1422843618_0914aada67ecbbf1c301ab93a9776bf3 https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xfp1/v/t1.0-9/10653290_676441965765217_2043889033821596336_n.jpg?oh=ff0ef322cce30f539a43ad546b3a088a&oe=54C57857&__gda__=1422180318_327dea0162b061dbc6a210790ff33f37 |
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Quoted: Also, this is my rocket launcher for my pickup :) I just love the big flames http://i.ytimg.com/vi/URH-wIbKqZ8/maxresdefault.jpg Details? You are shooting a model rocket out of it or...? Is it electrically fired? |
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My pickup launcher is basically the same thing as my RPG-2 replica. It is just built in a stand so it can sit in the bed of the pickup. In the picture, it is shooting a blank. The blank is a really big firecracker that explodes out both ends. I ignite it with ematches when I shoot it from the pickup. The blank can propel the dummy grenades. I don't use any kind of model rockets. Here's a video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlr6TWEV5gA&list=UURXE9HwPnYHZZ9o2NougX5w |
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Since that's how the real RPG2 operates, that might be a good way to make your replica. Do your homework and make sure you don't build a DD without a permission slip. Percussion cap and black powder makes it a Non Gun Non DD as long as the warhead is inert. I love the replica grenade. |
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