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T-Shirt Cannon

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the in-memoriam-maude-flanders dept.

SnakeStu writes "If you thought the T-shirts at ThinkGeek were cool, imagine them flying 160 feet through the air (courtesy of Crawford International Theatrical Corporation [CITC])."

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  1. "New and improved tee launcher" by ebbomega · · Score: 3, Interesting

    If it's new, can it really be improved?

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  2. T-Shirt Cannons are Old News by thelizman · · Score: 3, Interesting

    MTX Audio shot out T-shirts at the 1997 CEMA show using a gas powered cannon. Am I supposed to be impressed?

  3. A cheaper solution by bm_luethke · · Score: 4, Interesting

    If someone is interested in a cheaper solution (or to make thier own) see here

    The also have some really cool stuff with machined aluminum potato cannons using propane and oxygen!

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  4. Do we need a gun license for this? by AtomicBomb · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I am not quite sure about US, but, if you are living in UK or other countries with similar law, you may need a gun license to operate this.

    Usually, a gun is defined as a device which can fire a projectile/bullet with an energy of greater than 2J measured at the muzzle.

    Assuming the weight of a T-shirt is 40 g, the max height it reaches is 50m, ignoring all the loss due to friction/air resistance, the min energy is mgh=0.04*9.81*50=19.6J...

    Take care!