'67, Senior year in highschool, developed the BS cannon. 12"length of 2"
pipe, with pipe cap drilled for fuse on cherry bomb/M80. Pack with bovine
droppings. The weapon to end all war, too terrible to use...
--Bill
>From: "Steven Bixby" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: [RCSE] More Tennis Ball Cannons
>Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2001 10:17:19 -0700
>
> > Tennis Ball Cannon
>
>...
>
>Hey, I done that too. If anyone here went to Mesa (State) College in
>Grand
>Junction CO and lived in the dorms during the years between 84-88, you can
>blame me and my roommate(s) for some of the late evening study disruptions.
>We often didn't bother with projectiles, cuz the cannon alone made some
>wunnerful "WHOOMP"s that echoed across the campus and generated instant
>rush-out-and-crane-necks-around-the-square activity from the dorm RA's.
>
>We went a scary step further, tho. :)
>
>Instead of tennis-ball sized cans, we built one using six two-quart juice
>cans. (Took awhile to drink through 3 gallons of juice once we decided to
>do it.) And instead of tennis balls, we raided the bathrooms of toilet
>paper rolls. Roll off enough to get a moderately loose fit, jam the torn
>off portion in the core to block the flow through the core. Roll a couple
>more feet off to get a dangling tail. Aim over the top of the trees in
>the courtyard (from the dorm-room balconies, that is). Flick-the-Bic and
>hold on. WHUUUMPH! I wish I had a picture of the TP'ed trees from
>that semester. The flying roll spins off TP like crazy and leaves a nice
>long streamer over the target.
>
>Ahhhhh.... the good ole' days.
>
>
>
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