rocknev 2 Posted August 11, 2008 Report Share Posted August 11, 2008 ive recently being trying out a cannon to launch my bait with.....awesome piece of gear to see in action.....but i cant keep a bait on....basicly its a cylinder with a barrel on it...pump up to 60psi and crack the valve....ive seen the line peel off at a great rate of knots, and can launch a rig 200mtres from shore...( not kidding)trouble is though,the bait goes from zero to mach speed in a fraction of a secong,and i cant keep a bait in the hooks.... even a whole frozen tommie gets ripped apart when it fires....if i use just the sinker its been flung over 400 mtres.....alas all good things must come to an end and it was given back and destoryed after a kiindly word from a friendly police officer that "DESTROY IT OR ELSE" comment sort of put the wind up us a bit.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dutchy 451 Posted August 12, 2008 Report Share Posted August 12, 2008 Try making some sort of "wad" to support the bait as it accelerates. IE a plastic cup so bait and sinker sit inside cup. The cup goes inside the tube then as it comes out of the tube air resistance will slow the cup. The sinker and bait will continue line will tangle around eyelet of rod . Then the whole lot ends up 50m away in a big birds nest. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rocknev 2 Posted August 12, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 12, 2008 its all over and done with now....we put the bazzooka under a 300 tonne press at work and killed it.....basicly it was a 4 ft tube,with an airtank on the bottom, a special lead sinker was machined up on a lathe that went into the barrel.(looked exactly like a slug gun slug....cept an inch in diametre)....when pressure was good you cracked the valve,sinker hit warp speed,taking the line and hooks out further than ANYONE could cast....trouble was the velocity of the sinker was too great for the bait....i even had to use 50lb line on the sinker trace to keep it attached....when the sinker came out,it did a great job of taking the line and hooks out,but the hooks ripped clean out or through the bait...no matter what it was. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ranger 48 Posted August 12, 2008 Report Share Posted August 12, 2008 Mebbe it's just time to move on to bigger and better things! The Bazzzoka 2000 mark 2! 4" diameter and 420psi! ;D Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Damage 0 Posted August 12, 2008 Report Share Posted August 12, 2008 you could have used it as a paintball cannon. Mounted to a fort.......lets see who's the first to the flag now!! :icon_evil: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rocknev 2 Posted August 12, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 12, 2008 mate....awesome piece of gear....i wouldnt want to get in the way of it...its would go right through you without even slowing down...prob a good thins we smashed it.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Damage 0 Posted August 12, 2008 Report Share Posted August 12, 2008 Weapons of Mass Destruction. Watch out, George Bush might want to wage war against ya'll :-* Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rocknev 2 Posted August 12, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 12, 2008 the one we made is the same as this....http://www.surfrocketfishing.com/surfrocket2.swf Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Damage 0 Posted August 13, 2008 Report Share Posted August 13, 2008 would be funny if the line wasn't attached to the spool properly. bait would just keep going and going and going.Could have a lot of fun with that thing. I'd have one mounted to my boat just in case I was attacked by pirates.....or ranger :icon_e_surprised: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rocknev 2 Posted August 13, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 13, 2008 trust me....ifirates were involved with a wooden boat,just fire below the water line.....it would sink a boat no problem at all...... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ranger 48 Posted August 13, 2008 Report Share Posted August 13, 2008 Could have a lot of fun with that thing. I'd have one mounted to my boat just in case I was attacked by pirates.....or ranger :icon_e_surprised:Rocknev, it's time to hit the shed, coz ya first order is coming through!I'm after a bow mounted swivel model, both port and starboard fixed mount, and maybe a smaller handheld I can keep on the poopdeck! ;DLet's see em all come anchor alongside me now! :icon_evil: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ninja 0 Posted August 19, 2008 Report Share Posted August 19, 2008 Hey guys, I use one to great success when fishing the further gutters on the west coast, and the mouth. We use a totem tennis ball on the main line held in place with with split shots as a float and load that into the tube, and leave the trace with bait attached hanging out. BANG, away you go, the bait stays off the bottom and away from the crabs and you have a built in float.Ninja Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rocknev 2 Posted August 20, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2008 thats a good idea....do you have trouble keepig the bait on the hooks when its launched? that was my main issue....no matter what i put on hooks,when this thing went off it would pull the hooks from the bait at as low as 50psi....and its been tested at 150psi,but we couldnt get the pressure in there with a foot pump.how far does yours launch? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ninja 0 Posted August 20, 2008 Report Share Posted August 20, 2008 thats a good idea....do you have trouble keepig the bait on the hooks when its launched? that was my main issue....no matter what i put on hooks,when this thing went off it would pull the hooks from the bait at as low as 50psi....and its been tested at 150psi,but we couldnt get the pressure in there with a foot pump.how far does yours launch?We haven't had problems yet, except with the police. lol. the longest we have lobbed an unbaited set of hooks, in a test fire was about 400mtrs. To hit the back gutters on the west coast, and the second gutter at the mouth, we have found that we have to stop the spool or we will shoot over it.I have seen an orange cannon being used with hairspray as the propellant (sp), don't know how effective it would be though due to the flames. we used a small bottle of compressed air with a valve on it so I'm not sure of the PSI, but I would think that would be easier than a foot pump.I will try and get it off my mate tonight and post some pics for you.Ninja Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rocknev 2 Posted August 20, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2008 good idea.....ive got some pics of the one we made up,and will post them up when i find them......careful with the police though....i was told IT IS A FIREARM AND SUCH A LICENSE IS NEEDED, and getting a license for it is harder than finding a unicorn...... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rocknev 2 Posted August 20, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2008 here is what it used to look like......all stainless steel.thick walled pipe with the tank fitted with a gauge,standard car fitting,and stainless valve..... the special sinker we got made up...made a mould and got the raw sinker machined down.it has a piece of wire in the backside of it....attached a swivel with 50lb line to the wire,then inseted the sinker pointy end first into the barrell.....when fired it comes out,turns and takes line with it....anything less than 50lb sinker trace just snapped... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bob85 0 Posted September 9, 2008 Report Share Posted September 9, 2008 not a bad idea at all...just ur basic spud cannon which i think is covered with just the class A&B gun licence which isnt hard to get at all(i got mine about a year ago) solong as you have no police record just go to ur local cop shop and ask them. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rocknev 2 Posted September 10, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2008 not a bad idea at all...just ur basic spud cannon which i think is covered with just the class A&B gun licence which isnt hard to get at all(i got mine about a year ago) solong as you have no police record just go to ur local cop shop and ask them.yeah tried that.... this thing IS VERY capable of destroying everything it hits..... so got told in a very stern voice to get rid of it or else.....hence it went under a 300 tonne press at work...... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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