It's not an air cannon. It is a pneumatically engineered projection
propulsion device, suitable for feeding birds in the next field over.
As another Lame Cherry exclusive in matter matter.
It was a day just like any other day, in a small town, so things should have went ok.
So JYG mentions awhile ago was going to build an air cannon. As I never wanted one, and I got the air tan he was thinking of using, I figured it would never happen............and then it did.
So he was telling us things, he got in a US Flag and pole, so I asked if wanted help putting it up in a hurricane wind, and he did, so we did that.
The JYG points to his air cannon. Basically an air tank he welded up a barrel to and this huge lever to let the air out. Kind of like the air cannons that the US Navy had in the Spanish American War. No you do not need gunpowder to launch explosive shells. Air is cheap and powder profits DuPont so you get gunpowder cannons.
So JYG is telling me how far his corn on the ear cob went out into the field. There is more sport shooting through the high power electric lines so that is where the corn cob was going through.
Somehow in this, I got roped into being the cannoneer. I don't know if it was because he wanted to test the full pressure or because in case something went wrong I would get blamed, but I got the honor of being cannoneer. I thought this was going to be like that ether in the tire exploding and as he about took my eye out with an air hose before, I reckoned that cannoneers do best to keep their eyes closed in firing air cannons.
As we were gearing up an about ready to fire..........you have to understand that JYG's yard sits right on the highway. So when someone drives by they have to drive around you standing there Most semi trucks just drive down the center of the highway by JYG's. So I'm standing there and about ready to fire when the cop drives by. I burst out laughing as that would have been perfect in shooting an air cannon at the cop. He kept driving as he had no idea there was an air cannon as it looked like a pipe welded to an air tank.
Pressure was up, so JYG told me to fire as we were using a golf ball with a patch for a seal. It about blew my left ear drum out. Still hurts like someone blew air into my ear. Oh well that was my bad ear anyway from having that blasted out by the mother driving an M Farmall holding me when I was 4.
I never let on I was not pleased with the air cannon. JYG was too busy being upset that his golf ball did not go as far as the wanted it too.
So we reloaded in chopping up corn cobs with corn on the cob for shells, he took the nozzle off he packed the golf ball in, and there was me firing the cannon again. JYG was impressed this time as it went twice as far as his best shot.
We learned that like black powder, length of barrel matters and the projectile should be at the bottom of the barrel.
Is like that Saddam Hussein super cannon. Need graduated pressure to build up velocity for momentum.
I now have permission to use that air cannon to shoot cows or the neighbors. I doubt I will take him up on it. The hired man was talking about gunpowder and I don't think JYG is that stupid. He does though have another thick barrel which he plans on converting to 1 1'4 inch balls he has a pail of to see how that goes. I think that would be fun to shoot at his evil brother's place when he is not home, but that is my fantasy which will not come true.
Honest to God like most days, this was us just stopping in to see how JYG is doing and to say "Hi". Never figured on air cannons and corn cob projectiles entering my day.
Nuff Said
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