Thread: T-Shirt Cannon
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Unread 22-12-2015, 03:18
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Re: T-Shirt Cannon

Oh wow, a T-shirt cannon that's not the usual "gathling" type. One thing that concerns me is the rod that the cannon system is mounted on. Was there a reason for such a mounting system?

My reasoning is behind... I believe Newton's Third Law: With an action force comes a reaction force. As cannon fires the shirt, the shirt "fires" back with the same force to the cannon. Therefore after several shots out of the cannon, that rod its mounted on will bend significantly.

So yeah, I would strongly advise to mount the cannon onto something sturdier to stop this from happening.
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