900-MPH Supersonic Ping-Pong Bazooka

rprospero wrote: post #3

krutulis wrote: post #2

Don't miss the impressive video.

When I loaded the page, the video link wasn't working. Here's the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=I...

That's a more detailed video about the project. The shorter video from PopularMechanics is here: http://bcove.me/pbzl94cm

Re: 900-MPH Supersonic Ping-Pong Bazooka

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Post by jacquesm » Fri, Feb 15, 2013, 10:58 PM UTC

krutulis wrote: post #4

rprospero wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

When I loaded the page, the video link wasn't working. Here's the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=I...

That's a more detailed video about the project. The shorter video from PopularMechanics is here: http://bcove.me/pbzl94cm

Holy crap. That's quite a service.

Re: 900-MPH Supersonic Ping-Pong Bazooka

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Post by [deleted] » Fri, Feb 15, 2013, 11:21 PM UTC

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Re: 900-MPH Supersonic Ping-Pong Bazooka

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Post by danwolff » Fri, Feb 15, 2013, 11:28 PM UTC

Subsonic, but more ping pong wreckage since it's on topic:

http://danwolff.net/archive/pingpong/

Re: 900-MPH Supersonic Ping-Pong Bazooka

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Post by rayiner » Sat, Feb 16, 2013, 1:03 AM UTC

Oh C-D nozzles. Hands-down the most useful thing I learned in undergrad.

Re: 900-MPH Supersonic Ping-Pong Bazooka

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Post by rtkwe » Sat, Feb 16, 2013, 1:52 AM UTC

danwolff wrote: post #7

Subsonic, but more ping pong wreckage since it's on topic: http://danwolff.net/archive/pingpong/

No, it's quite clearly supersonic. This is a different design than the tube they talk about first.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=I...

Re: 900-MPH Supersonic Ping-Pong Bazooka

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Post by danwolff » Sat, Feb 16, 2013, 9:59 PM UTC

rtkwe wrote: post #9

danwolff wrote: post #7

Subsonic, but more ping pong wreckage since it's on topic: http://danwolff.net/archive/pingpong/

No, it's quite clearly supersonic. This is a different design than the tube they talk about first. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=I...

The colon at the end of the first line was intended to map the first text string to the last text string of my original post. So, you're right, and sorry for the confusing grammar.