Shooting 3D Printed Tank Rounds
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- Опубліковано 29 вер 2024
- Today we're shooting some 3d printed 37mm tank rounds, used in the World War 2 M3 Stuart tank and the M3 anti tank gun, out of our revolutionary war style black powder cannon. All of the print are printed using PLA with 100% infill so they are completely solid. We've got hollow solid PLA rounds, lead filled sabot style rounds, and lead filled and lead tipped rounds to test out against some vehicles. How will they withstand the cannon pressure? How accurate are they? Let's find out!
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What was your favorite shot? What do you want to see us shoot next?
All interesting shots. Smoothbore will almost always keyhole a non spherical projectile. There's a fix, Armour Piercing Fin Stabilised Discarding Sabot round. The sabot should be printable, some clever casting might make an effective penetrator 😊
I’ve been looking into that idea for a bit. I could maybe use a giant nail as a core…..
@@TheCannoneer maybe old drillbits 🤔
60 pieces of 00 buckshot, and 40 cal ball grapeshot vs fridge.
I’ll start saving them up in the shop!
I never knew how much I needed a cannon channel in my life.
🤣😂
I would absolutely love to see all the fine details of those hits in super slo-mo.
I really wonder if y'all could connect with The Slow Mo guys!
One day!!! Thanks for tuning in!
Have you thought about making Sabot rounds? Making the projectiles from steel or lead and 3D printing the sabot?
They are on the printer as we speak! I’m excited for those! Thanks for tuning in!
looks like they keyholed, pefect shape of that round / correction, looks like the core keyholed ;p
Cast a lead projectile like a shotgun slug with 2/3 of the weight in the front of the projectile that should solve tumbling issues
When we revisit this one I’ll be sure to make that version and see what happens! Thanks for tuning in!
I shoot cannon as well mostly round balls mines 2.25 inches cast the ball out of a downrigger mold from do it molds
With elongated projectiles you want the shuttlecock effect also known as the rock in the sock effect if you don't have rifling this is how a shotgun slug stabilizes
A: should of used PETG 6 wall 85% zigzag infill.
B: match the bore size dimensions for the OD of the round
C: USE LESS LEAD.. ( seams to be launched out of the pla, then the plastic comes and hits the target )
I’m sure will end up revisiting this one in the future with some changes and I do appreciate the improvement to the rounds! Always a trial and error to find the best versions.
I’d vote for 100% infill personally, don’t think they have a chance otherwise
Maybe 3 small twisted fins to help the projectile spin
I've got a version similar to that that I've been printing!
Can’t wait to see the video
That lead core is MOVING!!! 800-1000FPS
I would love to chrono it but I’m afraid it might take out the chrono!
@@TheCannoneer I absolutely agree that the fireball would destroy a chronograph. My suggestion to you would be doing a board to the side of the cannon painted at 1-ft increments and then filmed from a 90° angle with a high-speed camera and then you can review the distance travelled per second and convert.. like how Myth busters used to do. 👍🏽👍🏽
I know exactly what you’re talking about! Hopefully we can get a nice high speed one of these days. I’ve got big plans for the channel if we can get there!
@@TheCannoneer Right on! Good fortune to you and your endeavors. 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽
Interesting*lifts cannon and lays it on shoulder * now to make a pistol grip attach it with a quicker fuse line ( electric lighter attached to pistol grip )
Oh that would be great. Revolutionary war power armor style.
Make a cannonball out of your hair
Hahaha I like it although it probably wouldn’t smell very good haha
The bore needs rifling if it doesn't have it. I am sure you know. Some shotgun slugs have rifling. So a little rifling can be put on the actual projectile. To make it spin and avoid the keyhole. That might be easier than rifling the entire bore.
We’ve actually played around with some “rifled” printed projectiles and they seem to be fairly stable for a decent distance. I made some in lead to see if we can replicate it although I haven’t had a chance to shoot them yet.
@@TheCannoneerA rifling band might do and be simpler than the whole thing being rifled.
Also, sabots and fins are an option.
The M1 Abrams battle tank has a smooth bore.
Look into fin stabilized sabot rounds...😎
The "rifling" on a Foster slug doesn't actually make the slug spin. Or it doesn't make it spin fast enough to make any real difference anyway. That's kinda a misnomer. The bands are actually there as reliefs so they can squeeze through the chokes that are common on many shotguns. They are designed to easily squish down and prevent a jam in the choke.
I've 3d printed Diablo slugs for a 50 cal. You just scale them up in the printer using cura. Diablo slugs are stabilized very well in air rifles, and taofladermaus (youtube) has shot Diablo slugs from smooth bore 12 gauge, and also a rifled one. Assuming it scales up good like they have it'd be great in a smooth bore canon too.
This really deserves more views, damn i want a cannon now
Thanks! Haha hopefully soon we will get all those views. Check out the video on how we built it! If you build one share some pics on my Instagram!
Just as the Founding Fathers intended
@@kookwater456 Just remember "you can't just go out and buy a cannon" so you gotta build it!
@@TheCannoneer you selling, perchance?;) (for legal reasons, this is not a serious request, and I am South African, so I would only like a cannon to keep Chacma baboons out of my maize fields)
@@kookwater456 You might want to look into constructing a vortex cannon. Not too difficult to make, basically a propane crow scarer on steroids. It produces a VERY loud bang that can be heard miles away. If the baboons don't run away they'll be totally deaf, then you can easily creep up on them with a stick. 😎👍
Its like Iam McCollum the teenage years 🤣🤣🤣👍🇬🇧
Hahaha. I’ll take it!
ebay has tungsten fishing sinkers
could be fun video
Added to the cart. I think they will make cool cores on the inside and then fill in the base to hold them inside. Thanks for the idea!
Not directly related to this video, but it looks like you guys go through powder faster than Hunter Biden. This may be old news to you, but Everything Blackpowder yt channel has been leading the charge for making homemade BP that is higher quality than Swiss BP, along with Hoffman Reproductions, Paper Cartridges, and 11bangbang channels, and ofcourse others have contributed too. Homemade drops the price of angry sand by about 75%, and using the research these guys have done, the quality can be as good or better than the best store bought stuff. Anyway, hope this is useful, keep up the good work
Much appreciated it! Thankfully I have an FFL so I can get a decent discount on powder but I’m sure we will end up making it at home sooner than later. We’ve got all the stuff to do it already and I will for sure check out that channel! I do appreciate you tuning in too!
@@TheCannoneer anytime bud
Awesome video, this is one of my favorite new channels. I had expected it to keyhole because the cannon isn’t rifled. It was interesting to see the rounds break apart and hit the target at different times. I’d love to see a fin stabilized discarding sabot round but I suspect that if using 3d printed parts, the round would separate in the barrel and we might see similar key holing effects as in this video. Maybe use a sabot similar to a shotgun wad instead of the petals that fall off after the round leaves the barrel like with modern tank rounds. It would be fun to see the trial and error of building such a round.
Thank you! Look like I’m going to be firing up the 3D printer! There’s a version of a tank sabot round that’s super fancy I think I’ll start working with and see what happens. I just recently saw a 1700’s version of a folding sabot for tearing up ship rigging that I want to recreate too.
@@TheCannoneer maybe you can 3d print parts, put them in some casting sand, and then pour molten metal to make a version of it that is more structurally stable.. like an armor piercing dart made of some metal, with 3d printed petals or what have you. of course, this might require a number of materials, and extra effort for each shot, but it's just a thought.
I always loved when Mythbusters had cannons in the tests they were doing. There’s just something intrinsically fascinating about them so I’m super pumped to be newly subscribed to your channel.
I do appreciate you joining the crew haha. If you have anything you want to see let us know! I think it’s just the fire and explosions that draw us in.
Soooooooo I just had a weird idea. Pack some spices between the powder load and the projectile and see what it both looks like and smells like when fired. Possibly flour and/or powdered coffee creamer or protein powder to see if you can get a big fireball as well.
Saved your idea as a screenshot! I didn’t ever think about smell o cannon hahaha I really like that one!
Sweet! I wish I would have thought of it back when I was playing around with Pyrodex and lack of supervision. Turns out an Aleve bottle with the tabs you push in on the cap make the best improvised firecracker. LOUD.
I never ever did anything like that either…. No bottle and dry ice explosions happened in my front yard either. What good times.
Couldn't get my hands on dry ice. HOWEVER if you drop the right amount of calcium carbide in the right amount of water in a 20oz Coke bottle and light it you just made an acetylene torch. If you then hit that torch with a golf club you get a big column of fire and a nice deep boom right in front of you.
Lmfao cayanne😂
Now put some D size model rocket engines in the tank rounds
Oh that’s a good one! I’ll print some more and go to the hobby shop.
hey bro, Love the channel, order yourself a decent little mic to use, you'll see the difference in your videos and audio right away!
If you want to eliminate the key hole effect, y=try 3D printing a set of fins extending from the base
Next time! We will be revisiting this one for sure!
The smell the smoke the roar
Love cannons ❤
Some of the powders smell really good and some are sooo bad. But the sound is always my favorite part. Thanks for tuning in!
The lead core needs structural support to connect to the walls of the barrel, its likely squishing in the barrel upon movement. A sabbot that is .09 to .13 over will squeeze the compression you want for flight stability
I’ll try that next time we revisit these! Thanks for the tip!
Algorithm treat :
These are really nice rounds. The PLA seems to hold together under the intense forces of the launching process but it looks like the lead cores are separating from the body of the rounds. Maybe some backing with a steel plate could help. For the keyholing part it's normal since these rounds are intended for rifled barrels.
The amount of experiments that can be done in order to refine the designs is incredible this channel can litterally never run out of material.
Good luck man, you have the possibility to do something great.
I wish I had a cannon but it's illegal here.
Thank you so much! Yeah rifling didn’t show up until the 1850’s so we would be a bit ubhistorical if we had it in ours haha. I’m working on some fin stabilized sabot darts so that should be fun. I’m so sorry to hear about it being illegal. Honestly it’s so hard to find places to shoot here cause our neighbors are cool but it’s so loud people from blocks away call the cops sometimes. Thankfully we have like 4 ranges at the moment. Thanks for tuning in!
@@TheCannoneer yeah, europeans laws are super restrictive. Glad to see that freedom still exists somewhere.
Where do you live? Even in Germany, where I live, you can own a functional front and back loading cannon, if it's built before 1870/71 because they're not considered weapons of war anymore. Even without a permit. Which is kinda crazy for Germany. You know, rules and all.
Edit: you can also build one yourself, metal pipes are easy enough to get, just need one thick enough, black powder is easy enough to do yourself as well. And Canon balls out of led are also easy poured yourself, just need led, something to heat it up and a form. The only difficult part is the breach or how you close one part of the barrel. Because if you don't do that one right you'll get a recoilless rifle and that isn't good for your health if you didn't intend for it.
@@rojalD I live in the democratic banana republic of France, I have to check but here anything above 20mm is, I believe, regulated as a cannon and as such banned from civilian ownership.
@@victormartin2774 my French isn't as good as it once was, but as how I understand it, you can own any "firearm" that isn't operated with smokeless powder, thus black powder, that were made before 1900, even without a permit. I'm guessing, there is an exception for artillery cannons, but I can't find anything about that... But 20 mm isn't so bad, but I doubt you can own a 20 mil orlicon cannon...
What about various die shapes like regular 6 sided dice or 20 sided dice? Have some of them as large as the bore of the cannon and as small as grapeshot.
I like it! D&D cannon style haha.
Maybe Try adding lead to the back inch or so? Might stabilize it some or it may flip it all the way down range. I don’t know anything about this but I think it’s cool as hell!
Thanks! I’ll add that to the list for a revisit!
That last shit was my favorite
That one was the hardest to make but I’m glad I did. That was a fun one to see break apart and hit the target. Thanks for tuning in!
What powder and how much are you using? Weight of your projectiles? Very cool.
We use Goex cannon grade. It looks like raw sugar crystals but black and 400g per shot although we can go up to 800 and the cannon is proofed for 1200 although we don’t shoot that high ever. Thanks for tuning in!
The channel i didnt know i needed. Maybe y'all should colab with taefladermous?
Hahaha thanks! One of these days I’ll reach out to them!
Not sure if anyone has said this, but I think your PLA rounds with and without lead are breaking apart due to the force being produced by the powder charge. Id almost suggest a buffer. It may make the round more reliable.
Since your round was not fired in a rifled cannon, it was not spinning which is why it appears tp have key holed the hood
For sure! We will end up with a rifled cannon before too long once the channel gets big enough and then we can have some real fun blowing stuff up!
Either add some deployable fins at the end or make some long rod penetrator sabot round
The long rod sabots are on the printer as we speak! I’ve also got some pop out fins I’m sure I’ll get printed soon too! Thanks for tuning in!
@@TheCannoneerdoes the A in ATF stand for artillery? 🤣🤣🤣🇬🇧👍
@@TheCannoneer that’s gonna be so cool I can’t wait to see it
May the 18th at knobcreek gun range will be my channel range day. Your invited.
My greatest apologies for the delayed response! What did you have in mind?
Would definitely be good as an anti personal round.
Any possibility of rifling the barrel in the future?
Sadly not with this particular cannon but my plan is to buy a 3” ordinance gun that’s rifled if we grow the channel big enough. Thanks for tuning in!
the leadcored ammo is just dissintegrating in the barrel, the pla cant push the lead with that much force, so ur just shooting the pla of the lead and then the lead projectile carries behind it at much lower speeds, thats why there was such a huge delay on the first lead filled shot, first the plastic hit the door then the lead core went trough
Maybe you should invite the "Slow Mo Guys" with their very high speed cameras.
Oh for sure! I’ve got the perfect video in mind for them as well.
@@TheCannoneer GREAT!
now i wonder what will happen if you use a steel core for these?
We can find out!
Nice, i would like to see you shoot angled 1 Inch low alloy steel plates, the same type used in ww2 tanks with this round, but be careful, Shooting thick steel is dangerous.
Fair point! We can hopefully make that happen one of these days!
Looks like you need some rifling. Can you 3D rifling into your shells, like a Foster shotgun slug?
Oh for sure but sadly rifling didn’t show up in cannons until the 1850’s but I do hope to get a rifled field gun if the channel gets big enough and do some real testing! I do have a rifled slug version that I’ll print and shoot one of these days!
@@TheCannoneer well technically that shape of 37mm projectile didn't either, sooooooooo........😁
Your lead fill is being left behind by the low inertia PLA.
Use a pusher plate and wadding.
I’ll add that to the list for the revisit on these! We usually use a .5” tpu discs as a spacer and those are reusable and hold up really well. Thanks for tuning in!
@@TheCannoneer awesome!
I'd love to see you sand cast a diabolo projectile for the cannon. Maybe lost foam or lost pla . Aluminum, lead, HDPE.
You could print a cannister and fill it with 10mm lead balls, print a sabot for a fin stabilized penetrator spike.
Look to super-sized Tau Flatermouse experiments.
Looks like fun!
This type of projectile requires rifling in order to be accurate. For smoothbores you need to look at fin-stabilised projectiles. Two choices on that front are: small fins and (very) high velocity. AKA the APFSDS or 'discarding Sabot' type projectile or low velocity with long, thin pop-open stabilising fins. This is the approach used for HEAT warhead projectiles fired from smoothbore gun barrels.
Now a 'spinning' HEAT round is usually undesirable but you could take the approach that some aircraft rockets do and angle the fins so that air pressure induces a slow 'spin' in the projectile providing an improvement in accuracy similar to rifling.
Is the cannon rifled or smooth bore? I have heard of random nails and metal junk being used for a shotgun effect in smooth bore cannons. That may be interesting to see. Spray paint can?
It’s a smoothbore! I need to do one of those junk shots one of these days. The French used to shoot glass out of them and apparently that was horrific. I’m saving up for a ballistics torso atm and we will have to test the glass out. I like the spray paint can!
Oh yeah 😊
Thanks for tuning in and subscribing Timothy!
Wait, you have a cannon? But that's impossible! FJB said right now you can't go out and buy one.
It’s a homemade unregistered ghost cannon. 🤫
@@TheCannoneer XD
FJB
Another excellent video! Keep up the great work. Have you thought about or tried some type of bolo round? Perhaps 2 lead balls attached together by cable or chain? Would be awesome to see the damage especially if they spread out.
Thanks! We sorta of did that with the pirate ship video with the chain shot, but I’m planning on using it again against some sails and rigging and then some ballistic gels in the future. There’s some really cool designs for that stuff too!
Pretty sweet... time to use the printer to make a tank round mold and then then do a 100% lead, aluminum, brass, etc cast projectile --- With some kind of rifling for stability... Could be a sweet series of testing different molds, rifled, not rifled, different metals, mixes.
Yea, I'm gunna have to get a cannon haha.
I like the way you think! I’ll have to make a mold and figure out how to cast stuff for real. We did build ours and there’s a video on how to do it if you’re feeling handy! Thanks for tuning in!
Not sure if anyone commented this yet but PLA is a rather weak filament for 3d printing and is likely to shatter or break apart when firing. I wouldn't be suprised if you're getting a hunk of plastic going down range instead of the properly shaped projectile. Also it appears that long rod of lead separates during flight. I would like to see this repeated where you only do the outer layer of printing and use it as a jacket to cast a lead projectile inside, similar to the copper jacket of a bullet.
I just upgraded my printer to handle all the different filaments so hopefully we can try out some of the harder stuff one of these days!
I’d suggest projectile designs that do not utilize spin for stability. Far forward CG, and drag stability or fin stabilization. Think shotgun slugs, pellets or rockets / sabots
Can do! Thanks!
I have a mini napoleon cannon about 3rd scale I think, has a 1 inch bore. Nice to see u do this. I had thought to do it myself. Just want to say a few possible not wanting to say advice since iam not a expert at all. Showing the rounds it was very back and forth all over. So go like it’s a turntable like motion while explaining. People seem to like comparison a lot.. so try to put them side by side or Picture in Picture thing. With the rounds underneath. Or add shots on more frangible targets . Always fun to watch in slow motion. Or show the round and name before you fire. Stuff like that. Might help or not just what I noticed in general and it’s what I thought would be better as I watched.
Much appreciated! It's been a learning experience this entire channel as I just set out with an idea in mind. I'll take your suggestions into consideration and thanks for tuning in!
I'm guessing that cannon is smooth bore
G1 and G7 style projectiles won't stabilize and will fly erratic (football shaped)
attempt to do the same experiment with fin stabilized discarding sabot (sub caliber dart)
Bias the weight to the front of the dart
You can also attempt to do this with a DS type round where instead of a dart you will use something more akin to a air rifle pellet and have a sabot around it to make it sub caliber
It is a smoothbore. Rifling in cannons didn’t show up until the 1850’s and ours is a revolutionary war style. I’ve actually got a prototype of the dart sabots printed up and will be coming out in a future video! Thanks for tuning in!
Great fun! How many ounces of powder do you use, and what granulation?
And yes, I have cannon too, but for Civil War reenacting. Wish I could live fire like you!
At the moment we shoot 15oz or 400 grains but it’s proofed up to 45oz. It’s also GOEX cannon blend but I’m going to be trying to find a powder sponsor so I’m not sure what we will end up using. My hope is to get a 3” ordinance rifle to shoot on the channel one day as the civil war guns are my favorite styles. Call around to some of the outdoor shoot ranges if there’s some near you and one might let you! We have one as a backup range if our closer ones aren’t available. Thanks for tuning in!
Awesome video. It looks like the lead is separating from the PLA that’s why things are hitting at different speeds. Try it again but this time also poor about a 1/2” of lead for the base. That way the pressure is pushing on the lead and shouldn’t blow the PLA off the core.
I’m sure we will be revisiting this one and I’ve been writing down suggestions from everybody to try. I do appreciate it!
fun experiment... but you would literally have better, more devastating penetration against modern vehicle skins, or hell even against like half of the body armor market, with just about any common rifle round, and even some pistols.
For sure! I’m excited to put the cannon with a real cannonball against some body armor to see how it goes!
Definitely subscribing. I used to make black powder firearms and shoot oil barrels. Making cannons is fun. Make some grape shot sometime
Grape is super fun to play with! We usually throw it in on the shooting stuff videos. Thanks for subscribing!
I want to come watch you shoot it. :)
Use the birdie effect. Design your printed plastic shell with a lead forawrd and a flipped skirt on the base. Kinda like a u shape so it catches air. You will loose some velocity but gain accuracy.
I’ll have to give that a shot haha. Thanks for the idea!
Id say qlso include machined rounds like them shotgun dude using qlsorts of weird dumbell 12 g rounds but just size up the diameter of the round to match your cannon
For sure! They will be coming!
Nice video! Did you try whit concrete rounds?
Not yet! I’ll make some here soon and try them out!
If you want to show something to the audience, hold it still. Sure, rotate it from a side view to and front view, but twirling continuously makes it harder to see the shape. Thanks
I’ll remember that for the future videos! It’s been a learning process haha
I enjoy your content but please only do one description of the shot per shot Thank you and keep on blasting!
You got it! I’ve got one more episode already filmed and the next ones I’ll cut it down haha
@@TheCannoneer Sweet thanks again.
once again amazing video, you can really see the quality of your video's improving. I love the multiple camera angles. if you're shooting tank rounds maybe try to make a APFSDS round or in general a dart.
keep up the good work!
Thanks! Ok ok I’ll go fire up the 3D printer hahaha.
@@TheCannoneer some really big nails might be a good start!
@@101_skeleton6 I'd thought of that one too! I wonder if they would even stick in anything without fins attached or if they would just tumble.
Not sure if you've done this yet, but what about some rounds made of glass or porcelain? Could be interesting
We’ve done a few giant marbles but good idea! I need to see if I can find a glass blower that can make us some goodies….
I have those real projo's but no 37mm to shoot them in. I do use some orig WW2 40mm projos in my breechloader😊
Jealous! I’ll be shooting some m2 canister shots here soon as well! Thanks for tuning in!
To give them weight more easily you can buy low heat metal alloys used to make chucks when machining. Some of them are very close to the weight of lead and you can easily melt it in boiling water.
I’ll look into that!
😂you can try shooting marbles that would be cool trun your cannon into a shotgun or try and get some old horse shoes and cut them into 2in pieces I heard thay did that at the battle of the Alamo 2 Question is were can I get a black powder connon it would be so cool to have 1
We’ve shot some marbles as canister shot and we use some giant ones that are the same size as the cannonball too! They are quite scary as they explode into shrapnel rounds! I like your horseshoes idea! And we built ours! There’s a video about it on the channel if you have access to a shop you should build one!
You oughta keep doing this. You'd be TAOFLEDERMAUS but with cannons.
I’m sure we will revisit this one again with plenty of other weird ammo in the future too. If you have any ideas let me know too! Thanks for tuning in.
Have you made any with fins sitting on a solid base similar to a copper gas seal used when shooting lead rounds from higher velocity rifles designed to come off once out of the barrel
I have not but I just screen shot your suggestion and I'm always up for trying out new projectiles. I'll have to look into that one a bit to figure out how to build it. Thanks!
It's a bit like Taofledermaus, but the bore is larger. Love it, keep up the good work
He actually commented on our of our other videos too! Thanks and appreciate you tuning in!
The gun has a smooth bore, not a rifled.
Means the shell will not be stabilized by spinning, it will tumble.
It is! Rifling didn't show up in cannons until the 1850's and since ours is a revolutionary way style it doesn't have it. I'm hoping to get a 3' rifled ordinance gun in the future!
if you had a silicone mold of the round you could melt pla into it and it would be even more dense maybe
I think that would open a world of possibilities too. Make them out of any material. I’ve done a few silicone casts before. I’ll make one for these! Good idea!
Damn, your sponsor is like 25 mins away from me. Might need to check them out!
Tell them we sent ya! Thanks for tuning in!
print a round and use that to make a mold for a lead cast round to shoot. Use that damp sand stuff, easy enough.
We just got a lathe too so I should be able to make some metal ones soon one way or another!
Dude put loads of pennies or washers or nails or loads off needle's that would be interesting to see trough slow motion you should book up with slow motion guys
I'd love to bring them on one of these days! I added your ideas to the list.
That second one skipped. I love the boom. Hard to beat black powder to feel the thunder....
Bounding shot! We’ve been asked to do some of those on purpose but they happen organically sometimes!
cant wait till the day you finally get a decent high quality slow motion camera. you deserve it
Thanks! Me too!!! I’m saving up a little bit each month for one!!
タングステンのフレシェット弾を作って使ったら旧式の大砲でも十分に現代の装甲車程度なら破壊出来る気がします。
You’re probably right! I’ll have to get some tungsten one of these days once the channel gets a bit bigger. Thanks for tuning in! I’m sorry I can’t reply in Japanese and I don’t think google translate will do a very good job at that part!
I am impressed how well these performed, I'm excited to see what other projects you will work on :D
Me too! Thanks for tuning in!
Cool...lunch bucket joe has always said no one can own a cannon.....I guess he's wrong lol....fjb
Only if it's a homemade unregistered ghost cannon....
Its great to see that this video took off, you deserve it, hope you finally got monetized now
Thank you so much! We’re like 90% of the way there so hopefully very very soon! I do appreciate your support!
Next time try bagged grape shot. Very wicked anti-personel rounds.
For sure! I'm hoping to get a historical video where we shot you guys how to make it as well. Thanks for tuning in!
I think this guy is having sooooooo much fun.
For sure! If you don’t have fun shooting a cannon I don’t think anything will make you happy! Thanks for tuning in!
how do you own a cannon ?
maybe in California is legal, it's less than 10 rounds.
It’s an unregistered homemade ghost cannon!
youre such a cutie and I love your hair, plus youre smart😍love your work and keep up the good work
Thank you so much! 🎸
For your next video how about you fill the shell with gunpowder inside and put a fuse, its ok if you wont do it
I’ll look into the legality of it but I do have something similar planned! Thanks for tuning in!
how about some chain shot or a canister round like the 37mm used in the Pacific in WW 2?
I just ordered the correct size steel ball bearings and I’m trying to figure out what rosin they used on the inside to hold them together. Great idea!
what an introduction for each shot considering how much time they take
I’ve been working in editing that down as well! But very true. Each one of those rounds takes 9 hours to print too and half a second to disappear.
Definitely look into some fin stabilized rounds. Should help with the smooth bore
On the printer as we speak! Thanks for tuning in!
Watching a younger Skrillex shoot shit from a cannon? Sign me up.
Hahaha. Thanks! I can get with that!
this channel has potential (especially the shooting stuff out of the cannon part where people send objects to shoot). I think some good slo mo camera would do good in the future. What would also be good is a shot from behind the cannon but at an angle so you could see the projectile (take from exactly behind is cool but the smoke kinda covers the view). I subscribed, this is gonna be fun.
Thanks for tuning in! I’ll try some different camera angles out next time we shoot!
@@TheCannoneer thank you, really appreciate that! I discovered your channel today (based in Switzerland btw) and liked the content. I'm a huge fan of Taofledermaus as well so that kinda says a lot about me and stuff being shot 😁 the larger scale is also super cool to watch.
And I hope the channel will get more views.
I love the content and the work you put in it 🙂
If I may make a suggestion, try a harder cast metal of aluminum bronze.
Will do! We thankfully have a smelter and have melted a bit of AL but never casted it for the cannon yet. Thanks for tuning in!
Test some non conventional propelant like tannerite or solid rocket fuel (if safe enough)
Oh for sure! I’ve got some ideas for some exploding ones in the future too. Thanks for tuning in!
Looks like you need to put a little spin on that round. Is that a Smooth Bore or is it rifled?
It’s a smoothbore. Rifling showed up right before the civil war in cannons and ours is a revolutionary war style piece so no rifling. Thanks for tuning in!
Those are some seriously tumbling rounds, almost every single shot landed sideways :P But the impact ofc was massive regardless due to the lead. Yet I feel greater penetration could be made if they hit on the nose rather than the sides, Normal cannonballs might be superior without the rifling.
I didn’t think plastic would leave a hole like that at all. Someone suggested we load them with rocket motors and we did that in a later video as well. Those seem to fly a bit straighter and the hole they leave is insanely huge. Thanks for tuning in!
@@TheCannoneer Anything launched at high enough speed will punch a hole. Be it plastic, wood, iron, or even softer materials like rubber. Rockets might stabalize the flight somehow, rifling ofc would help. My best bet would be some sort of shaped fin system that utilizes the gasses from the cannon to spin, Although you would have to shape them perfectly..The conclusion being, round shot for none rifled cannons is superior. Yet have you seen how Golf balls look? Perhaps if you made a cannon ball to look like a golf ball with those dips over the surface it might help with both accuracy and range. Just a thought. I am no scientist, not even a school graduate, yet if it works for golfballs it might just work for cannonballs too.
Is your cannon rifled? If so, will the twist support a conical projectile? Some rifles have a twist suitable for ball but not a conic. If the cannon is not rifled these projectiles will never be stable and you're only hitting now because you're shooting point blank.
No. Cannon rifling didn’t show up until the early 1850’s and since ours is a revolutionary war style it doesn’t have any. We actually got these out to 100 yards on another video and they seem to fly fairly straight with some rocket assistance!
@@TheCannoneer these cannons should be able to shoot a round ball accurately to 400 or 500 yards. I don't know about this 37mm (?) cannon, but larger civil war cannons (4" maybe) are remarkably accurate. Out of point-blank range, your modern-style projectiles will fly randomly. Take a long shot and prove me wrong #baitingformorecannonvideos
make a sabot that puts a spin on your projectile acting like rifling. you can find that online. Cool stuff though. I wish you would've shared the hi-speed with us. Now try to find a way to put "Tannerite" into one of those LOL.
Thanks for tuning in! I guess I should clarify my “high speed” is an iPhone on Slowmo mode for now haha so I put them in there. I’ve been putting aside some $ to get a real high speed eventually but they are $$. So no real high speed at the moment. Just what you saw! I’ve got some shaped charges that hold some stuff that I think will be perfect for a tannerite filled shell!
@@TheCannoneer Good luck and Stay Safe!
Have you tried to do a 40mm instead of a 37mm? maybe it's more accurate.
I just bumped them up to 38mm as that’s the size of the cannonball we usually shoot. Anything bigger runs the risk of getting stuck!
You need to shot something substantial. Cinder blocks, etc.
I just built a cinder block wall for a future video!
What would happen if you loaded a spear or javelin with a sabot?
I don’t know but we shall find out!