Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2004 3:01 am
What is this thing like? How powerful is it? Is there ANY soaker that can defeat it at long range? I really wanna know more about it, as I saw one years ago on the web, but then forgot what it was called.
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Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2004 1:49 pm
It's not that great... it's just a big piston soaker.
Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2004 2:56 pm
I heard it fires 100 feet.
Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2004 5:18 pm
Yeah, you get 1 shot.
Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2004 5:26 pm
That obviously is a lie. You'll need a hell of a lot more power than you can get from a powersoaker-like gun to do that. The most I'd see it going is 60 feet. The problem with guns like these is that you get one shot (unless it has a backpack), and you can't really hold it steady while firing.Nick wrote:I heard it fires 100 feet.
Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2004 5:33 pm
That's always the problem with pistons, isn't it?
You're better of with a WBL, that's the kinda league that this thing is in.
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You're better of with a WBL, that's the kinda league that this thing is in.
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Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2004 7:48 pm
With the amount of power necessary to fire an extremely long distance with a piston soaker such as the Californian Water Cannon, I've wondered whether a mechanical force could be used to force the tube up with that much power. A normal plastic piston might not hold up that kind of force so maybe only the metal tube of a Californian Water Cannon would be resistant enough for that. Then there's always the high price of mechanics to think about.
Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2004 10:30 pm
Does anybody still have the link to "The Widowmaker" webpage?
Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2004 11:13 pm
You mean this one? (I was the first on WWN to discover it btw :p)
Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2004 11:42 pm
Huh. california-water-cannon.com. Go figure...
Well, the site isn't too informative, to put it lightly.
Well, the site isn't too informative, to put it lightly.
Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2004 4:53 am
Umm, actually you wouldn't need it to me made out of metal to do that. PVC is thick enough to make a gun shoot 100 feet. Not that you'll be able to do that by yourself.Field Marshal Yang wrote:With the amount of power necessary to fire an extremely long distance with a piston soaker such as the Californian Water Cannon, I've wondered whether a mechanical force could be used to force the tube up with that much power. A normal plastic piston might not hold up that kind of force so maybe only the metal tube of a Californian Water Cannon would be resistant enough for that. Then there's always the high price of mechanics to think about.
The alluminum might slide faster though, it would have less friction. So maybe the metal does have a real purpose.
Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2004 10:45 am
Yeah, it used to have more information, but then it got reduced to only what you see on there now (i.e. title, pictire, copyright notice). They probably stopped making them so they left that up as a spaceholder. Maybe it'll disappear completely sooner or later.Soakologist wrote:Huh. california-water-cannon.com. Go figure...
Well, the site isn't too informative, to put it lightly.
Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2004 1:09 pm
I want one......at least if you rna out of water you could chase after your attacked and hit them with it cuz it's metal . :p 
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:;):Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2004 5:05 pm
Ha ha ha... not funny. That'd hurt.
Owwwww.
Owwwww.
Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2004 7:57 pm
Now I'm thinking that instead of having a motor power the mechanics to force the water out, how about have a mechanism that uses one's entire body weight all at once to force the water out to a great distance? Perhaps hydralics?Doom wrote:Field Marshal Yang wrote:With the amount of power necessary to fire an extremely long distance with a piston soaker such as the Californian Water Cannon, I've wondered whether a mechanical force could be used to force the tube up with that much power. A normal plastic piston might not hold up that kind of force so maybe only the metal tube of a Californian Water Cannon would be resistant enough for that. Then there's always the high price of mechanics to think about.
Umm, actually you wouldn't need it to me made out of metal to do that. PVC is thick enough to make a gun shoot 100 feet. Not that you'll be able to do that by yourself.
The alluminum might slide faster though, it would have less friction. So maybe the metal does have a real purpose.
(My tech knowledge is low so excuse any of my obvious misconceptions.)