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martianshark · 2010-04-12 17:44:47

Want to know where I've been? The reason I've been inactive is that I've been having water fights and building water guns. I have found it to be a lot of fun and many people, including me, find it to be even more fun than paintball or airsoft - Especially when it's very hot, which it has been lately.

To learn about water fights, go to Super Soaker Central. You can learn just about anything you want there - history, repairs, modifications, homemade water guns, how water guns work - even a forum, which by the way is most of the reason why I have been inactive. I have the same username there, in case you want to know who I am.

To learn even more about water guns, visit iSoaker.com. They have very detailed reviews.

Lately, many water gun companies, especially Super Soaker by Hasbro, have been producing bad, cheap-to-make water guns that only get about 25 feet of range. Get people interested - the more people that are interested in water guns and water fights, the more likely Hasbro will start making better soakers.

Jonathanpb · 2010-04-12 19:09:42

Hi martianshark! Glad to have you back. smile

Hey, can you upload some pictures of your water guns? I'd like to see them. big_smile

(Your post sort of looks like commercial spam. tongue )

martianshark · 2010-04-12 19:14:49

Sorry, I just want to let people know about water fights. smile

I'll upload some pictures in a second.

martianshark · 2010-04-12 19:18:00

Here's a picture of my first successful water gun. It shot 45 ft with pretty good output and about 5 or so seconds of shot time.

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Survivorduck · 2010-04-12 19:18:50

cool

but someone might think ur spamming, especially with ur siggy...

martianshark · 2010-04-12 19:20:31

My second water gun is a better remake of the first one, since the first one was actually made out of scraps.

martianshark · 2010-04-12 19:21:54

Survivorduck wrote:
cool

but someone might think ur spamming, especially with ur siggy...

Should I change it to something else? I still want to get people interested in water fights.

martianshark · 2010-04-12 19:24:33

Some pictures of my second water gun shooting:

martianshark · 2010-04-12 19:28:51

With more scraps and some salvaged water gun parts, I made a more complicated water gun.

Water is pulled out from the tank in the back called the reservoir by the pump. As this happens, the water passes through a check valve, which allows water to go one way, but not the other. Then when the pump is pushed in, the water is forced to go through another check valve and into the bottle on the top. As water is pushed in, the air in the bottle gets compressed, so when the valve behind the nozzle is opened, the compressed air forces the water out. A lot of people think that water guns work by simply pumping air into the reservoir to pressurize it, but this is really how most water guns work.

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Chrischb · 2010-04-12 20:34:55

Cool! smile

martianshark · 2010-04-12 20:46:36

Thanks. smile

Jonathanpb · 2010-04-12 20:57:25

Nice water guns!!! big_smile

(About the commercial spam thing - I was just joking, don't worry. tongue )

martianshark · 2010-04-12 21:04:04

Whoops. I made a mistake with my first water gun's stats - it shot 45 ft, not 50. It was my second water gun that shot fifty feet.

soupoftomato · 2010-04-12 21:07:18

Hmmm, interesting. It would be hard to get my dad to help me build (because I would no doubt need his help).

martianshark · 2010-04-12 21:55:12

You will also probably need help from Super Soaker Central's homemade section. Also, depending on how hard you want to work and good you want it to be, a basic seperate chamber air pressure water gun could cost from $30 to $100. Actually the total cost of experimenting and stuff to build my first water gun was probably somwhere around $100, but it would probably be best to choose a design from Super Soaker Central.

By the way, a basic homemade water gun can easily be more powerful than the CPS 2000, which is the most powerful water gun manufactured. Unfortunately, it cannot be made any more because these days someone will shoot themself in the face and sue them.

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Epik · 2010-04-12 22:05:04

Kool guns :p I take a look at the sites you gave us.

dingdong · 2010-04-12 22:11:16

find a can of compressed air, make a trigger for that and a trigger for the water, instant pwnage (water flying at really fast speeds)

martianshark · 2010-04-12 22:24:00

That's probably not a safe idea - soda bottles can only hold about 100 psi or so before bursting. However, with a regulator, the pressure would be constant throughout the entire shot, although it only takes about 75 psi to empty the tank in one shot, so it doesn't really matter.

Some water guns do work like that though - particularly the Super CAP and Uber-Soaker

But C20 tanks cost at least $50.

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TheCatAndTheBanana · 2010-04-13 06:18:00

martianshark wrote:
Lately, many water gun companies, especially Super Soaker by Hasbro, have been producing bad, cheap-to-make water guns that only get about 25 feet of range.

25 FEET???

My Super Soaker Helix can't even get 10 ft. still ur water gun looks good.

martianshark · 2010-04-13 13:50:32

Super Soakers used to get at least get 40 ft. Some even got 50 or 60 feet, but right now, the furthest shooting Super Soaker, the Shot Blast, only shoots 25 ft. Also, no 2010 Super Soaker even has a trigger - they're all pump-to-shoot water guns except for the smallest one which has a trigger, but only shoots 16 ft - worse than a squirt pistol's range.

The Helix actually is pretty good for a pump-to-shoot water gun. Its unique stream is hard to dodge, although it doesn't get great range.

martianshark · 2010-04-13 22:19:22

bump

martianshark · 2010-04-14 14:54:53

Yesterday, I replaced the bottle on my third homemade with a rubber bladder (a very thick balloon). The blast was incredible - it was so powerful that it almost knocked me over. Unfortunately, after a couple more tries, I accidently filled it up too much and it exploded, splitting in half. sad Now I'm going to have to buy some latex rubber tubing from McMaster Carr to replace it.

(aka bump)

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soupoftomato · 2010-04-14 17:30:14

martianshark wrote:
rubber bladder

Luwl

martianshark · 2010-04-14 19:03:40

Luwl?

Btw, using a rubber bladder is called CPS (Constant Pressure System) because the way the rubber bladder expands makes the pressure the same throughout the entire shot.

martianshark · 2010-04-17 15:33:58

I built a water gun for my friend for his birthday. big_smile

(aka bump)

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