Air Cannon

The task was to create a simple tennis ball launcher that would at most launch a tennis ball 10m. My team and I decided that that was too boring, so we created a tennis ball launcher that could launch well over 60m. Using PVC piping, wood, duct tape, and a bike tire pump, we were able to compress the air and create our own air cannon. Throughout this project I learned a lot about hands-on manufacturing, specifically with wood and PVC piping.

Skills:

CAD Modelling (Fusion 360, Onshape), Hands-on Manufacturing (Hand Saw, PVC Glue, Epoxy), Pressure Calculations.