Comments on: Episode 55: Steam Cannon

By: tiqq

tiqq — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 13:24:25 +0000

I´m thinking of a missing part:
What, if they added oil in the heat chamber and wait till it boils before adding the water?
Imho this should me more explosive.

By: Larry

Larry — Thu, 08 May 2008 01:57:35 +0000

Re: the ‘busted’ steam cannon – seems the pair don’t remember from one cannon to the next that they have to maintain a gas-tight seal between the barrel and the ball. If the ball could roll out – there wasn’t a sufficient seal (hardly gas-tight).
Archimedes and DeVinci would’ve used cork or some other flexible material to seal behind the ball.
Mythbusters IS entertaining but hardly accurate.

By: andrew

andrew — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 17:59:54 +0000

rfyghtfhfthtf

By: Bruce Fast

Bruce Fast — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 03:33:27 +0000

Well, wikipedia struck out.

By: jamoecw

jamoecw — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 21:26:27 +0000

i beleive i saw a working replica of the steam cannon on the history channel. don’t know the details unfortunately, i’d bet there is more info on wikipedia about it.