TITAN Tricopter and a FIREBALL CANNON!

by Zpack | July 22, 2013 | (24) Posted in Just Fun

Friend: “So what did you guys do for the 4th?”

Me: “Ohh, you know; the usual…”

This is my fireball cannon, don’t ask how to build one because it's a secret (and I don’t want anyone killing themselves and/or setting the world on fire). Basically it uses highly compressed air in an accumulator that is released through a high-flow fast-acting valve into a chamber containing flammable liquid, this atomizes the liquid very quickly and efficiently which allows for optimal fuel-air mixture and high-speed flame front propagation…. In layman’s terms: you flip switch; it go boom :-)

This year I used it as an opportunity to test out the new camera platform for the TITAN Tricopter. Watch the video to see for yourself how it worked:

 

 

The TITAN Tricopter kit is available now at www.fortisairframes.com

 

 

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COMMENTS

XFlyer on July 24, 2013
Man, that's cool!!! 5* from me!
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Chucksupaero on July 24, 2013
Isn't the Earth poluted enough? Why turning a clean hobby in something so damaging?
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FLYitRC on July 24, 2013
don't start a flame war. (no pun intended)
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Sirglider on July 24, 2013
+ 1
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rcspaceflight on July 24, 2013
Clean hobby? I'm pretty sure a lot of the electronics are made in China by factories that pollute with very little federal limitations. Which are then shipped half way around the globe. Not to mention how bad foam is in landfills and you can't recycle it. A few fireballs is nothing compared to the pollution created just for a single battery to be made.
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Chucksupaero on July 24, 2013
exept that batteries do have some use and are reusable. In contrary I don't see the point of burning fuel for fun (yeah, I don't like fireworks neither!). Beside that the tri looks awesome, I just think it could have a better use.

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ghostrider03z on July 24, 2013
Woah woah woah. You think lighting a flame for a short burst of time is worse than the chinese factories that make very part that is on that tricopter?? You, my friend, are a silly tree hugger.
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Zpack on July 24, 2013
Ooookay everybody let's settle down... Chuck's entitled to his opinion. My argument is that it is no worse than a real fireworks display, and if you don't like those, well, I honestly don't know how to respond to that...
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gmyers2112 on July 24, 2013
So you made an FAE?
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Zpack on July 24, 2013
Lol, not quite, maybe next year :-)
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gmyers2112 on July 24, 2013
try to nozzle the spray outward into an umbrella shape and then wait for it to settle just a bit before you ignite it. Makes a really good whoooomp sound. Don't stand too close and make sure the windows of the house are open so they don't break.

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Zpack on July 24, 2013
I have been doing some experiments with nozzles (there are a couple of shots that you can see the narrow vertical column made by changing the restriction). I'm planning on trying something like you suggest next 4th :-)
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Antheman54 on July 24, 2013
Awesome looks cool I give you a 5
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jerimiah85 on July 24, 2013
Awesome
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zygote on July 24, 2013
Sick, love it...glad to see you have safety measures on standby :)
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gremlin88 on June 2, 2014
You mean besides the can of gas next to the cannon? :)
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sailorJohn on July 24, 2013
Not what rc is all about!
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Cyberdactyl on July 24, 2013
Off the hook!

That long lasting smoke ring was amazing.

And for some reason I expected the tri to try to do the dolphin and the air ring trick. . . :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vH9quy9UQ0g
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RotateB4TheEnd on July 24, 2013
That smoke ring would fool some people into thinking it's some kind of UFO!
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Christian Jeppesen on July 25, 2013
EPIC video. love it :D 5!
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Zatoichi on July 25, 2013
Fly through the rings Fox!
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Zatoichi on July 26, 2013
Happy 4th of July! 5 stars.
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RC Wonder on September 8, 2013
how much did the fire mechanism cost u it doesn't look cheap. but nice!!!
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Zpack on September 8, 2013
It was actually free, so to speak. I built out of parts I had laying around in my garage- although if you had to buy all the parts new it would probably cost you a couple hundred bucks
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packocrayons on February 4, 2015
Just a word of advisory, not sure of the actual risks involved but the black smoke from a result of the fireball is pure carbon, it is conductive and if it ended up in the wrong places could cause a FC/ESC failure.
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Zeb Ludlow on March 6, 2015
How did you make it?
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TITAN Tricopter and a FIREBALL CANNON!