I am hoping Subscriber chimes in on this...
A fly has been getting too much of my attention today and evaded my efforts to get it with conventional weapons (half-assed attempts to swat it while trying to focus on my work, that is). After too many hours of cursing and swatting at the thing, I solved the problem with one judiciously timed dry fire of the pp700.
Using an air burst to swat a fly brought some experiences to mind one from a visit to the children's science and industry museum and one with a gizmo in my classroom.
At the museum they had what was more or less an aimable barrel in some kind of support structure with a large elastic membrane at one end and a specially designed lip at the other. They had a fog generator as well and you could fill the barrel with fog, pull back the membrane via a handle, and release it to blow a perfect smoke ring that traveled very long distances while retaining its structure. It enabled you to hit someone with a blast of air at comical distances.
I got a small one for my classroom - you could shoot it at one end, and a second or so later the blinds would be hit by a small focused vortex of surprising intensity.
The ring made visible by the smoke is called a torroidal vortex as I understand it and my question to subscriber (and any who know of such things) is: is it possible to / can you help me conceive of a muzzle device that could turn an airgun into a precision fly-stunning vortex launcher? Starting small - say a pp700 with a .177 barrel. This is NOT about silencing anything (other than flies) so honorable moderators, please allow this thread to fly.
A fly has been getting too much of my attention today and evaded my efforts to get it with conventional weapons (half-assed attempts to swat it while trying to focus on my work, that is). After too many hours of cursing and swatting at the thing, I solved the problem with one judiciously timed dry fire of the pp700.
Using an air burst to swat a fly brought some experiences to mind one from a visit to the children's science and industry museum and one with a gizmo in my classroom.
At the museum they had what was more or less an aimable barrel in some kind of support structure with a large elastic membrane at one end and a specially designed lip at the other. They had a fog generator as well and you could fill the barrel with fog, pull back the membrane via a handle, and release it to blow a perfect smoke ring that traveled very long distances while retaining its structure. It enabled you to hit someone with a blast of air at comical distances.
I got a small one for my classroom - you could shoot it at one end, and a second or so later the blinds would be hit by a small focused vortex of surprising intensity.
The ring made visible by the smoke is called a torroidal vortex as I understand it and my question to subscriber (and any who know of such things) is: is it possible to / can you help me conceive of a muzzle device that could turn an airgun into a precision fly-stunning vortex launcher? Starting small - say a pp700 with a .177 barrel. This is NOT about silencing anything (other than flies) so honorable moderators, please allow this thread to fly.
