Potato Launcher

2023

Objective

As part of the weekly projects I prepared too my engineering club at GHS, I brought materials and plans to construct a simple potato launcher fueled by hairspray. Although a simple project, it introduced aspiring engineers to the excitement of engineering and how rewarding the process can be.

High-powered potato gun with combustion chamber and reinforced PVC barrel
High-powered potato gun with combustion chamber and reinforced PVC barrel
Result

Constructed with PVC piping and PVC glue, the launcher utilized a barbeque sparker to ignite the chamber and launch the potato a couple hundred yards.