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automatic golf club

03/08/2009 10:38 PM

can someone give me some input, i want to know how much power it will take to make a swingless golf club or an automatic golf club that will basically shoot the ball instead of swinging and hitting the ball.

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03/08/2009 10:57 PM

I play golf.

What you want to do is not allowed. It is repulsive. People have devised ways to cheat at lots of games, including golf.

But, no honest ethical person would want to do this to the game.

Go find some other sport to pervert, whoever you are.

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03/09/2009 4:11 AM

Yeah, we have a one armed golfer at our club...he's still better than me.
I have a compressed air golf ball machine gun on 'Scrapheap Challenge'
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03/09/2009 9:01 AM

Good Show! I'll look for it. I built a tennis ball cannon, slightly safer. 1/4 inch wall tubing, few drops of gas, a squirt of O2 and out of sight it goes. Mine is only single shot, though.

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03/10/2009 10:24 PM

Do you have any pictures? My first air cannon will shoot a ping pong ball, but is too small for a golf ball. It is about 1&5/8" id. It has an aluminum pipe for a barrel. I love it.

The second one uses 2" steel pipe for a barrel. I think it is near 2&3/4".

The first one uses an air operated relay valve. Second one just has a ball valve manual operated.

Both use air from my compressor. I use 125 psi at home, 155 at work. I am afraid to fire the big one. My neighbors might not have the same sense of humor as me.

I will try to get some pictures up tomorrow.

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03/09/2009 1:55 AM

That sounds about as interesting as a burger without meat.

What other of your voluntary chores do you want to get rid of as well?

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03/09/2009 2:37 AM

sounds like billiards, shooting the ball with a rifle instead of a stick

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03/09/2009 3:26 AM

Why not create a self-propelled ball instead?

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03/09/2009 4:30 AM

Never denigrate some creative ideas

OK Guest :

a) Why not walk over and drop the ball in hole.

b) Why to walk, put all the holes side by side.

c) Put a magnet in the hole (strong enough) and one by one energise the magnets and pull in the balls (ensure no buttons/ zips are made of steel or magnetic material)

d) Hit the ball and shoot anybody who says it was not a condor. (Condor is a protected specie ? Albatross ? Eagle is I know. So best choice seeme to be shooting an albatross).

No condor is right choice since you have shot one who is against condor, so the greens will give you the trophy.

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03/09/2009 4:36 AM

PS Another better choice is there

Why not put a guided missile behind the ball ? I heard USA (or USSA) have some that can hit with pinpoint accuracy - that is goodenough for a hole point accuracy

(FOr actual use, calculate the projectile motion, you have the mass, calculate the initial energy requirements, and impart that - should be easy enough to calculate)

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03/09/2009 8:01 AM

One word: Potatogun

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