Aim:
I want to find out how to build a vortex cannon
Research:
Method:
Equipment:
- Plastic cup
- Tape (Sellotape or Duct tape)
- Balloon
- Scissors
Instructions:
- Get your Equipment ready.
- After that get your cup, you trace a quarter on the bottom of the cup.
- Cut off the hole where you traced the hole at.
- You get your balloon and cut off the neck of the balloon. ( But a little more. )
- Then after you’re done cutting your balloon, stretch the balloon into the cup like this.
- Put the tape around the balloon, to secure it from the balloon popping out.
- Get your Matches and light them up.
- After that blow off the match and put the smoke in the cup inside.
- Fire the cannon and watch the vortex of smoke.
Discussion:
What is a Vortex Cannon?
The air molecules inside the cup are instantaneously compressed by the air-vortex cannon. The air molecules within the cup were pushed and accelerated towards the opening at the end of the cup as the balloon surface snaps forwards into contact with them.