How to Make an Alcohol Mortar Launcher
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 18 พ.ค. 2024
- In this video I build an upgraded mortar style housing for my Soda Bottle Rocket Launchers! The original project can be seen here: • How To Make Alcohol Ro... Check out my sponsor Audible through the following link to claim a free audio book: www.audible.com/nhil
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The design I build in this video was primarily pieced together from spare parts lying around in my garage from past projects. Some PVC from an old potato cannon, a metal strip used to support my aluminum crucible in an earlier video, foam pool noodles from my Nerf style artillery project...A lot of parts were used out of pure convenience. The purpose of this video was less to provide an exact guide for this specific modification of my bottle rocket project, and more to demonstrate how many options for customization such a design can have. The only limit is your imagination.
For those curious, here is a list of all the parts I used:
3" x 36" PVC Pipe
3" PVC Couplings (x2)
1" x 1/8" x 36" Mild Steel Strip
1 1/2" x 1/4" Bolts (x2)
1/4" Washers (x6)
1/4" Locking Washers (x2)
1/4" Nuts (x2)
3" x 8" Foam Pool Noodle (Foam pipe insulation may be a workable replacement)
1/2" x 24" PVC Pipe
Replacement Barbecue Igniter
Spare Wire
Paper
Hot Glue
Soda Bottles
Duct Tape
Details from my previous video about how these rockets work and tips for fueling (watch the video to learn the entire fueling process: • How To Make Alcohol Ro...
The rockets are fueled by the combustion of rubbing alcohol, which is ignited by the spark from a barbecue igniter. I used rubbing alcohol with a concentration of about 90% in the video, but any concentration of 70% or greater should work just as well. When fueling the bottles, the most important step as shown in the video is to whip the last drops of liquid alcohol out of the open end. This brings the fuel/air mixture to the proper level for a good combustion, and reduces the liquid alcohol particles expelled from the rocket upon launch that otherwise could melt the plastic blast shield or cause minor burns.
Be sure to wear both eye and ear protection whenever doing experiments involving any sort of rocketry. #NightHawkInLight
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I really wish we had TH-cam back when I was growing up. I could definitely see my friends and I building a few of these and giving our parents a few more gray hairs.
Intresting, I have/had TH-cam but no Friends
I have youtube and friends, but none of my friends are stupid like me to do this lol, so I do it with my older brother and dad, or do it with my brother while dad's at work, and then tell him later, cause half the time when I ask him then he'll say no, so I just do it and tell him later lmao, I used to do Co2 "grenades"
Used Co2 cartridge, drill a hole in the top
Then take sparklers break off the outer powder, put the powder in a blender you'll need probably 30 sparklers per, then poor all into the cartridge, and after that put a 45second fuse in the hole, and then wrap it 6-8 times with electrical tape... put it outside light it and run behind cover and I mean run at least 45 feet away just for safety, we ran about 30 feet away and behind a car, but yeah its very loud so if your in an urban area don't do it, only in a rural environment where neighbors don't mind what sounds like a 12Guage X 3, but with the effect of a firework mortar on the ground, get behind cover cause we recovered shrapnel from the cartridges... if you do this please be safe use a longer fuse if need be, but if you don't have the means of safety it could cost your arm or life
@@thelethalpredator672 Pipe bomb moment
do it anyway
i wish we wouldn’t have to adhere to the law as much like back then due to protective parents
Very cool way to use plastic bottles and PVC. Wish I had thought of that.
Yea throwing at neighbors house
Cool mortar. Try to shoot something that will tear a plastic bottle in the air.
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I built something similar to this before TH-cam was a thing. It was a tennis ball mortar using 3 Pringles cans taped together, and powered with lighter fluid. We had some really fun times with that thing!
How did you build that?
I made an alcohol fueled mortar as a kid though I used the bottle for the explosion and old co2 cartridges for ammo. How I'm still here is a mystery.
Through some of my own trials I have figured out that one this works the best in warmer weather and secondly that denatured alcohol increases range and speed dramatically.
I'm currently building a Halo SPNKr rocket launcher based off of this; mechanically it's two of these in a big shell
please load that one up on YT if you're done :D
Video,or it didn’t happen...
Very cool!!!
hi i love you
whoa
take him out for dinner first, man.
ayo
Reminds me of my old *"Beer can Mortar"* I made using a length of seamless steel tubing, back in high school in the late 1970's
Oooh please do tell more
I remember making something similar as a young kid growing up in PR - except we used cans taped together and fired tennis balls. This looks far nicer and safer - thanks for the video!
I knew someone who did a similar thing but with steel cans and tennis balls. He cut the tops and bottoms out of four cans and set them on top of each other connected by duct tape. he put a fifth one on the bottom but left the bottom on and cut a quarter-sized hole in the top. He then drilled a tiny hole on the outside bottom of the bottom can. He stuck a tennis ball 3 cans deep from the top and put 3 drops of lighter fluid in the tiny hole, then rotated the whole thing until it evaporated, 20 seconds i guess. Then he set it straight up and put his lighter to the tiny while. UP went that tennis ball around 100 feet or so!
Perktube1 my brother and I built exactly what you are describing when we were kids back in the late 70's, early 80's. It was a blast, pun intended.
I need a version for small molotov cocktails. Just for fun, it would be cool
I just made a shoulder mounted version of this launcher, I modeled it after the LAW and it works pretty good.
i just made one ! no bipod and more like a rocket launcher handheld style. works flawlessly !! i totally love it ! thanks for the video !
This has the makings of a really great outdoor game!
Your sponsor introduction is prolly the smoothest/most professional of all youtube celebs.
Very awesome idea! You could also possibly install a protractor and string with weight somewhere on pipe to get a rough sighting/trajectory path too (do you think?).
All your projects are so cool, I'd love to make these when I get the money.
There is an easy way to make the bottles fly straighter and look a lot cooler. You use the cap attached to a cardboard roll. Drill as large of a hole as possible in the cap and hot glue the roll to the outside. Then, make some fins and attach them to the roll. You can make them straight or offset to impart spin. You will have to add a little weight to the nose. A couple of pennies and hot glue works fine. Paint it all OD green and stencil some yellow numbers on the side. They end up looking like real mortar rounds.
Now I wanna see a bottle rocket filled with paint that explodes midair, thus raining droplets everywhere. Might be hard considering possible plastic shrapnel flying everywhere.
Plastic shrap' that high and of that thickness isn't harming anyone. The fragments would actually float to the ground...
Anti air gun
You have the perfect voice for what you do. Tutorials
Littering like a boss!
Awesome! I'm totally making this with my son asap. he'll love it. Maybe some paint and extra detail to the mortars. simple to build. Thanks for the idea!
It seems kinda hard to make
I made one styled after the RPG 7. It worked a few times but requires eye protection because gas tends to blast back in your face. Also it was too small and hairspray is not a greatly reliable propellant. The hard part is making it visually pleasing.
OMG! Thats the coolest thing i've ever seen on youtube, dang, i love all of tour vids
Love your projects man, keep up the good work!
yet one other amazing and easy project you made . good job bruh !
2:15 Wow, that drill bit has seen better days...
Now THIS is outstanding!!!!
Awesome man. This was exactly what I was thinking when I saw the first video. Next stop, RPG-7 version.
Im watching it bcs most of the time me and my bro is home alone and its for defence bcs some people go to our gate so maye it's time right?
I thing that little bit of soap will make it easier to insert the noodle. Cool project!
Very good information for an armed homeowner. Thank you.
thats pretty cool. when I was a kid we would get soda cans (back before cans were aluminium ) take 4 tin soda cans the bottom one leave alone the 3 others cut out top and bottoms tape all together make a small hole in bottom can near the base. lots and lots of tape. electrical tape works well. then put about 3 drops of gas in the top part and 2 drops gas in the bottom hole. Then shake whole thing like he does with the bottle. to vapor the gas. drop a tennis ball in the top and light the bottom hole with a lighter. and boom the tennis ball goes a good 100 yds. For night time we would soak the ball with a little gas and fire ball time.
Back in the day of steel pop cans we would make tennis ball cannons.The bottom can just needed a hole punched into the side near the bottom for the hairspray which was the fuel.The middle can was turned upside down and the bottom cut out inside the steel lip those cans had and the third can just needed the top and bottom cut out the same way.Duct tape the three cans together drop the tennis ball in and it would sit on the bottom of the middle can which is actually the top part of the can with pull tab pulled of corse spray in the hair spray in the hole you cut on the bottom can hit the same hole with a lighter and the tennis ball would blast out of site it was very impressive.
You could try making one that shoots pressurized bottles filled with BB's which explode on impact, that way it would be like a real mortar!
Personally, I would prefer not to loose an eye.
All pool noodles are not the same. In gathering materials for building one of these, I was at the local ACE Hardware, and they had pool noodles in several colors. I measured the diameter of them and found they varied by up to a 1/4" by color. The orange ones were exactly 3" diameter and slid perfectly into the 3" PVC pipe. Your mileage may vary.
I've been watching this guy for quite a while now if you don't like his videos and don't watch him . But they're very good and informational.
Thanks for the great video! What kind of background do you have that ables you to have the knowledge to make these projects?
This was recommended to me in 2021. Amazing.
I plan on making one that will fit tennis balls for my dog.
just had a thought. once fueled and placed on the launcher how long would the bottle remain fire-able? For airsoft/paintball combat you could make an RC version with a cheap RC receiver and remotely trigger a multi-launcher version.
Should be good to go for at least an hour.
Dang I don't think I've watched a video from this channel that I haven't wanted to implement myself. Well done.
Very cool. Did anyone else ever make tennis ball launchers using soda cans taped together. This was before they were made of aluminum and the ends weren't tapered . The propellant was the old BBQ lighter fluid . Anyone else old enough to remember when you squirted the charcoal, backed away and threw matches at your grill and.......whoosh.
Is it safe to use soda cans? (while making it a non-mortar desgin , something that would look like an automatic stationnary grenade launcher but basically the same thing pointed horizontally, which will make bottle/can retrieving easier)
I hate those tutorials which say "And how to make this you can see in my earlier videos" then i have to watch 10 extra videos to build this.
madroce Don't whine. It's one extra video, and you don't even need to watch it if you pay enough attention to this one. th-cam.com/video/wuz0curb_hg/w-d-xo.html
+madroce more clicks more money
madroce u couldn't figure it out from watching once it's a simple thing the static spark from a BBQ lighter with alcohol vaper in a compressed atmosphere creates explosion=thrust the PVC cannon was just for looks and also directional
I actually had an idea of making a pop bottle mortar like this one but have the bottles filled with pop and a nail or tack at the bottom of the mortar barrel to puncture the bottle lid. Thanks!
Now I can pollute the ocean from a distance!
Say goodbye to recycling with the new pollution mortar!
This would be fun for airsoft and it would be a much safer alternative for the commercially sold airsoft mortar. I need one of these before I start my airsoft event business
Careful this is illegal in some states
Made one like this when I was a child. Nearly blew my hearing when I once fired it with carbide instead of alcohol as before. The bang could be heard in the whole town.
I've been watching this guy since i was 7 years old man its been 10 years!
Another great project! You make some awesome stuff.
I've discovered that with aerosol-fueled potato cannons, you have to fire immediately after loading or you get an underpowered dud, probably because the droplets of fuel start to condense out right away. Does the same thing happen with alcohol, or could you, say, load up this thing, walk around a while, and then expect it to fire reliably?
I play airsoft, and i was thinking of a way i could use this for airsoft... I've figured out a way, but i was wondering what size bottles you use in the video? btw i LOVE your videos!!
really cool! and good idea for the airsoft/paintball games.
Can the bottle be modified as a dart and still lift off? I could see making it a game of accuracy.
A more effective finned projectile with warhead can easily be made
How do you think, if there will be smth more heavier than just an empty pvc bottle, let's say a fishing tackle100-300 grams, then will it shot and how far?..
Now I can finally use this during a nerf war
Im not gonna do it but if you increased the propellant significantly, could you potentially launch something heavier like a molotov cocktail?
Damm it looks nice
Nice vid!
When I was younger I made one that shot beer bottles and used black powder. Put duck tape on the bottles so they wouldn't break, could get about 100 yards with two tablespoons of powder.
You've come a long way from quite nice to fantastic 👍👍👍
I love your weapon vids
should make a mold to fit on soda bottle...melt some aluminium for extra weight (farther range purpose).
This is awesome!!!
OMG i could just see myself with a backpack full of bottle mortars and that tube slung over my shoulder! Red team would soil themselves! XD
I'm going to make this,but as a 2 handed paintball rocket launcher and mortar hybrid,and might even make some bouncing Betty's!
I never make any of the creations kipkay or grant thompson makes but the projefts are fun to see
*Projects*
Really fun to play around with thanks
is there any way you could modify the bottles to carry a small water ballon that would splash on impact? other than the bottle bouncing off the ground? it would be a bit more fun.
looks really cool.
Wow it goes quick!
Nice.....👍
Just a quick note, you can bend the low carbon steel stand without any heat in your vice. Just bang it with a hammer. Good job!
As a former 11C 120 Mortarman, I approve this video💥🤘😁🤘💥
got a cool idea for video. reusable bb/paintball gernade
I liked your instructions on how to make, would you be able to let me know length diameter and how far down the tube for the noodle and what size to use. Does the ignighter wires go up through the noodle and through the blast shield? Are the batteries inside the tube then…?I really want to make one and just wanted to check…Thanks!
Here is the earlier video: th-cam.com/video/wuz0curb_hg/w-d-xo.html
The noodle is 3 inch in diameter and pushes into the tube far enough that a bottle sits flush with the end when pushed inside. I no longer use alcohol for my current launchers because it doesn't always work in cold weather. See this video for my updated way of launching them: th-cam.com/video/iiH1l3zTSaQ/w-d-xo.html
I'm a time traveler from the year 2021, your voice changes a lot since this video.
What bottles did you use to best for the 3" pipe? Brand, volume..?
Sick bro
Your build is great... The way you make the metal stand was awesome too... How do you actually use this in paintball or airsoft and do it safely? You would want it to hit them with paint or BBs right?
You could put soda in the bottle so when the bottle hits the ground it will explode
Can you someone tell me what exact igniter is needed for this awesome project??
Works better with 89 octane. Sounds better too. Gotta be quick or the bottles start to warp tho.
you should make one where you can drop it in and if fires automatically like a real mortar
I was trying to find it's been four years in you comment did you already find
Im finding the one that when you put it, it launches automatically
@@renzbenjaminrsawit2641 bro it’s been to long
Idea: push the whole thing down a little deeper add a 1/2" piece of foam (cut a disk out of 1/2" think foam) then insert a water balloon filled with paintball paint mix (you can buy the powder on the web and mix with water). The bottle would more or less be the propelling force to launch the paint balloon at other players that may be hiding out in a fort or such.
Does it matter how long the half inch PVC along with the wires are for the mortar cuz I want my button to be higher up on the tube
So, would you consider 3D printing some more areodynamic rounds now, since 3D printers are around? A heavier object would be blown off course less, and would still hold enough alcohol vapors to fly a good distance.
That wouldn't be a bad excuse to get a 3D printer. I'll have to think about it
You can cut the bottom of the bottle and leave the cap. Put some FOAM on that end and it will have a more stable flight. And if you push it more inside the pressure will be a little stronger. Just an idea dude.
what more or less is the range without wind?
So simple, just Soo simple and easy
I made a few deters to the 3 inch tub and made it in to a big rocket luncher and mad the bottles look like rockets and the paper added some pounds to the bottles and the when a lot longer distance so try it I was very cool and we could play air soft by filling the head of the rockets with airsoft bullets
You should also figure out a way to simulate the whistling sound heard from actual mortars. More authenticity the better!!
I want see bazooka style bottle launcher
You can take the stand off easily enough...
Slaughter round
the colour is not that important, just think how cool it would be to put some fletching, a longer barrel and first of all some more weight on the bottle: a lot more range. or you can tie explosives to the bottle and weaponize the concept, thhough i'm sure firecrackers would be fine too. by the way, i know that nighthawkinlight is into pyrotecnics, ever considered to use theese things to propell something up in the sky?
I made something like that when I was rather young, though I used solid state rocket fuel rather than alcohol.
Actually you can do that just remove the stand and put some ADS on the front and its a L.A.W launcher how epic is that. And before i miss in our country this thing is called BOGA i dont know why:-)
Yeah that would be very cool😉
would an armstrong mix survive until impact for 4th of july?
I know of someone who made a tennis ball launcher out of five steel Gatorade cans( maybe Nutrament shake cans can be used). He cut out the top and bottoms of four of the cans and stacked them with the onset can on the bottom, and duct-taped them together. Then he bored a hole on the side of the bottom can near its bottom. He stuffed a tennis ball three cans deep, then put three drops of lighter fluid in the bored hole. He retired the whole tube so the lighter fluid would vaporize, then he set the can straight up on the ground and light his lighter near the bored hole. I heard a giant THOOM and the tennis ball mustve gone up over 100 feet.
My friends and I used to build
tennis ball cannons out of 5
pork and bean cans and use
Zippo lighter fluid to set it off,
they could launch a tennis ball
so far up you couldn't see it at
the top of its flight!!!!
is there any modification to use the mortar to launch items such as tennis balls?
When i was a kid a friend made a coke can cannon. Taped up coke cans using lighter fluid to launch a crushed coke can. I like this better.
Hey night hawk try making a Gundam suit for airsoft and paintball. I bet That'd be a fun challenge for you
Is it 1 shot per c02 cartridge cuz by the size of the closing valve it seems like it would release all gas and not conserve any...
Im thinking about creating this but would it be possible to launch a bottle with no inner tube sorta like in your rocket video