Goat Toy Day 9
12The Airzooka is a blast. (Sorry!) Why blow candles out when you can shoot them? Do you have siblings, children, co-workers, and/or pets you need to annoy?
It’s an air vortex cannon. Basically a plastic cylinder with a flexible diaphragm, and bungee cords for power. It fires a fairly focused blast of air 20 feet or more. About $20, all over the place.
It has a pop up sight, but it’s not all that useful. So I’m fairly sure the laser version is just for laughs.
Airzooka vs. Candles:
There’s also a big brother, the Megazooka. It’s almost twice as long, and has two handles. It’s supposed to be much more powerful, but I’ve only got the Airzooka, so I have no first hand experience.
So how do you work it, if both hands are on the grips? On the Megazooka, the arming knob pulls back and locks into place, then the trigger on the rear handle fires it.
Airzooka history. 100% accurate, I’m sure.
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Links:
Black
https://www.amazon.com/Can-You-Imagine-Airzooka-Silver/dp/B00C2S97HA
Green/Purple (Purple!)
https://www.amazon.com/Can-Imagine-Airzooka-Green-Purple/dp/B00C2SBSRC/
Purple! / Green
https://www.stevespanglerscience.com/store/airzooka.html
Laser!
http://www.incrediblescience.com/laser-airzooka.html
Oh, my mistake, it’s not a toy, it’s a serious research tool.
http://berkeleyphysicsdemos.net/node/255
This is cheating, since it involves combustion, but still fun to watch.
@blaineg Oh! I feel an acetylene powered YouTube rabbit hole coming on!
And you need a $130 underwater version, don’t you?
https://www.houseofscuba.com/product/acc835.html
Shouldn’t you say that you have no second hand experience? “Megazooka…has two handles… so I have no first hand experience.”
@OldCatLady Or would that be no second handle experience?
I bought one of these ten or more years ago and liked it so much it became the Christmas present for all my friends. No idea where it is now, but it was pretty awesome.
WORKER BEES! HERCULES! TURKEY GREASE! AWESOME!
This toy is exactly the sort of toy Meh should be selling!
I am particularly impressed with the way it blows out all the candles yet increases the light in the room at the same time! What is this magic?
@chienfou
@chienfou I’m going to assume it has something to do with the camera being focused on the candle lighting, so it dims the overall picture and when the candles go dim it ups the ambient lighting.
@RiotDemon I like my explanation better… Oh, oh, oh… it’s Maaagic!!
What happens if you fill the cavity with a heavy spray of starter fluid before shooting it across the candles? I don’t want anyone to try anything dangerous but when I see that short gif that comes to mind.
@JnKL not exactly what you’re looking for…
/youtube nighthawkinlight vortex cannon
@JnKL Let us know!
/youtube trash can airzooka
Squirrels. I must have this. Does it work on lubbers and spiders?
@OldCatLady what’s a Lubber?
@JnKL I believe it’s that big ass grasshopper.
@djslack @JnKL Yes, it is. Last year they ate my tomato plants down to the stem, so I recycled the lubbers for ants to enjoy. Eastern lubber grasshopper
@OldCatLady idk if the airzooka will do much for them, but you ought to check out the Bug-A-Salt (maybe a future goat feature subject).
/google bug-a-salt
Bug-A-Salt: The Original Salt Gun – Bug-A-Salt
https://www.bugasalt.com/
@djslack @OldCatLady Ha… Bug-A-Salt… I was gonna say the same thing. They work on carpenter bees as well, though a tennis racket is much more sporting.
@djslack @OldCatLady Somebody want to buy me one? I can’t really post something I don’t own, can I?