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This thing is flimsy...

Here's where true ghetto-rigging capabilities come into play...

Ok, as you can see, this thing isn't the most sturdy thing you have ever blessed your hands upon. There is a simple solution to this, though...

All you will need is another 4.5"-long 1"-diameter piece of PVC piping. Cut small triangles into into the sides of it (as shown to the right) and then place it in between the 2" air chamber and 1" marshmallow-launching barrel. Use an excessive amount of electric tape to hold it in place (makes it look cool...).

Another cool thing you can do is make this bad boy aim-able (which I had to because we had to shoot the marshmallow onto a paper plate 50 feet away...). We found an extremely ghetto way to do this. You're going to love it...

It's alright, call me a genius... I don't care...

You see, the concept is easy - when the gun is level with the horizon, the protractor will read 90 degrees. When it's vertical it will read 180 degrees. Remember, for your longest possible shot, 45 degrees is where you want to be...

This gun was so powerful, and there was so much wind on the day of the competition that we had to hold it almost level with the ground and only pump it with a bike pump THREE times...

Speaking of bike pumps, you will need one... or, rather, you will need some sorta of device that will pressurize the air chamber and has a nozzle that is appropriate for filling tires of any kind. If you happen to have a VERY high pressure compressor, please use it with caution because the maximum pressure threshold of this 2" piping is about 280 PSI at 23 degrees Celsius. That's exceedingly high. I have shot a marshmallow more than 100 yards using only a 90 PSI bike pump...

Methods for shooting (DO NOT AIM AT PEOPLE...!):

• Make sure your valve is closed
• Take a marshmallow and roll it in your hands to mold it slightly skinnier (it will expand once again when it is inside the barrel.)
• Drop the marshmallow into the barrel and pound the gun on the ground a few times to make sure it gets as far down as it will go (do not use any kind of rod to push it down...)
• Take caution when attaching the pump's connection to your valve stem because it could fall in to the air chamber - that would be a bad thing. It would probably be a wise precaution to hold the stem between your index and thumb while connecting it to the pump.
• When releasing the valve, do it as quickly and sharply as possible to allow the air to burst out at maximum force.

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