air vortex cannon
An air vortex cannon is a toy that releases doughnut-shaped air vortices — similar to smoke rings but larger, stronger and invisible. The vortices can ruffle hair, disturb papers or blow out candles after travelling several metres. • Illustration — The Brian Jordan plastic "airzooka" • Illustration — Smoke ring produced by a home-made vortex ring toy An air vortex cannon can be made easily at home, from just a cardboard box. Air cannons are used in some amusement parks such as Universal Studios to spook or surprise visitors. • Illustration — Visualization of the air vortex fired from an air vortex cannon The Wham-O Air Blaster toy introduced in 1965 could blow out a candle at 25 ft.
air vortex cannon
Arne Groh · Foto extracted from a video file · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Field
- toy
VALÉORINE Encyclopedia
VALÉORINE documentary reading
Documentary summary
An air vortex cannon is a toy that releases doughnut-shaped air vortices — similar to smoke rings but larger, stronger and invisible. The vortices can ruffle hair, disturb papers or blow out candles after travelling several metres. • Illustration — The Brian Jordan plastic "airzooka" • Illustration — Smoke ring produced by a home-made vortex ring toy An air vortex cannon can be made easily at home, from just a cardboard box. Air cannons are used in some amusement parks such as Universal Studios to spook or surprise visitors. • Illustration — Visualization of the air vortex fired from an air vortex cannon The Wham-O Air Blaster toy introduced in 1965 could blow out a candle at 25 ft.
Admitted source layer · organised and presented by VALÉORINE
Reference Check
Propose documentary evidence for air vortex cannon. A contribution is never written directly as fact: identity, source, rights and evidence gates still decide.
Sign in to contribute
Documentary evidence
Documentary basis
Authority files
wikidata · Q1449460 · wikipedia · Air vortex cannon
In this article
Overview
The commercial Airzooka was developed by Brian S. Jordan who claims to have conceived it when still a boy. A feature of the Airzooka is a loose non-elastic polythene membrane, tensioned by a bungee cord, rather than elastic membranes. This allows a much greater volume of air to be displaced. A large air vortex cannon, with a 9 ft wide barrel and a displacement volume of 2873 USgal was built in March 2008 at the University of Minnesota, and could blow out candles at 180 ft. In 2012, a large air vortex cannon was built for Czech Television program Zázraky přírody (Wonders of Nature). It was capable of bringing down a wall of cardboard boxes from 100 m in what was claimed to be a world record.
RIVERSIDE, Calif., (Oct. 13, 2010) General Atomics technician Rigo Brambila, left, and scientist Rick Lee fire smoke rings at the audience during the 11th annual Science and Technology Education Partnership (STEP) Conference. The event, sponsored by the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Corona Division, introduced more than 3,000 Inland Empire fourth through eighth grade students to career opportuniti
U.S. Navy photo by Greg Vojtko · This image was released by the United States Navy with the ID 101013-N-8863V-211 (next). This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal copyright tag is still required
A smoke ring being produced by a modified, smoke-filled garbage bin
Chocolateoak
Notes from the source article
Cited by Wikipedia
Notes from the source article
These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.How to Make Vortex Cannons- Instructables. Instructables.
- 2.Lunn, Wilf. Cheap, Cheerful and Sometimes Grotty Gifts to Make. Piccadilly Press. 30–31. 1984. 0946826110.
- 3.The Vortex Cannon - Student Science at YouTube. Accessed February 2013.
- 4.The History of Wham-O.
- 5.Google, Inc. Air Blaster by Wham-O commercial. YouTube. 22 February 2009.
- 6.Erbert and Gerberts Candle Cannon at Youtube. Accessed 9 Jan 2011
- 7.World's Largest Air Vortex Cannon Blows Out Birthday Candles From 180 Feet. Geeklogie. 7 March 2008.
- 8.Czech Television. Oslavy v České televizi přilákaly rekordních 21 tisíc lidí. ČT24. 4 May 2013.
References
Citations
References
Each reference names the institution holding it, so a reader may go to the document itself.
reference work
Secondary witnessreference work
Secondary witness
The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 14 August 2026.
Elsewhere in Collectables
20,755 published records in this field, each with its sources named.
- Air Traffic ChaosWork
- Air Traffic ControllerWork
- Air Traffic Controller 3Work
- Air TwisterWork
- Air WarriorWork
- Air Warrior IIWork
- Air ZonkWork
- Air-Sea BattleWork
Best supported in this field
For owners
Own an object connected with air vortex cannon?
A specialist will read what you send and tell you what the house can establish, what it cannot, and whether the object is suited to sale. There is no charge and no obligation. The object stays with you throughout; nothing is shipped to us unless it is arranged in writing beforehand.