Steve, The upper rear portion of my turret is angled downward. A good portion of it is lower than the gun at zero elevation. Not a good situation for any sort of gravity feed. The only space that I consider close to viable for a gravity feed is forward of the feed tube on the gun. With the gun depressed (3 degrees) there is only about 1/2" (maybe a shade more) of space between the top of the gun and the top of the turret just above the feed tube. I may be able to improve this by a tenth of an inch or so by cutting away part of the aluminum block that I use as a pivot. However, any distance I gain in headroom by moving the marker forward, I lose in horizontal space between the feed tube and the pivot block.
Paul H. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Tyng" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "R/C Tank Combat" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, September 05, 2008 12:24 PM Subject: [TANKS] Re: Bits of my turret. > > Paul, > > Why couldn't you fit a tray in the back upper part of your turret with > a tube leading into the feed port on your marker? John Pittelli had > such a setup in his old Panzer IV turret which is about the size of > yours. > > John, do you have any pics of the Panzer magazine? > > Steve > > > > On Sep 5, 11:40 am, "Paul Hilton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Steve, >> >> Good call on the unimount. It's a bit smaller than the duckbill ASA that >> I >> have and has a valve as well. We'll see... >> >> Fitting a .68 caliber marker isn't a problem. I had originally fitted a >> cheap Brass Eagle in the same space. As a matter of fact, the original >> cutout in the overhang matched the outline of the .68 caliber gun. The >> problem is feeding the thing. There is less than an inch of space >> between >> the top of the turret and the top of the gun. That's why I was going on >> about warp feeds, etc about a year ago. The turret even looked better >> with >> that gun! >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Steve Tyng" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: "R/C Tank Combat" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Friday, September 05, 2008 11:15 AM >> Subject: [TANKS] Re: Bits of my turret. >> >> > Paul, >> >> > Looks like your on a good start for the turret. I like the system you >> > have there for the rotate. You should consider a Uni-Mount for your >> > co2 bottle mount. It will save you a couple on inches. >> >> >http://cgi.ebay.com/UFD-Uni-Mount-2-UNIMOUNT-On-Off-Paintball-Drop-Fo... >> >> > You might be able to fit an AutoMag Classic marker in there. >> >> > Steve Tyng >> >> > On Sep 5, 2:16 am, "Paul Hilton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> This is for Steve Tyng and anyone else interested: >> >> >> My turret mounted on it's test box. Complete with battle scars from >> >> being bashed around in my truck. >> >> >> Side view of the same. >> >> >> The innards, such as they are now. The 4oz bottle isn't mounted yet, >> >> but >> >> is shown in the most likely position. I cut out the mounts today. >> >> >> Turret rotate, such as it is now. Might change. >> >> >> And there you have it. >> >> >> Paul H. >> >> >> 100_1132.jpg >> >> 743KViewDownload >> >> >> 100_1133.jpg >> >> 739KViewDownload >> >> >> 100_1134.jpg >> >> 749KViewDownload >> >> >> 100_1140.jpg >> >> 1051KViewDownload >> >> >> >> 100_1042.jpg >> 800KViewDownload > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You are currently subscribed to the "R/C Tank Combat" group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit the group at http://groups.google.com/group/rctankcombat -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
