Derek: I thought Blackwater was out of business! What would you do over there, or cant you tell me without being required to kill me?
Mark On Mar 18, 7:14 pm, Derek Engelhaupt <[email protected]> wrote: > The other issue is that the tube would compress when it bends causing the > internal > space to compress. How do I know? I was trying to look for a way to feed > the top > of my gun using a large diameter rubber hose. There are types of hoses that > wouldn't > do that, but they also don't want to bend very well either. You would need > some bend > in the tube to compensate for the raising and lowering. I'm having issues > fitting my > magazine in since the gun of the KV-2 is mounted really high in the turret. > My problem > is reliably feeding the gun during elevation. 10 degrees isn't that much > elevation, but I > have a lot of depression on the gun. The difference between the two is > causing the issues. > I could limit the depression, but I want to be able to hit targets within a > couple of feet of the > tank. The feed angle that works for the depression of the gun doesn't > always work for the > raising of the gun and vise versa. At this point, I'm not sure if I'll > solve the problem before > I have to go off to work in the big sand box (just got a contract job for a > year in Afghanistan). > > Derek > T065 > > > > On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 6:45 PM, Mike Måne <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'm no expert, but I think it would be very difficult to prevent the > > ball from bursting on the curve. Even if it happened to survive the > > journey, it probably will lose so much energy that it simply flings > > out of the barrel. The best way would be to load the balls into the > > straight, rigid barrel, rather than anywhere in or before the curved, > > flexible hose. Do you think you could build a loading mechanism and > > hopper in the turret? Keep in mind that Article III, Section 1, Line > > 'f.' of the Rules states that "...The maximum elevation of any > > paintball marker will be 10 degrees," which isn't much of an > > elevation, especially if the fulcrum is toward the front of the gun. > > > -Mike M. > > > On 18/03/2010, Mark_123521 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Has anyone tried this? > > > > I am building one of those "low profile" modern tanks -- M1A1 Abrams. > > > Theres not much "head room" in the turret to mount the marker and feed > > > system. > > > > Why couldnt a guy mount the paintball marker in the lower hull and > > > "shoot" the paintball through a hose? > > > The hose would connect to a barrel in the turret and the gun would be > > > mounted under the turret where theres plenty of room? > > > The gun could rotate with the turret or the gun could be fixed mounted > > > and the hose could have a rotary connection. > > > The hose would allow flexability to elevate the gun. > > > > I have ordered a "lazy Susan" turntable with a 6 inch hole in it. > > > This would allow some room to pass the hose through. > > > > I have machine tools in the basement and can build about anything to > > > make the hose idea work. > > > > Could you shoot the paintball through a hose and not have it break up > > > going through the curves?? > > > > Mark > > > > -- > > > 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 athttp://groups.google.com/group/rctankcombat > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > rctankcombat+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the > > > words "REMOVE ME" as the subject. > > > -- > > 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 athttp://groups.google.com/group/rctankcombat > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rctankcombat+ > > unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words "REMOVE > > ME" as the subject.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- 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 To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rctankcombat+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words "REMOVE ME" as the subject.
