Hi (Mr) Weston I wanted to talk about the paintball pistol. I have a .40 calibre Splat-O-Matic in T055 (see http://www.rctankcombat.com/tanks/T055/index.cgi) and while it is reasonably reliable it has one major flaw- it is very difficult to see the paintballs in flight. This means that it's very difficult to hit anything at anything other than very short range, as you fire a shot and if you miss you can't tell how to correct it.
Other than that the system works well. The 12oz cylinders need changing fairly often but that is not a problem, and because the balls are so small the hopper is very small as well. The Splat-O-Matic is even side-feed which means that the marker fits in easily on its side. There are .43 calibre pistols and even standard .63 calibre ones (though they would use a lot of gas I'd think for the sparklets cylinders). I would try and test your marker to see if you can see the balls in flight because it's very frustrating otherwise. One final comment- when buying sparklets cylinders make sure you get the 12oz ones- if sparklets suppliers talk about "standard" ones they mean 8 oz ones. Other than that, nice choice of tank- I didn't realise they made one with that much armour. Phil "bought the wrong cylinders" Palmer. On Jun 28, 4:01 am, Weston <[email protected]> wrote: > I was thinking about using a paintball pistol. I found one that uses a > 20 round and a 10 round magazine and a 12-gram CO2 cartridge. It also > has barrel threads, for an extended barrel. The 20 round magazine goes > out to the end of the extended barrel, so i am not for certain i am > going with that gun. > > On Jun 27, 7:52 pm, Pete Arundel <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Interesting choice - although I think you'll need some very neat > > engineering to get a paintball gun into a turret that small! > > > On Jun 27, 5:12 am, Weston <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I've finally decided on a tank to build. I am going to build a Panzer > > > 2 Ausf J. > > > > I am choosing the Ausf. J because It has 80mm of Armor in the front, > > > giving me the the 4 defensive rating, while still being a smaller > > > tank. > > > > For treads I have decided to go with the door hinge type, to allow for > > > the sagging of the treads like the actual tank. > > > > For speed controls I am going with the tri-pact for drive, and an ESC > > > for turret rotation and gun elevation. > > > > RC interface will be a Cheap Six Channel (C6C) Servo Controller and a > > > Wireless PS2 controller > > > > Drive Motors will be a DeWalt 18V motor, and will use the original > > > gearbox with additional gearing. Not as good as the 24v i was gonna go > > > with, but the 18v allows me to use 3 6v batteries for a total of 18v, > > > but i can hook the C6C up in parallel to just one for its 6v input > > > power. That would work right??? If I am wrong, then I have no other > > > ideas on how to get the 6v for the C6C, and still have the 18v for the > > > motors.- 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
