I have thought about it, yes. I wasn't able to come up with any great ideas, though. Do you have one ? It seems like the magazine would need to be circular or spiral and I don't have a good way to push the paintballs around a curve reliably. It would also need to be quick to refill or replace. I tried a couple of 3-d printed magazine designs that I could swap out when a magazine empties. I was thinking of driving the paintballs through it with a stepper motor or a constant force spring (like in a tape measure). Nothing has really panned out. If any of our members has any thoughts, bring them on ! Speaking of stepper motors, I'm planning to use a geared stepper to drive my turret. I'll post photos when I get farther along. A stepper could be good here because it allows for precise position, but the turret is able to be back-driven under adverse conditions. If you use a modest current to drive the stepper motor, the turret will spin when it takes a sharp blow (like when Steve runs into me) instead of breaking the turret or the turret motor. Most modern stepper controllers have an adjustable current limit. Plus, small controllers and steppers are pretty cheap. Most of all, though, is that I've never used one before and I wanted to see what they're like :) - Doug
----- Original Message ----- From: "Frank Pittelli" <frank.pitte...@gmail.com> To: "rctankcombat" <rctankcombat@googlegroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2015 12:42:43 PM Subject: Re: [TANKS] Re: "Small Fry" lives Interesting. Have you considered making a 20 ball version of the spring-loaded magazine? That would keep everything nice and compact. -- -- You are currently subscribed to the "R/C Tank Combat" group. To post a message, send email to rctankcombat@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe, send email to rctankcombat+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com Visit the group at http://groups.google.com/group/rctankcombat --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "R/C Tank Combat" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rctankcombat+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- -- You are currently subscribed to the "R/C Tank Combat" group. To post a message, send email to rctankcombat@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe, send email to rctankcombat+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com Visit the group at http://groups.google.com/group/rctankcombat --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "R/C Tank Combat" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rctankcombat+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
