Because this hobby is dead unless we make an effort to make the cost of entry easier and more affordable. An exposed loader addresses both these areas and if I recall, it is not unprecedented. We had an Abrams battle one year with an exposed loader and I think we gave it hit exception. If a builder can fit everything into the turret, kudos for them but there aren't that many of us out there. BUT if a new guy shows up with a generic tank (with an exposed loader) that moves, turns, and shoots (all still requiring much skill and wherewithal to accomplish BTW) he/she shouldn't be penalized IMO.
ST On Tuesday, March 10, 2015 at 4:39:58 PM UTC-4, RocketMan wrote: > > >> Building reliable paintball feed that fits within the scale confines of > a model is one of the biggest PITA's in the hobby > *THE* biggest, I think. > > Why do you think they should be exempt from hits ? It just seems like more > grounds for debate about valid hits. If you have the skill to build a small > hopper then you should benefit from your skill. If you want to take the > quicker, easier, route of using stock parts than you should enjoy the > fruits of that decision, too. > I'm opposed to all hit exemptions. Except maybe shooting the operator. > > - Doug > > > ------------------------------ > *From: *"TyngTech" <[email protected] <javascript:>> > *To: *"rctankcombat" <[email protected] <javascript:>> > *Sent: *Tuesday, March 10, 2015 3:50:26 PM > *Subject: *Re: [TANKS] Re: "Small Fry" lives > > Building reliable paintball feed that fits within the scale confines of > a model is one of the biggest PITA's in the hobby. I for one would > advocate external loaders like the old Kingman 40 rounders IF they were > exempt from hits. Comments? > > Steve Tyng > > > > > On Tuesday, March 10, 2015 at 2:25:20 PM UTC-4, Frank Pittelli wrote: >> >> Since your magazines will only hold 20 paint balls, I think that a >> straight tube would work best, using a light-pressure spring, like the >> one used in the magazine that comes with the marker, only longer. If >> you made a simple socket to receive the tube, then you could reload >> quickly using a modified Navarrone Gun loading process: >> >> - Disconnect magazine from marker >> - Cock spring >> - Pour 20 balls down the tube using preloaded tube of 20 >> - Reconnect magazine to marker >> - Release spring to push balls into socket and marker breach >> >> It's cheap and easy to make 6-10 pre-loading tubes out of PVC and simply >> load them with a funnel before the battle. >> >> For the spring, you could either duplicate the spring provided with the >> marker and make it twice as long or buy a replacement spring and place >> two springs in the longer tube. >> > -- > -- > You are currently subscribed to the "R/C Tank Combat" group. > To post a message, send email to [email protected] <javascript:> > To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] > <javascript:> > 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 [email protected] <javascript:>. > 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 [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] 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 [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
