Nicely done! I did count 32 rounds being fired and not making much of a dent in the ammo locker. Need to raise that elevator a little higher methinks.
On Sunday, July 31, 2016 at 9:41:14 AM UTC-4, Mitch Anderson wrote: > > Nice job RocketMan, I also struggled a lot with the "Low Profile" > problem. Finally I made an elevator + vibrator system, it works OK, > I am an Arduino fan, so my system is run by a Arduino Mega 256 > > check it out. > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OIHvei0bwg > > I can hardly wait to see yours at the battle. I hope you come. > > mitch > > On Friday, July 29, 2016 at 8:45:19 PM UTC-7, RocketMan wrote: >> >> Hello – >> >> >> >> A couple of weeks ago John asked what we’ve been up to. My work has been >> insane during the last year, but I’ve had a little time to work on a new >> project. It’s a marker and loading system that I plan to install in Small >> Fry. Someday. I was shooting for a low-profile, small system. Here are a >> couple of videos. >> >> >> >> https://youtu.be/oh6uJ9zMPOk >> >> >> >> https://youtu.be/Ot8O-nX3qCI >> >> >> >> The videos show an early test of the loader system. The marker is a >> Dangerous Power E1. A stepper motor pulls back a ram using a rack and >> pinion mechanism, allowing a paintball to fall into a loading chamber. The >> stepper motor then advances the ram about 75% of the distance used to cock >> it. At that point, power to the stepper is cut and a spring moves the ram >> the rest of the way and applies pressure to push the paintball into marker >> when the bolt opens. I may be able to use a standard DC motor instead of a >> stepper (similar to how an airsoft gun cocks and loads), but I need some >> kind of clever clutch to slow the ram so it doesn’t puncture the paintball. >> The stepper gives me a lot of fine position control. >> >> >> >> For elevation, the marker pivots on the feed mechanism, so there’s no >> issue with mis-alignment of the feed port at different elevations. The >> whole system is currently driven from a Raspberry Pi2 running windows IoT. >> There are SUPPOSED to be IoT X-BOX 360 wireless drivers available so I can >> control the whole tank from a 360 controller. Those drivers are bugged >> right now, though. If someone wants to help me re-write them, speak up ! >> >> >> >> - Doug >> > -- -- 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.
