Re: [TANKS] Re: Small Fry lives

2015-03-12 Thread TyngTech
Having worked with the QLoader, I would definitely nor recommend it for anything paintball related. If you wanted to loan it to a competitor as a form of psychological warfare, that would be a good use for it. Steve Tyng On Wednesday, March 11, 2015 at 6:29:07 AM UTC-4, srwh...@gmail.com

Re: [TANKS] Re: Small Fry lives

2015-03-11 Thread 'jvragu47' via R/C Tank Combat
frank.p...@gmail.com javascript: *To: *rctankcombat rctank...@googlegroups.com javascript: *Sent: *Tuesday, March 10, 2015 11:26:39 AM *Subject: *Re: [TANKS] Re: Small Fry lives BTW: Where do you plan on mounting the paintball magazine? Part of the trade-off of building really small vehicles

Re: [TANKS] Re: Small Fry lives

2015-03-11 Thread Joe Sommer
On Tuesday, March 10, 2015 at 12:28:43 PM UTC-4, RocketMan wrote: That way, the paintball hopper doesn't need to be inside a turret. It can be external, on top of the guns. My tentative plan is to mount two BT SA-17 paintball pistols (

Re: [TANKS] Re: Small Fry lives

2015-03-11 Thread srwh74rn
There are a few spring loaded magazines on the market. The Q-loader is cool but to big. There is also this https://www.badlandspaintball.com/mobile/tacamo-20-round-paintball-magazine.html I have a zues pistol that uses a magazine that is spring loaded. Its a simple tube with spring. Thinking of

RE: [TANKS] Re: Small Fry lives

2015-03-11 Thread Doug Conn
] Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2015 7:47 PM To: rctankcombat@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [TANKS] Re: Small Fry lives On Tuesday, March 10, 2015 at 12:28:43 PM UTC-4, RocketMan wrote: My tentative plan is to mount two BT SA-17 paintball pistols (http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=BT+SA+17

Re: [TANKS] Re: Small Fry lives

2015-03-10 Thread dwconn404
] 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

Re: [TANKS] Re: Small Fry lives

2015-03-10 Thread Frank Pittelli
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

Re: [TANKS] Re: Small Fry lives

2015-03-10 Thread Frank Pittelli
BTW: Where do you plan on mounting the paintball magazine? Part of the trade-off of building really small vehicles is the chore of fitting everything into really small spaces. -- -- You are currently subscribed to the R/C Tank Combat group. To post a message, send email to

Re: [TANKS] Re: Small Fry lives

2015-03-10 Thread dwconn404
Pittelli frank.pitte...@gmail.com To: rctankcombat rctankcombat@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2015 11:26:39 AM Subject: Re: [TANKS] Re: Small Fry lives BTW: Where do you plan on mounting the paintball magazine?  Part of the trade-off of building really small vehicles is the chore

Re: [TANKS] Re: Small Fry lives

2015-03-10 Thread dwconn404
- From: TyngTech steve...@gmail.com To: rctankcombat rctankcombat@googlegroups.com 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

Re: [TANKS] Re: Small Fry lives

2015-03-10 Thread dwconn404
Those are pretty good reasons, all right. - Original Message - From: TyngTech steve...@gmail.com To: rctankcombat rctankcombat@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2015 4:52:22 PM Subject: Re: [TANKS] Re: Small Fry lives Because this hobby is dead unless we make an effort

Re: [TANKS] Re: Small Fry lives

2015-03-10 Thread TyngTech
exemptions. Except maybe shooting the operator. - Doug -- *From: *TyngTech stev...@gmail.com javascript: *To: *rctankcombat rctank...@googlegroups.com javascript: *Sent: *Tuesday, March 10, 2015 3:50:26 PM *Subject: *Re: [TANKS] Re: Small Fry lives Building

Re: [TANKS] Re: Small Fry lives

2015-03-10 Thread Frank Pittelli
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

Re: [TANKS] Re: Small Fry lives

2015-03-10 Thread TyngTech
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

[TANKS] Re: Small Fry lives

2015-03-09 Thread TyngTech
Rocket launcher or turret? http://www.jedsite.info/fulltrack-victor/victor/vp90_series/vpx-5000-milan/vpxmilan_001.jpg http://www.chars-francais.net/2015/images/stories/photos/vpx.jpg On Sunday, March 8, 2015 at 7:40:43 PM UTC-4, RocketMan wrote: Check out the video here:

RE: [TANKS] Re: Small Fry lives

2015-03-09 Thread Doug Conn
, March 9, 2015 5:18 PM To: rctankcombat@googlegroups.com Cc: step...@strikemodels.com Subject: [TANKS] Re: Small Fry lives Rocket launcher or turret? http://www.jedsite.info/fulltrack-victor/victor/vp90_series/vpx-5000-milan/vpxmilan_001.jpg http://www.chars-francais.net/2015

Re: [TANKS] Re: Small Fry lives

2015-03-09 Thread 'jvragu47' via R/C Tank Combat
javascript:] *On Behalf Of *TyngTech *Sent:* Monday, March 9, 2015 5:18 PM *To:* rctank...@googlegroups.com javascript: *Cc:* ste...@strikemodels.com javascript: *Subject:* [TANKS] Re: Small Fry lives Rocket launcher or turret? http://www.jedsite.info/fulltrack-victor/victor

Re: [TANKS] Re: Small Fry lives

2015-03-09 Thread TyngTech
*To:* rctank...@googlegroups.com javascript: *Cc:* ste...@strikemodels.com javascript: *Subject:* [TANKS] Re: Small Fry lives Rocket launcher or turret? http://www.jedsite.info/fulltrack-victor/victor/vp90_series/vpx-5000-milan/vpxmilan_001.jpg http://www.chars-francais.net/2015

RE: [TANKS] Re: Small Fry lives

2015-03-09 Thread Doug Conn
. - Doug From: rctankcombat@googlegroups.com [mailto:rctankcombat@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of TyngTech Sent: Monday, March 9, 2015 8:11 PM To: rctankcombat@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [TANKS] Re: Small Fry lives 5000, 110, looks like the same vehicle to me. Congrats

Re: [TANKS] Re: Small Fry lives

2015-03-09 Thread isaac goldman
/th?id=HN.607993071246246441w=300h=300c=0pid=1.9rs=0p=0] *From:* rctankcombat@googlegroups.com [mailto: rctankcombat@googlegroups.com] *On Behalf Of *Frank Pittelli *Sent:* Monday, March 9, 2015 10:33 PM *To:* R/C Tank Combat *Subject:* Re: [TANKS] Re: Small Fry lives Offered for sale

Re: [TANKS] Re: Small Fry lives

2015-03-09 Thread TyngTech
That was me on the rules proposal. Four size ranges with corresponding ratings if I recall. I've always seen this hobby as a combat sport which shouldn't be hampered by scale factors. IMO the as built size ratings was an elegant solution to the never ending scale arguments. Others felt

RE: [TANKS] Re: Small Fry lives

2015-03-09 Thread Doug Conn
Offered for sale is close enough Sweet ! I’m going with this one: From: rctankcombat@googlegroups.com [mailto:rctankcombat@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Frank Pittelli Sent: Monday, March 9, 2015 10:33 PM To: R/C Tank Combat Subject: Re: [TANKS] Re: Small Fry lives Offered