Loic, John's correct in that both of us found out that at certain ranges the .50 marker paintballs would bounce off other tanks. I also found that the smaller paintballs would not fly as straight. That could have been the paintballs themselves. Since I ended up redesigning the turret (created the current all-aluminum version), I found enough room to put a regular .68 marker.
Another item that I consider when designing tanks: Use components or parts that others in the hobby might be familiar with or potentially carry with them to the battle. Several times I've gotten parts from Joe, Will, Frank, or John, in order to perform a field repair on my tank. This was one of the reasons why I went back to the .68 marker. Paul On Nov 5, 2013, at 10:14 AM, Loic atFOA wrote: > Hello Fellow Tankers! > > I just purchased a couple 0.50" Paintball markers. I want to install them on > my Pz.IV family of tanks (0.5" is a 76.2mm scale size, Pz.IVH had a 75 mm). > But I heard that the ball being so small has a better ballistic than the > 0.68"? However, the weight of the 0.68" is 3.2g compared to the 1.2g of the > 0.50". Effective range of both sizes are around 150 ft (45 m). Another > advantage/disadvantage of the 0.50" caliber might be the thickness of its > soft gel shell, which would be harder to break inside a barrel, but maybe too > hard to break on impact against a foe (less kinetic energy on impact?). > Impact are also harder to notice... but you can put a lot more balls in your > tray! (-; > > Searching on the Internet, I find a LOT of opinions on pros/cons of the 0.50" > size. But not any facts. I'd like to see realistic ballistics on comparable > gun platforms. Obviously, I'm going to try myself. I just have to swap the > guns on the Tiger. > > I have several questions: > > 1. Paul Pitelli tried one of those markers in the past. Are those results > posted? > 2. I asked Steve about the rules on 0.50" size, and it does not seem that > there are limitations on paintball sizes? > > BTW, I have updated FOA website with some sub-components of the FOA "Combat" > Tiger. Let me know what you think [hint: advertizement plug] > http://www.fieldofarmortanks.com/product_p/foa-mpss3.htm > http://www.fieldofarmortanks.com/product_p/foa-ttes2.htm > http://www.fieldofarmortanks.com/product_p/foa-ttms2.htm > > Cheers from snowy Utah, > Loic, the "White Knight Slacker" > http://www.fieldofarmortanks.com > > -- -- 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/groups/opt_out.
