[TANKS] Paintball Gun Mounting Question
Has anyone tried this? I am building one of those low profile modern tanks -- M1A1 Abrams. Theres not much head room in the turret to mount the marker and feed system. Why couldnt a guy mount the paintball marker in the lower hull and shoot the paintball through a hose? The hose would connect to a barrel in the turret and the gun would be mounted under the turret where theres plenty of room? The gun could rotate with the turret or the gun could be fixed mounted and the hose could have a rotary connection. The hose would allow flexability to elevate the gun. I have ordered a lazy Susan turntable with a 6 inch hole in it. This would allow some room to pass the hose through. I have machine tools in the basement and can build about anything to make the hose idea work. Could you shoot the paintball through a hose and not have it break up going through the curves?? Mark -- 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 To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rctankcombat+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words REMOVE ME as the subject.
Re: [TANKS] Paintball Gun Mounting Question
The other issue is that the tube would compress when it bends causing the internal space to compress. How do I know? I was trying to look for a way to feed the top of my gun using a large diameter rubber hose. There are types of hoses that wouldn't do that, but they also don't want to bend very well either. You would need some bend in the tube to compensate for the raising and lowering. I'm having issues fitting my magazine in since the gun of the KV-2 is mounted really high in the turret. My problem is reliably feeding the gun during elevation. 10 degrees isn't that much elevation, but I have a lot of depression on the gun. The difference between the two is causing the issues. I could limit the depression, but I want to be able to hit targets within a couple of feet of the tank. The feed angle that works for the depression of the gun doesn't always work for the raising of the gun and vise versa. At this point, I'm not sure if I'll solve the problem before I have to go off to work in the big sand box (just got a contract job for a year in Afghanistan). Derek T065 On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 6:45 PM, Mike Måne mike082...@gmail.com wrote: I'm no expert, but I think it would be very difficult to prevent the ball from bursting on the curve. Even if it happened to survive the journey, it probably will lose so much energy that it simply flings out of the barrel. The best way would be to load the balls into the straight, rigid barrel, rather than anywhere in or before the curved, flexible hose. Do you think you could build a loading mechanism and hopper in the turret? Keep in mind that Article III, Section 1, Line 'f.' of the Rules states that ...The maximum elevation of any paintball marker will be 10 degrees, which isn't much of an elevation, especially if the fulcrum is toward the front of the gun. -Mike M. On 18/03/2010, Mark_123521 gatlinggunm...@sbcglobal.net wrote: Has anyone tried this? I am building one of those low profile modern tanks -- M1A1 Abrams. Theres not much head room in the turret to mount the marker and feed system. Why couldnt a guy mount the paintball marker in the lower hull and shoot the paintball through a hose? The hose would connect to a barrel in the turret and the gun would be mounted under the turret where theres plenty of room? The gun could rotate with the turret or the gun could be fixed mounted and the hose could have a rotary connection. The hose would allow flexability to elevate the gun. I have ordered a lazy Susan turntable with a 6 inch hole in it. This would allow some room to pass the hose through. I have machine tools in the basement and can build about anything to make the hose idea work. Could you shoot the paintball through a hose and not have it break up going through the curves?? Mark -- 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 To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rctankcombat+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words REMOVE ME as the subject. -- 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 To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rctankcombat+ unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words REMOVE ME as the subject. -- 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 To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rctankcombat+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words REMOVE ME as the subject.
[TANKS] Re: Paintball Gun Mounting Question
Derek: I thought Blackwater was out of business! What would you do over there, or cant you tell me without being required to kill me? Mark On Mar 18, 7:14 pm, Derek Engelhaupt tan...@gmail.com wrote: The other issue is that the tube would compress when it bends causing the internal space to compress. How do I know? I was trying to look for a way to feed the top of my gun using a large diameter rubber hose. There are types of hoses that wouldn't do that, but they also don't want to bend very well either. You would need some bend in the tube to compensate for the raising and lowering. I'm having issues fitting my magazine in since the gun of the KV-2 is mounted really high in the turret. My problem is reliably feeding the gun during elevation. 10 degrees isn't that much elevation, but I have a lot of depression on the gun. The difference between the two is causing the issues. I could limit the depression, but I want to be able to hit targets within a couple of feet of the tank. The feed angle that works for the depression of the gun doesn't always work for the raising of the gun and vise versa. At this point, I'm not sure if I'll solve the problem before I have to go off to work in the big sand box (just got a contract job for a year in Afghanistan). Derek T065 On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 6:45 PM, Mike Måne mike082...@gmail.com wrote: I'm no expert, but I think it would be very difficult to prevent the ball from bursting on the curve. Even if it happened to survive the journey, it probably will lose so much energy that it simply flings out of the barrel. The best way would be to load the balls into the straight, rigid barrel, rather than anywhere in or before the curved, flexible hose. Do you think you could build a loading mechanism and hopper in the turret? Keep in mind that Article III, Section 1, Line 'f.' of the Rules states that ...The maximum elevation of any paintball marker will be 10 degrees, which isn't much of an elevation, especially if the fulcrum is toward the front of the gun. -Mike M. On 18/03/2010, Mark_123521 gatlinggunm...@sbcglobal.net wrote: Has anyone tried this? I am building one of those low profile modern tanks -- M1A1 Abrams. Theres not much head room in the turret to mount the marker and feed system. Why couldnt a guy mount the paintball marker in the lower hull and shoot the paintball through a hose? The hose would connect to a barrel in the turret and the gun would be mounted under the turret where theres plenty of room? The gun could rotate with the turret or the gun could be fixed mounted and the hose could have a rotary connection. The hose would allow flexability to elevate the gun. I have ordered a lazy Susan turntable with a 6 inch hole in it. This would allow some room to pass the hose through. I have machine tools in the basement and can build about anything to make the hose idea work. Could you shoot the paintball through a hose and not have it break up going through the curves?? Mark -- 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 athttp://groups.google.com/group/rctankcombat To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rctankcombat+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words REMOVE ME as the subject. -- 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 athttp://groups.google.com/group/rctankcombat To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rctankcombat+ unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words REMOVE ME as the subject.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - -- 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 To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rctankcombat+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words REMOVE ME as the subject.
Re: [TANKS] Re: Paintball Gun Mounting Question
Network and computer installations and maintenance on the forward operating bases. Not sure yet on my deployment date. Derek T065 On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 7:22 PM, Mark_123521 gatlinggunm...@sbcglobal.netwrote: Derek: I thought Blackwater was out of business! What would you do over there, or cant you tell me without being required to kill me? Mark On Mar 18, 7:14 pm, Derek Engelhaupt tan...@gmail.com wrote: The other issue is that the tube would compress when it bends causing the internal space to compress. How do I know? I was trying to look for a way to feed the top of my gun using a large diameter rubber hose. There are types of hoses that wouldn't do that, but they also don't want to bend very well either. You would need some bend in the tube to compensate for the raising and lowering. I'm having issues fitting my magazine in since the gun of the KV-2 is mounted really high in the turret. My problem is reliably feeding the gun during elevation. 10 degrees isn't that much elevation, but I have a lot of depression on the gun. The difference between the two is causing the issues. I could limit the depression, but I want to be able to hit targets within a couple of feet of the tank. The feed angle that works for the depression of the gun doesn't always work for the raising of the gun and vise versa. At this point, I'm not sure if I'll solve the problem before I have to go off to work in the big sand box (just got a contract job for a year in Afghanistan). Derek T065 On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 6:45 PM, Mike Måne mike082...@gmail.com wrote: I'm no expert, but I think it would be very difficult to prevent the ball from bursting on the curve. Even if it happened to survive the journey, it probably will lose so much energy that it simply flings out of the barrel. The best way would be to load the balls into the straight, rigid barrel, rather than anywhere in or before the curved, flexible hose. Do you think you could build a loading mechanism and hopper in the turret? Keep in mind that Article III, Section 1, Line 'f.' of the Rules states that ...The maximum elevation of any paintball marker will be 10 degrees, which isn't much of an elevation, especially if the fulcrum is toward the front of the gun. -Mike M. On 18/03/2010, Mark_123521 gatlinggunm...@sbcglobal.net wrote: Has anyone tried this? I am building one of those low profile modern tanks -- M1A1 Abrams. Theres not much head room in the turret to mount the marker and feed system. Why couldnt a guy mount the paintball marker in the lower hull and shoot the paintball through a hose? The hose would connect to a barrel in the turret and the gun would be mounted under the turret where theres plenty of room? The gun could rotate with the turret or the gun could be fixed mounted and the hose could have a rotary connection. The hose would allow flexability to elevate the gun. I have ordered a lazy Susan turntable with a 6 inch hole in it. This would allow some room to pass the hose through. I have machine tools in the basement and can build about anything to make the hose idea work. Could you shoot the paintball through a hose and not have it break up going through the curves?? Mark -- 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 athttp://groups.google.com/group/rctankcombat To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rctankcombat+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words REMOVE ME as the subject. -- 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 athttp://groups.google.com/group/rctankcombat To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rctankcombat+ unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words REMOVE ME as the subject.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - -- 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 To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rctankcombat+ unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words REMOVE ME as the subject. -- 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
[TANKS] Re: Paintball Gun Mounting Question
Derek: WoW thats cool!! But theres no girls and no booze and theres the IED's. We know that your qualified to work on remote control, tracked vehicles -- like bomb defusing robots??!!! I'll bet the pay is fantastic!!! Mark On Mar 18, 7:32 pm, Derek Engelhaupt tan...@gmail.com wrote: Network and computer installations and maintenance on the forward operating bases. Not sure yet on my deployment date. Derek T065 On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 7:22 PM, Mark_123521 gatlinggunm...@sbcglobal.netwrote: Derek: I thought Blackwater was out of business! What would you do over there, or cant you tell me without being required to kill me? Mark On Mar 18, 7:14 pm, Derek Engelhaupt tan...@gmail.com wrote: The other issue is that the tube would compress when it bends causing the internal space to compress. How do I know? I was trying to look for a way to feed the top of my gun using a large diameter rubber hose. There are types of hoses that wouldn't do that, but they also don't want to bend very well either. You would need some bend in the tube to compensate for the raising and lowering. I'm having issues fitting my magazine in since the gun of the KV-2 is mounted really high in the turret. My problem is reliably feeding the gun during elevation. 10 degrees isn't that much elevation, but I have a lot of depression on the gun. The difference between the two is causing the issues. I could limit the depression, but I want to be able to hit targets within a couple of feet of the tank. The feed angle that works for the depression of the gun doesn't always work for the raising of the gun and vise versa. At this point, I'm not sure if I'll solve the problem before I have to go off to work in the big sand box (just got a contract job for a year in Afghanistan). Derek T065 On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 6:45 PM, Mike Måne mike082...@gmail.com wrote: I'm no expert, but I think it would be very difficult to prevent the ball from bursting on the curve. Even if it happened to survive the journey, it probably will lose so much energy that it simply flings out of the barrel. The best way would be to load the balls into the straight, rigid barrel, rather than anywhere in or before the curved, flexible hose. Do you think you could build a loading mechanism and hopper in the turret? Keep in mind that Article III, Section 1, Line 'f.' of the Rules states that ...The maximum elevation of any paintball marker will be 10 degrees, which isn't much of an elevation, especially if the fulcrum is toward the front of the gun. -Mike M. On 18/03/2010, Mark_123521 gatlinggunm...@sbcglobal.net wrote: Has anyone tried this? I am building one of those low profile modern tanks -- M1A1 Abrams. Theres not much head room in the turret to mount the marker and feed system. Why couldnt a guy mount the paintball marker in the lower hull and shoot the paintball through a hose? The hose would connect to a barrel in the turret and the gun would be mounted under the turret where theres plenty of room? The gun could rotate with the turret or the gun could be fixed mounted and the hose could have a rotary connection. The hose would allow flexability to elevate the gun. I have ordered a lazy Susan turntable with a 6 inch hole in it. This would allow some room to pass the hose through. I have machine tools in the basement and can build about anything to make the hose idea work. Could you shoot the paintball through a hose and not have it break up going through the curves?? Mark -- 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 athttp://groups.google.com/group/rctankcombat To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rctankcombat+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words REMOVE ME as the subject. -- 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 athttp://groups.google.com/group/rctankcombat To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rctankcombat+ unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words REMOVE ME as the subject.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - -- 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 athttp://groups.google.com/group/rctankcombat To unsubscribe from
Re: [TANKS] Re: Paintball Gun Mounting Question
Good luck, Derek! -Mike M. On 18/03/2010, Mark_123521 gatlinggunm...@sbcglobal.net wrote: Derek: WoW thats cool!! But theres no girls and no booze and theres the IED's. We know that your qualified to work on remote control, tracked vehicles -- like bomb defusing robots??!!! I'll bet the pay is fantastic!!! Mark On Mar 18, 7:32 pm, Derek Engelhaupt tan...@gmail.com wrote: Network and computer installations and maintenance on the forward operating bases. Not sure yet on my deployment date. Derek T065 On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 7:22 PM, Mark_123521 gatlinggunm...@sbcglobal.netwrote: Derek: I thought Blackwater was out of business! What would you do over there, or cant you tell me without being required to kill me? Mark On Mar 18, 7:14 pm, Derek Engelhaupt tan...@gmail.com wrote: The other issue is that the tube would compress when it bends causing the internal space to compress. How do I know? I was trying to look for a way to feed the top of my gun using a large diameter rubber hose. There are types of hoses that wouldn't do that, but they also don't want to bend very well either. You would need some bend in the tube to compensate for the raising and lowering. I'm having issues fitting my magazine in since the gun of the KV-2 is mounted really high in the turret. My problem is reliably feeding the gun during elevation. 10 degrees isn't that much elevation, but I have a lot of depression on the gun. The difference between the two is causing the issues. I could limit the depression, but I want to be able to hit targets within a couple of feet of the tank. The feed angle that works for the depression of the gun doesn't always work for the raising of the gun and vise versa. At this point, I'm not sure if I'll solve the problem before I have to go off to work in the big sand box (just got a contract job for a year in Afghanistan). Derek T065 On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 6:45 PM, Mike Måne mike082...@gmail.com wrote: I'm no expert, but I think it would be very difficult to prevent the ball from bursting on the curve. Even if it happened to survive the journey, it probably will lose so much energy that it simply flings out of the barrel. The best way would be to load the balls into the straight, rigid barrel, rather than anywhere in or before the curved, flexible hose. Do you think you could build a loading mechanism and hopper in the turret? Keep in mind that Article III, Section 1, Line 'f.' of the Rules states that ...The maximum elevation of any paintball marker will be 10 degrees, which isn't much of an elevation, especially if the fulcrum is toward the front of the gun. -Mike M. On 18/03/2010, Mark_123521 gatlinggunm...@sbcglobal.net wrote: Has anyone tried this? I am building one of those low profile modern tanks -- M1A1 Abrams. Theres not much head room in the turret to mount the marker and feed system. Why couldnt a guy mount the paintball marker in the lower hull and shoot the paintball through a hose? The hose would connect to a barrel in the turret and the gun would be mounted under the turret where theres plenty of room? The gun could rotate with the turret or the gun could be fixed mounted and the hose could have a rotary connection. The hose would allow flexability to elevate the gun. I have ordered a lazy Susan turntable with a 6 inch hole in it. This would allow some room to pass the hose through. I have machine tools in the basement and can build about anything to make the hose idea work. Could you shoot the paintball through a hose and not have it break up going through the curves?? Mark -- 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 athttp://groups.google.com/group/rctankcombat To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rctankcombat+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words REMOVE ME as the subject. -- 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 athttp://groups.google.com/group/rctankcombat To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rctankcombat+ unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words REMOVE ME as the subject.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - -- You are currently subscribed to the R/C Tank Combat group. To post a message, send email to rctankcombat@googlegroups.com To
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Well, I'm married so that rules out the girl thingand I really don't drink much so that's really not an issue either...;) Robotic work would be out of scope of the contract so I doubt that would happen. Yeah, the pay is good. My wife said that I would never make more than her now that she has her PharmD degree (PhD in pharmacy). I guess she was wrong. :) Derek T065 On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 7:46 PM, Mark_123521 gatlinggunm...@sbcglobal.netwrote: Derek: WoW thats cool!! But theres no girls and no booze and theres the IED's. We know that your qualified to work on remote control, tracked vehicles -- like bomb defusing robots??!!! I'll bet the pay is fantastic!!! Mark On Mar 18, 7:32 pm, Derek Engelhaupt tan...@gmail.com wrote: Network and computer installations and maintenance on the forward operating bases. Not sure yet on my deployment date. Derek T065 On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 7:22 PM, Mark_123521 gatlinggunm...@sbcglobal.netwrote: Derek: I thought Blackwater was out of business! What would you do over there, or cant you tell me without being required to kill me? Mark On Mar 18, 7:14 pm, Derek Engelhaupt tan...@gmail.com wrote: The other issue is that the tube would compress when it bends causing the internal space to compress. How do I know? I was trying to look for a way to feed the top of my gun using a large diameter rubber hose. There are types of hoses that wouldn't do that, but they also don't want to bend very well either. You would need some bend in the tube to compensate for the raising and lowering. I'm having issues fitting my magazine in since the gun of the KV-2 is mounted really high in the turret. My problem is reliably feeding the gun during elevation. 10 degrees isn't that much elevation, but I have a lot of depression on the gun. The difference between the two is causing the issues. I could limit the depression, but I want to be able to hit targets within a couple of feet of the tank. The feed angle that works for the depression of the gun doesn't always work for the raising of the gun and vise versa. At this point, I'm not sure if I'll solve the problem before I have to go off to work in the big sand box (just got a contract job for a year in Afghanistan). Derek T065 On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 6:45 PM, Mike Måne mike082...@gmail.com wrote: I'm no expert, but I think it would be very difficult to prevent the ball from bursting on the curve. Even if it happened to survive the journey, it probably will lose so much energy that it simply flings out of the barrel. The best way would be to load the balls into the straight, rigid barrel, rather than anywhere in or before the curved, flexible hose. Do you think you could build a loading mechanism and hopper in the turret? Keep in mind that Article III, Section 1, Line 'f.' of the Rules states that ...The maximum elevation of any paintball marker will be 10 degrees, which isn't much of an elevation, especially if the fulcrum is toward the front of the gun. -Mike M. On 18/03/2010, Mark_123521 gatlinggunm...@sbcglobal.net wrote: Has anyone tried this? I am building one of those low profile modern tanks -- M1A1 Abrams. Theres not much head room in the turret to mount the marker and feed system. Why couldnt a guy mount the paintball marker in the lower hull and shoot the paintball through a hose? The hose would connect to a barrel in the turret and the gun would be mounted under the turret where theres plenty of room? The gun could rotate with the turret or the gun could be fixed mounted and the hose could have a rotary connection. The hose would allow flexability to elevate the gun. I have ordered a lazy Susan turntable with a 6 inch hole in it. This would allow some room to pass the hose through. I have machine tools in the basement and can build about anything to make the hose idea work. Could you shoot the paintball through a hose and not have it break up going through the curves?? Mark -- 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 athttp://groups.google.com/group/rctankcombat To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rctankcombat+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words REMOVE ME as the subject. -- 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
[TANKS] Re: Paintball Gun Mounting Question
Derek: Sounds like an adventure of a lifetime! Go for it! Mark On Mar 18, 8:59 pm, Derek Engelhaupt tan...@gmail.com wrote: Well, I'm married so that rules out the girl thingand I really don't drink much so that's really not an issue either...;) Robotic work would be out of scope of the contract so I doubt that would happen. Yeah, the pay is good. My wife said that I would never make more than her now that she has her PharmD degree (PhD in pharmacy). I guess she was wrong. :) Derek T065 On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 7:46 PM, Mark_123521 gatlinggunm...@sbcglobal.netwrote: Derek: WoW thats cool!! But theres no girls and no booze and theres the IED's. We know that your qualified to work on remote control, tracked vehicles -- like bomb defusing robots??!!! I'll bet the pay is fantastic!!! Mark On Mar 18, 7:32 pm, Derek Engelhaupt tan...@gmail.com wrote: Network and computer installations and maintenance on the forward operating bases. Not sure yet on my deployment date. Derek T065 On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 7:22 PM, Mark_123521 gatlinggunm...@sbcglobal.netwrote: Derek: I thought Blackwater was out of business! What would you do over there, or cant you tell me without being required to kill me? Mark On Mar 18, 7:14 pm, Derek Engelhaupt tan...@gmail.com wrote: The other issue is that the tube would compress when it bends causing the internal space to compress. How do I know? I was trying to look for a way to feed the top of my gun using a large diameter rubber hose. There are types of hoses that wouldn't do that, but they also don't want to bend very well either. You would need some bend in the tube to compensate for the raising and lowering. I'm having issues fitting my magazine in since the gun of the KV-2 is mounted really high in the turret. My problem is reliably feeding the gun during elevation. 10 degrees isn't that much elevation, but I have a lot of depression on the gun. The difference between the two is causing the issues. I could limit the depression, but I want to be able to hit targets within a couple of feet of the tank. The feed angle that works for the depression of the gun doesn't always work for the raising of the gun and vise versa. At this point, I'm not sure if I'll solve the problem before I have to go off to work in the big sand box (just got a contract job for a year in Afghanistan). Derek T065 On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 6:45 PM, Mike Måne mike082...@gmail.com wrote: I'm no expert, but I think it would be very difficult to prevent the ball from bursting on the curve. Even if it happened to survive the journey, it probably will lose so much energy that it simply flings out of the barrel. The best way would be to load the balls into the straight, rigid barrel, rather than anywhere in or before the curved, flexible hose. Do you think you could build a loading mechanism and hopper in the turret? Keep in mind that Article III, Section 1, Line 'f.' of the Rules states that ...The maximum elevation of any paintball marker will be 10 degrees, which isn't much of an elevation, especially if the fulcrum is toward the front of the gun. -Mike M. On 18/03/2010, Mark_123521 gatlinggunm...@sbcglobal.net wrote: Has anyone tried this? I am building one of those low profile modern tanks -- M1A1 Abrams. Theres not much head room in the turret to mount the marker and feed system. Why couldnt a guy mount the paintball marker in the lower hull and shoot the paintball through a hose? The hose would connect to a barrel in the turret and the gun would be mounted under the turret where theres plenty of room? The gun could rotate with the turret or the gun could be fixed mounted and the hose could have a rotary connection. The hose would allow flexability to elevate the gun. I have ordered a lazy Susan turntable with a 6 inch hole in it. This would allow some room to pass the hose through. I have machine tools in the basement and can build about anything to make the hose idea work. Could you shoot the paintball through a hose and not have it break up going through the curves?? Mark -- 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 athttp://groups.google.com/group/rctankcombat To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rctankcombat+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with
