Thanks for the advice on soldering. I've soldered quite a bit of copper pipe so I do know how to do it cleanly. The key is always flux. Without flux it doesn't work well. I've checked out my work and no solder actually reached the inside of the pipe. Once the pipe is hot enough, it only take a little solder to get it to bond as long as you use flux and you can take away the heat on concentrate on the solder placement. It feeds pretty well, but maybe it's just the anal side of me that says it's not feeding perfectly. The extra bends were there for additional capacity so that I could get all 40 balls inside the tubing. I guess I need to let myself get to a point where it feeds well enough to do some field testing mounted on the tank.
Derek On Sat, Jan 4, 2014 at 5:07 PM, Robert Currie <rcrobertcur...@gmail.com>wrote: > Hi Derek > > Looks good ...can I ask why so many bends ? with soldering be careful > not to use too much solder on your joints might cause a problem for you > getting blobs of solder in the way of the paintballs.... let us know how > the testing goes good luck ! > > > On Tuesday, December 31, 2013 2:23:26 PM UTC-5, TyngTech wrote: >> >> Derek, >> >> Haven't seen a GTV gun in a while. The side loading gives you some nice >> loading options. I'm going to pass along a TyngTech advance research >> project which I think might be beneficial to your setup. It's something >> that I call a conformal loader. Build an open frame one paintball in >> height which can hold 40 rounds. This will be mounted above your marker as >> high as possible in the turret. On the bottom of the frame, stretch and >> attach a piece of spandex. Cut a doughnut out of some thin sheet metal >> that a paintball can pass through. With the frame mounted in place, above >> the loading port on the gun, glue the metal doughnut onto the top side of >> the spandex (Goop glue should work well). When the Goop is dried, cutout >> the spandex from inside the doughnut. Drill a small hole in the doughnut >> for a mounting screw that will attach the doughnut to the marker. You now >> have a conformal loader shaped in a shallow funnel shape that always point >> to the markers loading port. >> >> Steve Tyng >> >> >>> -- > -- > 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. > -- -- 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.
