RE: Misc. Notes

["Burdett, Steve" <Steve.burdett-at-pembrokeshire.gov.uk>]

How about a feedback loop?  Use the increased air-pressure in the barrel
used to fire the paintball gun to blow-back down the ammo chute/hopper to
assist gravity in moving the ammo.  All it would need is a tube tapped into
the side of the barrel, the tube is then fed back to the top of the
chute/hopper and fitted by some kind of cap that can be removed to reload
the chute.

Using a similar system with a constant feed of high-pressure air down the
barrel you have a basic fully automatic paintball gun!  a Servo could
control the ammo feed to stop/start the flow of ammo.  Only problem is how
do you monitor the ammo levels?

My 10 cents worth.

Steve'Challenger II' Burdett

-----Original Message-----
From: ray schwartz [mailto:ray.schwartz-at-juno.com]
Sent: 09 January 2003 05:36
To: tanks-at-rctankcombat.com
Subject: Re: Misc. Notes



how about some kind of set up that uses a spring to push the balls down a
tube ? enough pressure to move the balls but not enough to bust them . 
or a tray that has a dip in the middle so the paint balls just go to the
center from gravity .

On Thu, 9 Jan 2003 00:06:34 EST RATROK-at-aol.com writes:
> That's great, Ships-n-things is 2 towns over from me. I can save on 
> shiping.
> 
>  A question that has been touched on a few times, but not yet 
> answered is how 
> to force feed a paintball marker. My marker is gravity fed, as are 
> most, and 
> with only an inch or so between the feed pipe and the top of the 
> turret 
> things get tight. 
>  One thing I found was the Warp Feed. This is probably the toilet 
> equivalent 
> of an Up-flusher. I think I saw it for sale on the Internet for 
> about $150. 
> 
> The manufacture site:
> http://www.airgun.com/warp_feed.shtml
> 
> A review of it:
>
http://www.warpig.com/paintball/technical/loaders/matrix_warp/index.shtml
> 
> Has anyone tried to fabricate something like this?
> 
> As Mike had said there are products that agitate the ball in the 
> hopper . But 
> these still rely on gravity feed. The purpose of these revy type 
> feeders is 
> to keep your marker fed with paint and prevent dry fires as the 
> cycle rate 
> reaches the 5-22+ balls per second range. Something we probably 
> don't want to 
> do with only 40 balls per loading.
> 
>  Another question. Has anyone tried to use the C02 pressure to gas 
> feed the 
> magazine? I guess it could only be done with a closed bolt type 
> marker or a 
> home made breach. Most lower end markers (mine included) are an open 
> bolt 
> design that probably wouldn't work well for this application.
> 
> Brian T.
> T007

"they that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve 
neither liberty nor safety"
benjamin franklin,historical review of pennsylvania ,1759


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