paintball mortar
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Topic: paintball mortar
Posted By: markhoppus
Subject: paintball mortar
Date Posted: 07 May 2008 at 1:39pm
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im building the ap2 mortar shown on this link http://www.alternativepaintball.com/mortar.htm - http://www.alternativepaintball.com/mortar.htm but in the plans it doesnt say what i should to to shoot paint other then putting a a cup down the barrel and filling it with paint balls my question is how can i make a shell so i couldshoot out sumthing with a bigger splat area per say lik in ther words a paint grenade that wont explode in teh air |
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Posted By: paintballa43708
Date Posted: 07 May 2008 at 1:56pm
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you could try putting them in a net type thing ------------- Pain Is Weakness Leaving The Body 
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Posted By: markhoppus
Date Posted: 07 May 2008 at 1:58pm
| i thought about that but if i put a grenade inthere the pressure shooting it out would make it explode right out of the barrel |
Posted By: Mack
Date Posted: 07 May 2008 at 3:42pm
You could use water balloons like it suggested on the page you linked to.
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The link wrote:Posted By: markhoppus
Date Posted: 07 May 2008 at 9:39pm
| ok if i do the water baloons what pain t do i use cus i need sumthing cheap |
Posted By: carl_the_sniper
Date Posted: 07 May 2008 at 10:16pm
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http://www.alternativepaintball.com/silencers.htm - http://www.alternativepaintball.com/silencers.htm
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Posted By: The Guy
Date Posted: 07 May 2008 at 10:24pm
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Paint grenades will explode right out of the barrel, as will water balloons. You can modify a paint grenade and give it a less sensitive trigger, just don't try to throw those or they will never go off. By the way, if you DO make that, just remember that ball valves are inefficient because they depend on the speed which you can operate the lever. ------------- http://www.anomationanodizing.com - My Site 
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Posted By: markhoppus
Date Posted: 08 May 2008 at 5:21pm
| what kinda vavle can i use fori to be faster |
Posted By: Mack
Date Posted: 08 May 2008 at 6:22pm
Did you ever experiment with casings for them. Several of us (group project) had fairly good results with balloons launched using a "split-casing" designed to open and fall off of the projectile after launch. However, it was done with a fairly low velocity shorter range launcher. -------------
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Posted By: ThatGuitarGuy
Date Posted: 08 May 2008 at 7:48pm
Aren't those illegal? Regardless of whether or not they're sold for "paintball" use? ------------- Skillet: I've never been terribly fond of the look of a vagina |
Posted By: kurieitaa
Date Posted: 08 May 2008 at 10:06pm
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hehe they spell'd tippmann wrong on that site. anyways i thought the ammobox remote line was a cool idea.
but if you get a back plate (you know some type of a wadding or a carboard cup?) for the paint gernade/balloon, it might help it not explode in the barrel?
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Posted By: The Guy
Date Posted: 09 May 2008 at 12:02am
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it just makes it more tedious to load, and paint balloons wouldn't get very good coverage.
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Posted By: paintball437085
Date Posted: 09 May 2008 at 2:01pm
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having a covering that can come off when it leaves the barrel ------------- psn=Xx_DY3_xX |
Posted By: markhoppus
Date Posted: 09 May 2008 at 6:54pm
| any one know aboutthe valve like one that can be remote or sumthin like that |
Posted By: The Guy
Date Posted: 09 May 2008 at 10:13pm
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A modified solenoid valve can be run remotely. Meaning, standing within 10 feet or so.
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Posted By: cichniss
Date Posted: 20 May 2008 at 4:57pm
| In order to fire projectiles similar to water balloons you can simply use a sabot. This can be easily done by cutting out a cardboard casing type thing. Sort of like a hollow mould that will fit the barrel. place a roundish shaped object in the middle of your mould that is the size of your of your desired projectile (you can suspend it with string). Then use something like an expandable foam(sold in hardware stores, usually called great stuff) and fill your mould. After it sets for 24 hrs. you can the remove the cardboard and cut your foam in two and then you can load your water balloon in it and launch it. The sabot will fall away as the projectile exits the barrel. I hope you can invision what i am saying, it is a little hard to put in to words. |
Posted By: cmhanck
Date Posted: 28 May 2008 at 5:18pm
Here's a link to some info on modifying a sprinkler valve for cannon use: http://www.thehalls-in-bfe.com/GGDT/library/valve_orbit1_mod.html - http://www.thehalls-in-bfe.com/GGDT/library/valve_orbit1_mod .html ------------- "When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro." -Hunter S. Thompson |