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Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2007 4:52 am
by Novacastrian
That is how it shall be done :) I will do my best to have some kind of result by this time tomorrow.
Time to double my burst disc!

Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2007 5:09 am
by jackssmirkingrevenge
sweet :) make sure it's a loose enough fit for the dart to side out easily

Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2007 5:28 am
by Novacastrian
jackssmirkingrevenge wrote:sweet :) make sure it's a loose enough fit for the dart to side out easily
Will do :D

Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2007 5:39 am
by wangpushups
Yeah man just make sure you have that burst disk done by tomorrow so i can see it. Post some pics for me.

Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2007 5:43 am
by Novacastrian
wangpushups wrote:Yeah man just make sure you have that burst disk done by tomorrow so i can see it. Post some pics for me.
I will post pics just for you sweetheart :)

Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2007 5:51 am
by jackssmirkingrevenge
awwwwwwwww... :D

Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2007 5:53 am
by wangpushups
I like family guy too, we should like totally hang out sometime man.

Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2007 12:49 am
by Novacastrian
Novacastrian wrote:That is how it shall be done :) I will do my best to have some kind of result by this time tomorrow.
Time to double my burst disc!
I have results! Not particulary the ones i was after...
The sabot was made from acetal, i found one tiny bit of it after it contacted the steel. I fired a shot at 5mm plate steel from 15 feet, this was at a 3x mix from my 700ml Hybrid. I think i have found it's name "LGH"*.
Anyway, any one who says that plate steel is hard to penetrate is making the understatement of the year!
I have not found the dart. (i did find the tail though)
First pic is the sabot with dart, second is "damage pic" (if it actually counts as damage :lol: ) The drill in the pic is 1mm, for reference. Anyway feel free to laugh your ass off at this pathetic attempt! *little gay hybrid.
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Edit: Computer decided to become non- user friendly :?

Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2007 12:52 am
by jackssmirkingrevenge
Can't see the damage pic :?

Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2007 1:00 am
by Novacastrian
Sorry guys, pics updated

Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2007 2:32 am
by jackssmirkingrevenge
That couldn't have been going very fast if it only left a dent, that or the dart wasn't properly supported in the sabot and it did not strike perpendicular to the plate.

Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2007 3:15 am
by Novacastrian
jackssmirkingrevenge wrote:That couldn't have been going very fast if it only left a dent, that or the dart wasn't properly supported in the sabot and it did not strike perpendicular to the plate.
I don't believe that the round was travelling slow as it is, my guess is around 700 fps. However there is a clear impression of the point of the dart AND sabot, my guess is that the dart did not remove itself from the sabot- my bad of coarse. It was probably a bit of a lame attempt, i really do need to make a truly discarding sabot :cry: . I know for a fact that a crudely made "bolt" will penetrate two 20ltr (4.5 gal) metal drums filled with h2o at a 1x mix though.

Any observations that i may be too simple to understand are welcome.
Kind of pissed me off a little (the damage) hence the name LGH. Maybe i need to grow some BALLS!

Edit: Just for the record i will not be giving this attempt another go.
Like hell i won't, i challenge anyone with a hybrid to open up a can of whoopass on plate steel (of any thickness)

Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2007 3:46 am
by Novacastrian
God damn it, i just realised i should have used jsr's plasticine design.
god damn i'm dumb

Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2007 3:53 am
by jackssmirkingrevenge
That would have been a good idea :)

Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2007 3:58 am
by Novacastrian
jackssmirkingrevenge wrote:That would have been a good idea :)
*Posts picture of a bum on a park bentch, covered with newspaper, to represent himself.
What a loser :lol: