Seeing as I haven't posted anything interesting in a while, I guess I'll slip a little.
This is a 2" porting, steel inline piston valve I made in my spare time at my new job. It still needs some grinding and a finished piston, but it seems to be functioning very well even though the piston isn't even sealed/epoxied yet.
I may coat the outside in bondo and sand it down to make a nice smooth surface. I don't like the uneven look of freshly ground welds.
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So it's similar to a sprinkler valve in operation (with the ports switched around to be "barrel sealing")?
I haven't posted in a while either, but I can't say I've been doing anything meaningful in my absence.
I haven't posted in a while either, but I can't say I've been doing anything meaningful in my absence.
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Hope it's a piston hybrid.
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LOL that's awesome... please tell me it's not going to be a handheld launcher
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My next big project obviously, which being in the hybrid section would make it my next big hybrid projecti like it, what are you planning on using it for?
To my knowledge, yes. I thought most sprinklers were barrel sealers though (?). I've never seen one in person, actually.So it's similar to a sprinkler valve in operation (with the ports switched around to be "barrel sealing")?
what do you plan on using it for? (scale?)
(I think I gave you a rough idea in a pm once. It's not crazy huge, but easily considered "full-size".)freaking HUGE!
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OK, I won't tell you.LOL that's awesome... please tell me it's not going to be a handheld launcher
...Umm, you are joking... right?_Fnord wrote:OK, I won't tell you.LOL that's awesome... please tell me it's not going to be a handheld launcher
Or do you like entering orbit every time you fire?
Does that thing kinda look like a big cat to you?
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Keep in mind the power will be limited by the how heavy it can be (the valve weighs around 10 lbs by itself)....Umm, you are joking... right?
Or do you like entering orbit every time you fire?
The weight will also help with recoil; I have a combustion launcher of comparable weight and power which still has considerable recoil, but based on my observations so far, it should be survivable* with a heavily padded stock.
It might end up being the most powerful handheld out there though. For a while at least.
Edit: though if I had access to titanium, I'd be using the recoil to jump between rooftops in some bizarre combination of spudding/parkour/quake3.
*Fun