{Winger drags his depleted, post-work-related injury body back to the keyboard and writes:} Sorry I haven't followed up to everyone's helpful comments. Life throws some strange twists, don't it? Progress has been made, of sorts. I have built a device, but the performance is not remotely like what I ...

Bugger. I'm sick. But luckily the parts just keep rolling in the door, and my wife's eyes just keep rolling. Thanks very much for the reassurance on the survivability of two linked valves. I shall update you all as to how successful it is in practice. And instruct my heirs to do so, as well. The who...

What a day. Thanks for the thoughts. I will reply at great, perhaps even excessive, length tomorrow. But for now, I got nuthin.

Nighty nite.

Thanks for the warm welcome, Jimmy! You've made my day: I've never been accused of doing something "fiendish". Feels kinda good ! :lol: And as for clever, well, that remains to be seen. I probably just came up with a new way to destroy perfectly useful components, and perhaps internal organs... I re...

JSR, a man willing to use that device is a man with nothing left to lose. :D You guys are sort of hearing about the project out of its context, so I'm not surprised it sounds odd. These types of things are not uncommon in large paintball events. Generally, they cannot be eliminated by paintball fire...

True, breech loading would be very nifty if it fits the overall ergonomics, but I figured I would burn that bridge when I came to it. For the Mark One version, muzzle loading should work alright. A centerline mount is commonly used exactly as you suggested JSR, however the overall design I am workin...

More technical commentary to follow but won't the poor fellow walking around pretending to be an attack helicopter look like a bit of a çunt, even if he's packing a big bore multi-barrel pneumatic? Yes. That is why I will make someone else on the team climb into this deathtrap. I don't need the str...

Nice to see I've at least presented you folks with a new question. :twisted: That confetti cannon is closely related- thanks for that. I can see why some of you are puzzled by my approach, but as I said, the device has to fit some very specific physical parameters, particularly size and weight. But ...

I already feel so at home here. This does not bode well. It is far beyond my bedtime, and excessive crankiness in the morning tends to alarm my dog. So I will be brief: Here is an extremely crude drawing of what I am raving about. You all should know that function is dictating form. The final result...

Hi all- New poster here, and I really believe I have tried to answer this question via the search function, so please be gentle with me. I learned two things from that unfruitful approach: 1) This place is frikkin huge . 2) There are an awful lot of brilliant but clearly psychotic engineers out ther...