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Currently my brother, his friend and I thought up an idea. We should make RC battleships. So now we are constructing something to be run from a distance, using electrically activated valves and antennae to shoot ball bearings and BBs. If I hooked up a 20 oz Co2 tank to a reg and had it on board to power all the guns would the air just flow out the barrel? I have heard people say that solenoid valves stay open once opened if there is still air in the chamber. I would have the regulator connected to a small chamber with hoses coming off to power all of the guns. I would need them to be repeaters so I could completely tear up other boats. If people could give me some advice I would gladly accept.

Well..I dont know much about this but what if you dismantle a bb pistol, put it where needed and use a servo or something to trigger it? Hope it helps

I don't know how to work servos and all that kind of stuff, just solenoid valves.

It's already a very popular hobby. Most games prohibit full auto due to the fact that they completely devistated the other boats and was unfair.

http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/forumid_316/tt.htm

Technological Stuff:
http://www.ircwcc.org/manual/GUNS/GUNS.HTM

sweet idea im gonna attach my bbmg to one of my rc cars and ***PUFF***, i bet i can get some servos from my friend, its gonna be sweet

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This is just some drawing I did on Paint in about 30 seconds on how all the guns would work hooked up to CO2. There's nothing complicated drawn yet. And is it possible to wire an antennae into a solenoid?

you do realize a 20 oz co2 tank is not the lightest thing in the world, and its gonna tip your boat if you dont perfectly balance it out. and if u make a sharp turn somehow. ... sinkage from it. Use a 9 oz or less.

Yeah that's probably a good idea but all I have are 2 20 oz paintball tanks. 9 Ounces are only like 10 bucks full though so I'll just buy one. Plus I'm going to build a five foot battleship with some side, back, and front guns, plus a fat 1/2" ball bearing cannon on the front. But first I gotta figure out how all this stuff works.

If you put the tank at the bottom of the boat or even under it, it will add stability as long as it's under the water line.

Yeah it would act as a counterweight to keep the boat from tipping over. I was thinking of doing that but with something else, I don't know what. Thanks