Hi,
i want to show you my cannon from 2008. The cannon is a simple Co2 Fe´s . The stand works with two 12 V car window cleaner motors. The filling isnt automati but the spark loading and fire ist.
I build it from bycicle parts and other garbage. The stand isnt alive i wracked it up last year. I want to build better one with automatic loading machanism. I will start perhaps next year.
I controled the gun directly next to the gun with a little 3m wire control or in my room 70 meters away with another control. The camera is a very fine working black white chip camera.
here is a short video
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sorry for my bad English.
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Wire drive Storm Cannon
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Nicely done you should mount some sort of sight in front of the camera to help with aiming though.
I'm trying to make something similar but on a smaller scale and functioning autonomously, have a look at this thread.
I'm trying to make something similar but on a smaller scale and functioning autonomously, have a look at this thread.
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lol that's so cool...
what is that thing that you used to build as the turret frame ? I know I've seen it somewhere but I am having hard time remembering what it is
all I can say is that this gun really makes all those autonomous turrets look so lame
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you see jack they don't have to outsource their projects to Scandinavian countries
what is that thing that you used to build as the turret frame ? I know I've seen it somewhere but I am having hard time remembering what it is
all I can say is that this gun really makes all those autonomous turrets look so lame
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you see jack they don't have to outsource their projects to Scandinavian countries
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He's German, it's what they doPOLAND_SPUD wrote:you see jack they don't have to outsource their projects to Scandinavian countries
Looks like the sort of project you were after, but for reasons explained elsewhere I'm sticking to a smaller autonomous unit. Ordered the software and controller today, awaiting confirmation that it is compatible with the ready made pan-tilt systems dewey-1 found so I can start collecting all the other bits.
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I am not trying to convince you jack to build a larger one... at least not now
just be sure to keep us updated and film it with your slowmo cam
but I think this one is so freaking cool...
what do you think would be the easiest/cheapest way to build a remotely controlled turret?
what would I need if I wanted to use my PC or laptop and control the turret via the mouse ?
are there any large pan/tilt camera systems that could be used with larger launchers ?
just be sure to keep us updated and film it with your slowmo cam
but I think this one is so freaking cool...
what do you think would be the easiest/cheapest way to build a remotely controlled turret?
what would I need if I wanted to use my PC or laptop and control the turret via the mouse ?
are there any large pan/tilt camera systems that could be used with larger launchers ?
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I asked the paintball sentry guy about this unit, the response wasn't very encouraging...POLAND_SPUD wrote:are there any large pan/tilt camera systems that could be used with larger launchers ?
Yea, it would work with that but that’s very tiny and weak. The only thing you could mount on there of any use would probably be a laser pointer. All of the larger, more useful, pan tilt kits cost ridiculous amounts of money.
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Beautiful idea and very well done! A hybridized one of these would be really cool....
Awesome!
Awesome!
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@jsr
have you tried firing your HP bbmg while not holding it? you know just to see how much recoil there will be when it's not held in your hand ?
I presume I would need something pretty sturdy if I wanted to mount my semiauto MKIII... considering its only 8.731mm it kicks pretty hard
well generally speaking I guess that there are 2 (well maybe 3 possibilities):
-build yourself a powerful and sturdy turret with step motors or real servos
-buy cheap ready made pan tilt kits designed for lightweight cameras
-buy expensive ready made pan tilt kits designed for serious applications
the first option could give the best results but it requires you to know a thing or two about electronics
I've found a couple of pan tilt turrets for use with camcorders.. this one seems to be the cheapest:
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/6 ... _Head.html
but you couldn't use them as they are not based on RC servos
naahhh wait a second wouldn't it be possible to control (and power) a small step motor directly via the serial port or parrallel port ?
have you tried firing your HP bbmg while not holding it? you know just to see how much recoil there will be when it's not held in your hand ?
I presume I would need something pretty sturdy if I wanted to mount my semiauto MKIII... considering its only 8.731mm it kicks pretty hard
well generally speaking I guess that there are 2 (well maybe 3 possibilities):
-build yourself a powerful and sturdy turret with step motors or real servos
-buy cheap ready made pan tilt kits designed for lightweight cameras
-buy expensive ready made pan tilt kits designed for serious applications
the first option could give the best results but it requires you to know a thing or two about electronics
I've found a couple of pan tilt turrets for use with camcorders.. this one seems to be the cheapest:
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/6 ... _Head.html
but you couldn't use them as they are not based on RC servos
naahhh wait a second wouldn't it be possible to control (and power) a small step motor directly via the serial port or parrallel port ?
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The small pan tilt units I've found mostly look like this:
Basically a two servos mounted on eachother, with the servo driving the bracket directly.
The paintball senty turret on the other hand has the servos geared down 2:1 to drive the brackets.
What I have in mind is going to be much lighter than a paintball marker, so maybe I could scale up the commercial pan/tilt unit by simply using larger servos.
I don't want to hijack the thread so maybe we should continue this on the sentry one
Basically a two servos mounted on eachother, with the servo driving the bracket directly.
The paintball senty turret on the other hand has the servos geared down 2:1 to drive the brackets.
What I have in mind is going to be much lighter than a paintball marker, so maybe I could scale up the commercial pan/tilt unit by simply using larger servos.
I don't want to hijack the thread so maybe we should continue this on the sentry one
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Thanky to all for your comments.
Your projekt is very cool i like it. I have never heard and seen such a interesting software. Damn My know become obsolete
The turret frame is a selfmade turred. I weld it from old shelf parts.
The ball bearing are from bycicles.
Your pan tilt units with camera are a very good thing. If i buy a my Version 2.0 i will also build such a camera on the top so you can see if someone nears approaches of behind. It would be very nice if it will give the pan tilt units in 2 , 3 or 4 number bigger.
control the turret via mouse is good but i think with Joystick it makes more fun.
I hope have to read myself I soon once time the entire interesting special here
Yeah that is what i do next time.Nicely done you should mount some sort of sight in front of the camera to help with aiming though.
Your projekt is very cool i like it. I have never heard and seen such a interesting software. Damn My know become obsolete
The turret frame is a selfmade turred. I weld it from old shelf parts.
The ball bearing are from bycicles.
Your pan tilt units with camera are a very good thing. If i buy a my Version 2.0 i will also build such a camera on the top so you can see if someone nears approaches of behind. It would be very nice if it will give the pan tilt units in 2 , 3 or 4 number bigger.
control the turret via mouse is good but i think with Joystick it makes more fun.
I hope have to read myself I soon once time the entire interesting special here