New Reloader 2...
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It's your lucky day... here it is... Actually this is a 'fun project' I've been doing for a twin and tripple barrelled gun...Originally posted by gyroscope
1. Since it is force fed, I want it to be shorter, overall. There is room for several balls to drop, gravity style, after the drive cone has fed them through and there are no more in the hopper itself. The drive cone should ba very close to the "exit" of the hopper.
2. There should be hooks or channels or something for the wires to ride in. Currently, it is possible to pinch wires during re-assembly. Ideally, the wires should travel through the motor/ cone tray/ whatever takes the place of the blue thing in Halos. If the board plugged directly into the blue thing, then the only exposed wire would be battery wire, which could come out of the blue thing closer to where the batteries sit.
3. The battery door is too exposed to hits. Having the most delecate part of the door ( the plastic surrounding the bolt that holds it closed) in the very front is just crazy.
4. Capacity must be greater- The fact that you need to be so close to empty before reloading is a nuisance and a distraction. 30 some odd balls more than a standard pod is too narrow a margin when you are trying to concentrate on a paintball game.
5. A more vertically oriented lid- I love what you've done there with the new Reloader lid.
6. A more durable hinge for the lid. If you ever get shot as you ar reloading, it is done. Also, if it doesn't stay closed and you make an immediate move after loading, you risk that lid. I am talking about the plastic here, not the pin- which should be thick and commonly available.
7. Less brittle plastic. The old school Revy shells that were ever so slightly rubbery had the perfect modulus of elasticity. We need that stuff back.
8. Easier access to the feed neck from above. If you copuld run a pull-thropugh swab through the feedneck, you wouldn't need to take it apart very much, which would rule.
9. Fewer bolts to hold it all together. I love the bolt-nut combo. I want there to be fewer, so disassembly is faster.
10. Tool free battery changing. The revy door is still superior to any more recent design, except maybe the one you are using on the Reloader 2. That is hot.
I know I am forgetting things. I will remember other items that irritate me later. Thinking like a crybaby who tolerates no inconvenience is how I always critique my own design projects.
The design is completely done and I'm quite pleased with how it turned out. It was a nice change to do something that wasn't 'work' for paintball, and get back to a bit of 'tinkering' . And it was nice not to worry about how we would manufacture it. This can only be made by rapid prototyping so I didn't have to worry about draft angles or undercuts etc.
I'm going to ask the boss if I can make some but I don't know what his reply will be yet... They won't be cheap parts to make.
It takes also standard halo internals, you could run it with eyes or with sound boards.
I tried to style it after an aeroplane wing and how they blend into the jet engines. Think of each loader section as a jet engine.
The clever bit is that it's modular, so I could make a twin for my COUNT or to go on the V-Twin cocker if Doc ever replies to my e-mails... And then by just adding center sections we can make a trident for RP... or go further and make a single hopper for as many guns as you want to mount in a line.
Fitting some of the bolts in to assemble it may be a bit of a pain, but hopefully not too bad.
You can load it from any of the lids, and the paint will spread out inside. It should have a much higher capacity because of the extra volume from the 'wing section'. It shouldn't matter which side you load from.
Normal halo shells will be used as 'End Caps' so you can have them in whatever colour you want, the center sections would be SLS Nylon so they won't have as nice a finish and will need to be coloured or dyed, sorry about that. You can make the SLS have a decent finish by sealing it and some hand work. I made it green in the image because I know RP likes green.
Anyway, if you read this far you really only want to see the pictures don't you...
http://img117.exs.cx/img117/9897/trident1.jpg
http://img112.exs.cx/img112/6941/trident2.jpg
http://img117.exs.cx/img117/7817/trident3.jpg
http://img112.exs.cx/img112/8560/twin1.jpg
http://img112.exs.cx/img112/4435/twin2.jpg
http://img112.exs.cx/img112/4268/twin3.jpg
http://img112.exs.cx/img112/6961/twin4.jpg
http://img112.exs.cx/img112/3091/twin5.jpg
http://img112.exs.cx/img112/6778/twin6.jpg
http://img112.exs.cx/img112/3268/twin7.jpg
In all seriousness a lot of your points are already into consideration. But don't hold your breath. We finished the reloader 2 in Jan/Feb and it takes this long to get into production correctly.
I tried that quite a few years ago and it really doesn't work too well. Especially when you are in a hurry and might try to close it without taking care on the direction you force it...
They are retailing for around $49 I think.
Makes a change to see something as advanced techinology wise as this at such an affordable price.
I take it as something of a compliment that some of those points are under consideration already... great minds think alike.
I know better than to hold my breathe- Doc has taught me that little lesson! I recall reading a Tinker's post to RP from you regarding this project, and it is somewhat like what I was imagining.
I look over my wish list and realize that I am asking for a replacement for about everything except for the board, pretty much, which was the only original component the Odysee guys had planned to have changed out regularly. Maybe I am not giving electronics enough critical attention.
Is there any chance of a completely new Empire force fed hopper in the offing? I think that the vibration sensor is a wonderful improvement on the break beam. It seems like after you have redesigned everything enough, you have something new... although the lawyers might disagree. We all stand on the shoulder of giants, but in paintball those giants are shrugging and wiggling around as much as possible.
No comment.
Except, if you don't move forwards you are going backwards.
I'm a future kind of guy.
Except, if you don't move forwards you are going backwards.
I'm a future kind of guy.
Dude u have too much time on your hands. or is it too much hair dye? what ever happened to growing old gracefully dont the american women like grey hair? So u going to the nppl then cause me and baker have loads of lapdancin credits to burn
oh yeah and will have loads of beef jerky and slurpys
Like the new hopper though dude
have some quite funky stuff to show u
peegee
oh yeah and will have loads of beef jerky and slurpys
Like the new hopper though dude
have some quite funky stuff to show u
peegee