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[Braxton]

So I didn't make this, but I felt like it needed shared because of how Effeminate it is.

http://kotaku.com/au...t-thi-711955960

Enjoy.

[Draconis]

Yeah... It's been everywhere. It isn't that great. Like why go to all the trouble to build a cool friend or foe determination setup... Only to use the shitty Vulcan?

[ShaNayNay]

Yeah... It's been everywhere. It isn't that great.

This isn't even the original one. This idea is a good 4 or 5 years old and has been done I believe three times now?

[481IceDragon]

Yeah... It's been everywhere. It isn't that great. Like why go to all the trouble to build a cool friend or foe determination setup... Only to use the shitty Vulcan?

1) massive ammo, doesnt requure changing if clips if you link belts.
2) looks.

3)decent ROF and range (at the time)

4) because no one fucking likes airplane food.

[Daniel Beaver]

You guys are overly negative. This isn't practical, but it's neat.

[Draconis]

1) massive ammo, doesnt requure changing if clips if you link belts.
2) looks.

3)decent ROF and range (at the time)

4) because no one fucking likes airplane food.

Linking belts tends not to work well because the mass becomes to great for the slip clutch in the advance mechanism. The absolute best option seems to be a two-belt loop, because then the two sides are working in unison to balance each other. then the only difference on either side of the fulcrum comes from the mass of the darts. Other wise, you have three options:
1) Long belt layered in a canister, but once it fires fifteen or so rounds, the spent chain hangs down and pulls hard enough to advance the chain by itself or at least stress the advance mechanism.
2) Long chain hanging on both sides, will not advance normally without assistance until a significant portion have been shot. After that point, you end up with the same problem as #1.
3) Layered input side and caught spent side. Difficult to keep the output layering correctly.

[Zilthai]

I was actually thinking about doing this. Nothing better to do with all the Vulcans that we have here at work. I was just talking to the IT guy to see if we can run them through the wifi.

[481IceDragon]

Linking belts tends not to work well because the mass becomes to great for the slip clutch in the advance mechanism. The absolute best option seems to be a two-belt loop, because then the two sides are working in unison to balance each other. then the only difference on either side of the fulcrum comes from the mass of the darts. Other wise, you have three options:
1) Long belt layered in a canister, but once it fires fifteen or so rounds, the spent chain hangs down and pulls hard enough to advance the chain by itself or at least stress the advance mechanism.
2) Long chain hanging on both sides, will not advance normally without assistance until a significant portion have been shot. After that point, you end up with the same problem as #1.
3) Layered input side and caught spent side. Difficult to keep the output layering correctly.

I solved it by having a large container on the infeed side to hold the large belt, and a similair container to the outfeed side but with the outside wall cut off. it holds the weight while allowing the belt to still feed.