DORKSABER

'Just582', on 14 May 2014 - 05:50 AM, said:

One question, a couple statements.

How much did this cost?

Sell this thing for ten times more than that on ebay. People will go apeshit over this. I wouldn't be surprised if someone killed you to get this. Words cannot say how great that monster is.

The parts for my version of the ammo counter and fire control comes out to about $30-$40, and that's not including the cost of software development, cost of labor, cost of the paintjob, cost of any other mods (like installing carbon brushes), and cost of the rapidstrike itself.
His ammo counter uses some parts that I don't use either, so his costs are probably closer to $60 to $80 only for the ammo counter and fire control.

If you are really serious about that markup, the turnkey product for this mod would probably be at least $500. I don't think anyone would pay for that.
The last commission I did of this sort of thing was for around $270, including the cost of the blaster and other mods like motor swap and minimization and paintjob, and even at that price I think it'd be really difficult to find buyers.

Nice work. I've built a very similar rapidstrike for myself, and as a commission for a few folks. Pretty much every function you have here except for your automatic flywheel control, and magazine recognition (I don't believe in modifying magazines).

Here's a video of one of the commissions I did a few months ago: http://youtu.be/2qwLHp6HKm0?t=30s

Why didn't you install your 7 segment display flush with the rear surface?

I've also been considering using an OLED display, since I'd like to show the firing mode and total magazine capacity, in addition to the current ammo count. I haven't really thought aobut the other stats to display, though I think that's also kind of unnecessary. I haven't had the money to pursue this as of late, unfortunately.

While I don't like the thought of a cellphone controlled blaster (unless it's like an autonomous turret), there have been a couple people who've asked me about integrating their blaster with an HUD for a Google Glass sort of device. What do you think about that sort of thing?

ffffffff the timing on this is unfortunate; The mods I'm currently working on won't be done in time

I'll probably be going though.