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dzynz

Member Since 05 Nov 2006
Offline Last Active Oct 26 2008 11:46 PM

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Newb Needs Some Schoolin - Arm-brace Mounted Blaster

02 October 2008 - 01:17 PM

Thanks in advance.

So I've modded a bit, but never built from scratch. I tore some ligaments in my elbow a couple months ago and got a great, cyborg style arm brace from the ordeal. It's perfect for mounting hardware on and I want build it out with a compressed air nerf launcher. Are there any existing designs that you all would recommend I base a design on?

Thoughts:
- The air canister should be on the upper arm and connect by hose to the barrel on the forearm (is this feasible, or would there be to much pressure?)
- I would want some type of limited push trigger - so even if I held it down, it would only let out a limited amount of air. Is there a simple way to engineer this physically, or would I need bust out a capacitor rigged switch?
- If the barrel is connected by hose instead of pipe tot he air canister, does the design need to be altered?

Thanks for humoring me. This will be really cool if I can pull it off. Also, if any of you have experience rigging up laser sites, that's also something I'd like to try - but not essential.