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It's actually a pretty simple concept.
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A '''cloud chamber [[BB machine gun]]''', or BBMG, works by blowing air up through a mass of BBs (BBs are small plastic or metal balls). This makes a "cloud" of BBs inside the chamber in which the BBs move around at random, and ocasionaly get near enough to the entrance to the barrel to be sucked in.
Although not nearly as effective as a vortex disk/block.
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If you have a small box, with a hole in one side leading to the barrel, and a hole in the bottem connected to an air sorce, and bb's in the box, you have a cloud chamber. When the air comes up from the bottem, it has one way to go, through the barrel, when this happens, it creates the suction effect, this draws the bb's up and into the barrel.
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The acctualy cloud chamber is typicaly built within a short length of small diameter pipe, such as a couple inch segment of 1.25" sch 40 pipe. More detailed descriptions can be found [http://forums.spudtech.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=11115 here]
If you build a full auto bb gun, this method is simple, cheap, and easy. But, so is a vortex disk and it works a LOT better. Seriously, go for the vortex disk.
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However, cloud chamber launchers [http://forums.spudtech.com/topic.asp?ARCHIVE=true&TOPIC_ID=8085&SearchTerms=marble have been built] to accept ammo up to 3/4" projectiles.
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A cloud chamber BBMG typicaly gets rates of fire of about 50 projectiles per second, which is at least as good as the [vortex block] style of construction.

Revision as of 22:16, 20 February 2006

A cloud chamber BB machine gun, or BBMG, works by blowing air up through a mass of BBs (BBs are small plastic or metal balls). This makes a "cloud" of BBs inside the chamber in which the BBs move around at random, and ocasionaly get near enough to the entrance to the barrel to be sucked in.

The acctualy cloud chamber is typicaly built within a short length of small diameter pipe, such as a couple inch segment of 1.25" sch 40 pipe. More detailed descriptions can be found here However, cloud chamber launchers have been built to accept ammo up to 3/4" projectiles.

A cloud chamber BBMG typicaly gets rates of fire of about 50 projectiles per second, which is at least as good as the [vortex block] style of construction.