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i made a bet with my friend that i would have a working proyto type by the end of the month

i have acess to a lathe drill press and a 200 budget(yes i have a budget)

if i make it work i get 500 bucks

i figure im gonna have a firing pin hitting the cartridge in the back like a reel rifle then have a gas tube desighn like an m16

any thing would be appreciated[/b]

6 days to have a working semi sparklet cannon.

Hope you're on holiday.

I might think of a blowback design. The cylinder will jet out irregardless but there should be enough gas pressure to recock the firing pin to be latched until the trigger is pulled again.

Again because the cylinders are somewhat self-propelling, having the magazine open to the "chamber" won't stop it from working. You would get a more powerful launch if it was fired from a well sealed chamber but at the cost of more parts and reliability.

/random thoughts before going to bed

Pretty broad, sloppy written specs.
And I'm not fully understanding them...
But what about having a cloud or vortex,
And while it's firing pneumatically,
the trigger has an electric switch activating a solenoid similar to ,
for example a tattoo needle, alarm bell or electric stapler that moves back and forward ejecting fake shells from a magazine...
Any thoughts on that? 8)

THUNDERLORD wrote: the trigger has an electric switch activating a solenoid similar to for example a tattoo needle

When I accompanied my (then) g/f to get her tattoo done all I could think about was "dakka dakka dakka dakka!"

Combine that mechanism with this breechand you're sailing

so i would stick on a firing pin to your idea jack

I don't know about using the flow through the 12 gram. It is very slow and will waste a lot of gas. The earlier post regarding using a sealed chamber is the better idea. The design parameters are vague and looking at the suggestions it makes me wonder: Are you trying to have it launch the 12 grams for ammo as well as use them for fuel? You need a way to eject the spent 12 grams if not.

i plan to use the co2 12 gram like a bullet i have made a fireing pin and a hammer and gas tube is all sealed up

its like an m16 with 12gram as a bullet and no ejection just in .75 cal

does it have to be semi? full auto could actually be easier.

no it could be semi or full auto i thought semi would be easier i have completed it i got my stock today now i stuck it all together but i need more co2 cardridges

be sure to post the results! I demand videos!

ill see my camera has be f#$k up normaly so ill try but its for the contest so i might say this is a proytotype then ill make a full auto versian

oh, by all means save it for the contest.

yeah i will see what i can due ill see if i can post one damage pick if your lucky two

I'm not so sure the porting on a 12 gram has enough flow to give you what you are looking for. It will be more like a rocket than a burst I would guess.

It's simply newton's law (every reaction has an equal and opposite reaction blah blah blah..). CO2 carts will easily propel themselves rapidly, in a similar fashion to a steam rocket. You will probably double the performance if you make a convergent diameter or de laval nozzle for each cartridge. (they're spewing out liquid CO2, which will turn to gas as it hits the air..so you want a nozzle for it to expand against) If the barrel was an excellent fit to the cartridge then the gas could be tapped to actuate a pneumatic cylinder to recock the gun.

By the way, put a very long barrel on it with a lot of ports at the end (muzzle break) otherwise the liquid CO2 will cause a very "up" oriented flightpath.