PREDATOR
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Post by PREDATOR on Feb 14, 2008 20:26:25 GMT -5
I was able to detach the black part of the Midak blaster & upgrade its ammo holder Rest of images can be found at my brickshelf- www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=301363(PLEASE WAIT UNTIL FOLDER IS PUBLIC) Any more questions post them in about the Midak Blaster. --- PREDATOR
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Madaraki
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Post by Madaraki on Feb 14, 2008 22:58:16 GMT -5
So ammo hold is increased..a lot. My only concern with the functionality is that the carrier would have to be curving down towards the barrel end constantly, otherwise after the first shot, the balls would roll back and the thing wouldn't fire. That in mind, have you thought of perhaps making the carrier straight, and finding a way to run a hand-adjusted bar through the back to keep the ammo pressed to the front?
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PREDATOR
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Post by PREDATOR on Feb 15, 2008 6:40:15 GMT -5
I'll have a go i'll post pictures once im finished thanks for the advice
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Post by LORD INTERNET DOT COM on Feb 15, 2008 8:43:44 GMT -5
Did someone say holy grail?
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PREDATOR
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Post by PREDATOR on Feb 15, 2008 8:50:27 GMT -5
Did someone say holy grail? Holy grail!?
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Ninja Lewa
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Post by Ninja Lewa on Feb 15, 2008 9:13:25 GMT -5
Put a long plus rod onthe hand and a gear on it,so that whenever you shoot, all you have to do is push the plus rod in.
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carbunicle
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Post by carbunicle on Feb 16, 2008 16:13:22 GMT -5
Plus-rod? Do you mean what everyone else in the LEGO universe call an axle? Is the gear meant to function as a bushing?
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Post by Nate on Feb 22, 2008 14:04:30 GMT -5
very nice, but wouldn't you also lose a lot of force in the shots because there is no spring?
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carbunicle
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Post by carbunicle on Feb 22, 2008 17:58:21 GMT -5
I think the spring merely feeds the ammo into the trigger/launcher. The force is gathered in the tight fit between the ammo and the fingers at the end of the barrel
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Post by balashivo on Feb 26, 2008 15:45:34 GMT -5
cool! could you post some pictures with a brighter exposure?
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Post by LORD INTERNET DOT COM on Feb 26, 2008 15:47:38 GMT -5
I think the newbie needs to learn to work the brightness function on his monitor.
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Post by balashivo on Feb 26, 2008 16:05:00 GMT -5
I figured that out everythings up to 100 %
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Post by Nate on Feb 26, 2008 16:05:15 GMT -5
wasn't he pretty active on old mod?
anyway. nice the idea, but doesn't it lose the force/distance because of no spring?
o wait i already said that.....
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◄Toa Nuva Tom►
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Post by ◄Toa Nuva Tom► on Mar 23, 2008 7:01:27 GMT -5
two words: in sane ly cool. wait, uh..... yep, totally amazing. 'nd im still workin on a way to upgrade the cordak blaster
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Rekky
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Post by Rekky on Mar 23, 2008 7:09:34 GMT -5
Oh, that's awesome. I wish they had equipped Lewa with that.
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Mega ToaX
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Post by Mega ToaX on Mar 24, 2008 17:21:02 GMT -5
Did you already trash the spring? If not, tape/glue the spring to the matoran hand, and make sure th e hand doesn't move.
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Post by Imatron on Apr 9, 2008 1:20:06 GMT -5
Plus-rod? Do you mean what everyone else in the LEGO universe call an axle? Is the gear meant to function as a bushing? I might have worsened theplus rod/axle thing, I tend to call axles plus rods myself. My prototype cannon (obsoleted completely by the midak -_-) had a bar that was pulled in further by a little claw to advance the zamor rounds as I pumped the cannon to fire a shot. I never worked out all the kinks and it's since gotten some of it's components scatterered around the house. And yes, I believe the spring in the midak does give the rund an extra kick when fired but it has decent force even without that boost. Awesome work Pred, I hope to see more MoCs using the opened Midak.
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