Anyone else here think Tom should make a sort of Rip-Drive for warp feeds? [Archive]

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S.S Bandit1

07-13-2003, 12:24 AM

Anyone else here think Tom should make a sort of Rip-Drive for warp feeds? Wouldn't it make sense? If your battery dies during a game, you could turn a little handle and prime like 15 more balls.:cool:

Miscue

07-13-2003, 12:27 AM

Hehe... a warp with a crank on it. People powered!

AGD

07-13-2003, 01:08 AM

We actually thought about it but it would have made the unit much less waterproof.

AGD

BlackVCG

07-13-2003, 01:12 AM

It won't work the same as the Rip Drive for the HALO.

You'll only get one shot off before you have to turn the crank again, so you'd have to be turning the crank each time to advance a ball.

Unless you did some sort of wind up wheel that wound up a spring and then put positive pressure on the Warp wheel gear... There are other issues you'd have to deal with, but it would be too complicated and expensive when you could just make sure your battery is good. :)

S.S Bandit1

07-13-2003, 11:07 AM

You'll only get one shot off before you have to turn the crank again, so you'd have to be turning the crank each time to advance a ball.
Good point, I forgot about that.

NJPaint

07-13-2003, 12:29 PM

that isn't true (unless you have a warp body) there will be several balls in the powerfeed tube that will load...

BlackVCG

07-13-2003, 04:28 PM

You're correct, but the majority of people run their setup with the hose going to the bottom of the PF tube, since that is the recommended method for the lowest profile and best feed rate.

G-Rock

07-13-2003, 05:12 PM

I just had a light bulb go off!!!!

JUST PUT NEW BATTERIES IN BEFORE YOU PLAY!!!

Okay I said it.

Chris

Star_Base_CGI

07-13-2003, 06:36 PM

Pop goes the weezel.

With the Big cell mod you can actually double the reserve power.

MayAMonkeyBeYourPinata

07-13-2003, 07:50 PM

its a would be a whole new type of pump

S.S Bandit1

07-13-2003, 08:34 PM

At least with a crank you could fill the warp hose with balls and tilt the gun to shoot a bunch of balls. I don't see how the crank would effect the water proof-ness of the warp. Couldn't you just put a sealed bearing around the crankshaft?

Star_Base_CGI

07-13-2003, 08:43 PM

How bout a solar powered warp feed or maybe dilithium powered?