NEW HALO DESIGN IDEA... (pic)

[Jack & Coke]

Hello,

I had the idea the other day and quickly hacked together a a few images to illustrate my idea... a LOW-PROFILE HALO.

Since the balls coming out of the Halo are force-fed, it should be no problem to have them travel up an inclined extended feed tube. Then into a gently elbow, and then directly into the markers feed neck.

I figure only a slight modification in the general shape of the Halo would be nessessary.

The capacity would be the same.

The location and orientation of the battery would have to change. Move it to the front and angle is downwards.

There would be room for clearance under the hopper so you can manipulate adjustable feed necks.

What do you think?

If it worked, would you by one?

[Jack & Coke]

[joeyjoe367]

Wow, that'd probably work. Might make the shape a bit differant but that's not really the issue.

[TheJester]

why aren't you in the production business? that's 1 helluva good idea..should i wait before getting my halo?(not that i'm getting 1 anytime soon anyway)

[luke]

Neat idea............

[EsPo]

so your saying that its going to look like an eggy.. yeah. you might have trouble b\c its TOO low. It might end up hitting the pull pin on some guns.

[-=Squid=-]

Only problem is that by the looks of it it will be offset from the gun, and not directly on top?

[ChucktheMAGician]

I'm not a big Halo fan but if that came out I think I'd buy one, Good idea!

[Aliens-8-MyDad]

and why not do this so u have a more centerd hopper and space for batteries?

[Jack & Coke]

Originally posted by TheJester
why aren't you in the production business? that's 1 helluva good idea..should i wait before getting my halo?(not that i'm getting 1 anytime soon anyway)

Whooa... I just thought of this recently... heheh... I PM'ed Edward at ODYSSEY the other day, so I'm still wait to hear from him.

I't just an idea and nothing has even been designed.

For now, yeah... I'd say go ahead and get the Halo... it rocks!

Originally posted by EsPo
so your saying that its going to look like an eggy.. yeah. you might have trouble b\c its TOO low. It might end up hitting the pull pin on some guns.

Not nessessarly like an eggy - the battery could be located in front of a the verticle feed tube, giving it a slightly different shape.

As far as going too low, that can be addressed through an adjustable clamping feed neck, or an extra long stock feed tube which can always be cut down to size to the customers on marker. Since it's a force feed system, you don't have to worry about how many balls are in the stack.

Originally posted by -=Squid=-
Only problem is that by the looks of it it will be offset from the gun, and not directly on top?

It's supposed to be directly on top. It's look offset due to my crappy photoshop skills...

Originally posted by Aliens-8-MyDad
and why not do this so u have a more centerd hopper and space for batteries?

I'm sure there is some optimal distance which the verticle feed tube can be located which still maximizes the goal of "low-profile". Since I haven't drawn this up to scale in AutoCAD yet, it's hard to tell just where it could go.

I just moved the hopper around photoshop until the hopper was as low as possible with still enough room for the bend and verticle feed neck. Remember you need room for the sloped floor that the balls sit on...

Thanks for the replies guys!

Be critical!

Come up with ideas!

Brainstorm!

Let's get something going here so we can make a good presentation to Odyssey. Maybe they'll name the next Halo after us... "HALO AO" LOL!:

On my way to work... talk to you later....

[TheTramp]

Originally posted by EsPo
you might have trouble b\c its TOO low. It might end up hitting the pull pin on some guns.

I think it's a good idea but you are deffinetly going to have to deal with this issue.

[thecavemankevin]

that is one of the biggest reasons why i hate the egg...i hate how far back on the gun it sits and aids in unbalencing of the entire marker.

But on another note, you could easily design a feed neck that has a cut in the side (instead of in the top like a normal one) and build a halo that sends balls into the side, and then the flow down the feed neck (kinda like a powerfeed in the way they bend and go down).

[Jack & Coke]

Again...

An adjustable clamping feed neck, or an extra long stock feed tube which can always be cut down to size to the customers on marker.

The user would be able to custom set the hopper low enough, but still have clearance to access the bolt pin.

I think the cramped access to the pin would be worth it. How often does the player take out their bolt durring a game anyway? I can't remember seeing a tournament player, stop in the middle of a heated battle, and remove his bolt to clean out a ball break. Most of the games I seen, they either quickly clean it from the front through the barrel, just just shoot through the mess to clean the barrel.

Besides, it they really had trouble accessing the bolt pin, they could always loosen the clamp and twist the hopper to the side.

Anyone here with any 3D Studio Max skills?

[SaS]

let me say good idea before i continue

wouldn't it reduce the amount of paint it could carry?
doesn't the halo already work best with a smaller stack? wouldn't this just extend it further?


how about directly incorporating a removable feedneck with the hopper... so the hopper would screw directly into the spot for the feed neck on the marker, practically eliminating the feed neck entirely

could make the, now threaded, hopper feed neck interchangable so you can install a angel threaded neck or some other thread type

this could possibly take the form of a direct shell upgrade rather then a whole new hopper design

only draw back would be the possibility of stripping the threads in the markers body... which actually is already a possibility.

[Hunter]

I believe it would be a good idea to make one of these, and if you were to come out with these, i would defenitly buy one.