HALO B, my first field report!

[FalconGuy016]

Originally posted by -=Squid=-
1) I have a blue HALO B and have had it since they were released, and even with the new board.

2) SHartley wouldnt own me.

3) I CANNOT turn a halo upside down and have it feed. It wont do it. Hell, I just tried with paint leftover from a tourney this weekend. Doesnt work. Thats a load of crap. When you turn a halo upside down and shoot, you can get a max of 1 shot to come out. Owned?

This is assuming you turn it on first in the upright position so that it 'loads' the stack and tube thingy

I do this all the time...

[Muzikman]

Although I have never tried it, the only way I could see that working is if the loader was full. As soon as there are no more balls in the paddles there would be no more balls to push on the stack and there for no balls would feed. The only thing forcing the balls are the paddle, there is nothing in the feed tube moving them along. I would be shocked as hell to get 5-7 balls out of a halo (without a warp) when it is turned up side down. As soon as I send this I will run downstairs and try, but to me this sound impossible.

[-=Squid=-]

Dude, how in the hell can YOUR halo possibly defy gravity and mine cant?

[Frank (the spank)]

It's force fed. There are rounds in the stack and balls in the spindle/paddles.. you hold it upside down and everything is forced into the breech with spring tension. When you shoot the balls in the spindle/paddle spin and pushes the stack of paint. When the spindle/paddle is empty it no longer can force the stack into the breech.. so you gotta turn it over and load more.

You get like 5 or so shots. I've never needed it in a game, but it's cool to impress your friends, lol

My Halo is the newest, came from the factory with th new TE software loaded. I don't think it will be too much different from yours.

[Muzikman]

But as soon as you turn it upside down all the balls fall out of the paddle. Again, the loader would have to be full, and what I just tried I got two balls out with it upside and I had to overfill it just to do that.

[Frank (the spank)]

You'll get a couple of shots if it's not full, but thats about it.

Oh and a tip to everyone... DO NOT USE black shelled or half black shelled paint!

I used it for the first time last time I played, well first game my batteries died.. which was odd since they were almost new. So I changed batteries and next game it kept jamming and the red LED flashing. Come to find out the motor would not stop spinning. It would just sit there and spin forcing that stack of paint down even when I was not shooting...

When I got home I re-produced this, blue and pink shelled paint worked fine.. black and pink would keep spining the motor and the red LED would flash.. NOT good. Then I chekced the FAQ for the Halo.. 1st question was about black shelled paint and not to use it, lol

So.. stay away from the stuff. I now have half a case of half black half pink Blaze paint that I don't know what to do with. I have an original Viewloader 1, I think for kicks I'll shoot up my backyard with it, it will be a good test for my lvlX as well

[FalconGuy016]

Maybe there are like 10 balls stacked in the halo and neck, and a few in the gun, that way it can force feed about 5-7 before losing contact with the stack of paintballs. That means there still would be paintballs in there but there is nothing to push them

I dunno, all I know is that it works

[-=Squid=-]

Dude, there is no way that its possible. Get some vids and I will believe you.

[68magOwner]

judgung by the number of people who say you can, i dont doubt it, but i too would like to see a vid

[GhillieGuy]

Well i hope ya'll r happy. I used mt halo once, then i was making a movie for school a few days later and we taped a small battle and i was puttin my stuff away and i droped it. the next week i went p-ballin and it worked fine but once in a while it would make a weird zuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuun sound.

[eric]

The Halo can feed 5-6 balls upside down, depending on how long your stack of balls is. Now assuming that there is paint between the hopper and gun there are several other shots that are not in that "stack" of balls that are held in place.

There should be a ball in the breech, and 3-4 that are lodged in the Halo. These are above the feedneck of the Halo, and are held in place by the spring and the plastic piece wit hbeads on it. They push the balls in that stack forwrd until the paddles cant reach them.

Dont you guys notice that when you take the Halo off your gun and turn it upside down, it holds several balls in place aroudn teh feedneck area, but not yet past the sensor?

[TheJester]

ok squid, there's 5 people here who say it does it. what's more likely...they all are lying and they're wrong and you being just 1 person is right? or you the 1 person is wrong and those 5 people are just telling the truth?

i haven't done it, so i'm not gonna say if it works or not, but if you read my 1st post, it does back up what they're saying, so i'm gonna say i believe them. yes i know i said almost all the way up out of the feed tube. but....

i just did an expeirement-have you ever tried to get the balls to move enough to get it to feed (while it's not on gun, upside down)? it does nothing it does nothing, then it spills balls all over the ground all of a sudden. where it bobbles the 1 to the top of the feed tube is if you have 2 missing. i had to remove 2 of the to get the stack to move enough to get it to feed. keep in mind this was done by hand, and the reverse manner, all that was in there was the ball stack. next time i tried it a little differently- i put about 50 in the hopper placed my hand over my elbow, turned it on, filled up the ball stack. turned it upside down, and removed my hand from the stack....i had 6 balls in my hand as soon as i did that.

so here's my input on it (based on just observation, not actually doing it). yes it will work.

[-=Squid=-]

No problem, I typically assume people to agree with the masses to not feel as bad if proven wrong. I have a halo, I have paint. NO, it does NOT defy gravity when I turn it upside down.

[eric]

Its not defying gravity. IT just forces the balls up. After it feeds a few upside down, there WILL still be some left in the feedneck of the hopper, unable to reach the gun. Your gun shoud however shoot several balls if the stack of balls is full when you turn it upsdie down.

What setup are you using?

[-=Squid=-]

Ok, I took a full pod, filled up the halo, turned it upside down, turned it on, nothing. Flip it rightside up, let some paint go through it, stick my finger across the hole, turn it upside down, uncover the hole, one ball pops out. Setup? I am shooting an angel.