Gyroscopic stabilization

[SlartyBartFast]

One could duplicate the steadycam technology which use a ceramic gyroscope to get feedback from the camcorder and adjusts accordingly to steady your video. In the same way, could one mount servo correctors for the tube of a mag as a buffer between the gripframe, so kick and the shaking from pulling the trigger, running, etc, could be compensated for, resulting in greater precision in shots.

whatdya think?

Camcorders don't stabilise the whole camera. I believe they only stabilise the lense. Newer stabilisation technology only stabilises the image (as the image being captured is larger than the image req'd shake and jerk can be electronically removed). You'd need a HUGE system to stabilise a marker.

Don't think you want to play paintball with anything like this: http://www.steadicam.com/Flyer_SS_Lo.pdf

Besides, paintball markers aren't high precision devices. ANy gain you'd be able to get out of thousands of dollars of technology would be negated by the inherently unstable paintball flight.

[Eagle]

The idea would only work if shooting at a fixed target. If the target was moving, when you go to move the gun to follow, it would resist your movement. I'm on a sub, and a number of pieces of gear use gyros of some sort. So no, it wouldn't work.

[doc_Zox]

seen these?

http://www.ken-lab.com/stabilizers.html

Specifications:
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Weight: 1.5 lbs (24 oz.)
Power: 115 volts, 400* Hz, 12 watts starting with 4 watts running* after 4 minutes run up time.
6 hours of run time off our 7.2 amp hour power pack.


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[SlartyBartFast]

Eagle has it right.

Why would you want to add weight and a system that makes it more difficult to move the marker? The whole reason lightweight is the way to go is to increase marker mobility so you can snap-shoot and easily track targets.

[abunkerer]

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