Great Googly-Moogly: Here's a Flashback!

[Vex]

Great retro reading from WARPIG:

Memory Lane

[Maggot6]

I didn't learn anything new in that RT article, but the part where the writer says there is suspicions to a new air source or whatever;

"One of the surprising features of the new 'mag is a series of gas output ports near the rear of the grip frame. Kaye announced that these are to allow for "future gas powered accessories". With no description of the feed system used for testing, and the accessory ports in the design, many people have speculated that an air powered positive feed system may be in the works."

I wonder what that source was... someone fill me in ? or did it never come out..

[VFX_Fenix]

While the fastest technician at AGD, Jeff Streiber, has been able to fire the RT at 9 shots a second, with an electronic trigger pulling test device and forced feed system (which Kaye declined to describe), AGD has fired paint through the RT at a rate of 26 balls per second. One of the surprising features of the new 'mag is a series of gas output ports near the rear of the grip frame. Kaye announced that these are to allow for "future gas powered accessories". With no description of the feed system used for testing, and the accessory ports in the design, many people have speculated that an air powered positive feed system may be in the works.

The force feed system in question is most likely the Warp Feed. The author speculates that it will be pneumatically driven and at one point it may have been concieved as being air driven but I highly doubt that.

[Army]

Fenix, this article is from 1996..............many many moons before the inception of the Warp. Pneumatic feed was being attempted on many markers and hoppers with varying results, none too successful.

One can only imagine what was up in Toms mind when he designed the original RT rail.

[mcdkid]

One can only imagine what was up in Toms mind when he designed the original RT rail.

Arby's

[SpecialBlend2786]

Arby's

HAHAHAH

I'm thinkin Arby's too

[mcdkid]

someone got it...

[space_weazel_45]

i want to know what happened to the gun mike from CCI was making? anyone?

[VFX_Fenix]

Fenix, this article is from 1996..............many many moons before the inception of the Warp. Pneumatic feed was being attempted on many markers and hoppers with varying results, none too successful.

One can only imagine what was up in Toms mind when he designed the original RT rail.

That doesn't mean that it wasn't the progenitor of the Warp Feed which was used and was illuded to by Tom. Think of it as the Cyclone system for the A-5, originally it was seen on teh Tippmann F/A proto types as a spring driven system which required winding before use, much like the modern Q-loader or various drum magazines used on modern firearms.

[Miscue]

That was when paintball was fun.

[Dayspring]

And Glenn was young-er.

[Pump Scout]

i want to know what happened to the gun mike from CCI was making? anyone?

Would you believe it was dropped because there was widespread belief at the time that nobody would accept an electronically-activated paintgun? A still-born project, although it was enough to have Mike dragged into the whole SP-patent mess briefly.

[peewee]

I used to brow beat Mike back then. I would call about every two weeks asking if it was done yet. Really disapointed that it never came out.