new thought on paintball barrels and distance
This is actually for Tom Kaye, but I will post this information here and trust that everyone will keep it here. Tom, you seem to be the only person who actually cares to scientifically test anything and you have the resources to do so, therefore, I leave you with the following thoughts..
When a ball breaks in a barrel, you can see the following paintballs flying every which direction. Some of them hooking VERY hard, obviously caused by the drag of the loose paint in the barrel creating a heavy spin on the ball. If we were able to conrtoll this spin, we could put a backspin on the ball and increase range, ala the flatline barrels. We all know how those work. I have another design idea that i think would be more effective, as well as adjustable.
If you could control where the "paint" was and how much "paint" is in a barrel, you could control the spin. "paint" however, would never work. So we need to find a substitute. Something that won't smear or move. Rubbery stuff. If we were to put this at the "top" of the barrel near the tip it would induce backspin. To take the idea a little further with adjustability and a constant bore, what if you were to drill 1/4 inch holes along the top of a barrel, maybe 1/3 inch apart for the last couple of inches of the barrel, then mill the top of the barrel flat to give a constant and thinner outer surface. Then get the material used in making "sticky hands" (best material i could think of for this application) (you can get em in those quarter machines at supermakets, you know they have the rubbery string with the sticky hand, you used to stick em to walls, brothers and sisters, etc) Now for testing you could just use electrical tape or something to hold the sticky hands in place over the holes. Taped tight enought that the sticky hand material protrudes through the holes and into the interior of the barrel just slightly. In order to induce more spin, you fill more holes or tape it tighter so more material protrudes into the barrel, for less spin, fill less holes. For a final product you could put metal plates over the holes with thumb screws or something. This also has an oppertunity for making pretty good money, as you could sell different materials to induce more or less spin, replacement inserts and plates, etc. I give this idea to Tom Kaye and Airgun Designs for testing, building and selling my idea. I will also include a drawing of my idea at http://www.paintballiq.com/images/pbiqbarrel.jpg It will be posted later today. Good Luck with the design tom! I hope you at least try it! (and if you make a million dollars on it, you have to send me a free barrel :)
Noone has done this before, and it will be cheap to produce!
paintballiq.com
When a ball breaks in a barrel, you can see the following paintballs flying every which direction. Some of them hooking VERY hard, obviously caused by the drag of the loose paint in the barrel creating a heavy spin on the ball. If we were able to conrtoll this spin, we could put a backspin on the ball and increase range, ala the flatline barrels. We all know how those work. I have another design idea that i think would be more effective, as well as adjustable.
If you could control where the "paint" was and how much "paint" is in a barrel, you could control the spin. "paint" however, would never work. So we need to find a substitute. Something that won't smear or move. Rubbery stuff. If we were to put this at the "top" of the barrel near the tip it would induce backspin. To take the idea a little further with adjustability and a constant bore, what if you were to drill 1/4 inch holes along the top of a barrel, maybe 1/3 inch apart for the last couple of inches of the barrel, then mill the top of the barrel flat to give a constant and thinner outer surface. Then get the material used in making "sticky hands" (best material i could think of for this application) (you can get em in those quarter machines at supermakets, you know they have the rubbery string with the sticky hand, you used to stick em to walls, brothers and sisters, etc) Now for testing you could just use electrical tape or something to hold the sticky hands in place over the holes. Taped tight enought that the sticky hand material protrudes through the holes and into the interior of the barrel just slightly. In order to induce more spin, you fill more holes or tape it tighter so more material protrudes into the barrel, for less spin, fill less holes. For a final product you could put metal plates over the holes with thumb screws or something. This also has an oppertunity for making pretty good money, as you could sell different materials to induce more or less spin, replacement inserts and plates, etc. I give this idea to Tom Kaye and Airgun Designs for testing, building and selling my idea. I will also include a drawing of my idea at http://www.paintballiq.com/images/pbiqbarrel.jpg It will be posted later today. Good Luck with the design tom! I hope you at least try it! (and if you make a million dollars on it, you have to send me a free barrel :)
Noone has done this before, and it will be cheap to produce!
paintballiq.com
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