MartinPred
Well Known Member
Not sure which catagory to post this in, but I'm interested in mounting a paintball gun and a flour-bomb rack on my RV-4. Has anyone done this before? Any tips?
Thanks,
-Martin
Thanks,
-Martin
Tom Maxwell said:Yes the initial muzzle velocity may be 300 FPS faster than the aircraft but it isn't the same as firing a military type projectile. A military projectile has a lot of mass while a paint ball has very little mass. Couple the low mass with a heck of a lot of air pressure in the opposite direction and I am thinking you might end up with a nicely painted leading edge.
I guess to test you could take your paint ball gun out in a 100 mile an hour hurricane and shoot it into the wind. Or just stand behind your RV with the throttle wide open and see if you can hit the empenage. Be sure to wear your goggles.
Of course I am no physicist so I may be wrong.
This is a thought provoking question though.
Fallguy said:Think about bullets fired straight up.
John Courte said:I've found that frozen paintballs retain their integrity rather well..
But this is DEFINITELY a bad idea.
mdredmond said:Disregarding wind resistance (and thus terminal velocity), a bullet fired straight up will, upon falling back to the barrel's altitude, be going exactly as fast as it was when it left the barrel.
osxuser said:Probably a lot more to the illegal side, but at one point I was thinking about putting rocket rails on the wing of an ercoupe. Put some model rockets mounted to them and go play around in the desert. Probably not one of my brighter ideas.
MartinPred said:Not sure which catagory to post this in, but I'm interested in mounting a paintball gun and a flour-bomb rack on my RV-4. Has anyone done this before? Any tips?
Thanks,
-Martin
mdredmond said:LOL.
Vacuum = 'disregarding wind resistance'
mdredmond said:Disregarding wind resistance (and thus terminal velocity), a bullet fired straight up will, upon falling back to the barrel's altitude, be going exactly as fast as it was when it left the barrel.
I saw an RV-4 a couple years ago with bomb racks. The racks were simple solinoids attached to one of the wing inspection covers for easy removal. The "bombs" were 2 liter soda bottles modified with fins. I never heard how accurate his bombing was.
Scott A. Jordan
N733JJ
This is unwise, people. Discussing in open forum about mounting bomb racks and paintball guns and lasers on RV's? As harmless as some of these might be in reality, are you trying to give the feds more excuses to classify GA as a threat???
Please DO NOT ever fire any projectile or laser from a GA aircraft.
It is ridiculous when you have to self sensor a thread when there is no intent to do harm. That tells me we have gone too far.I fully agree.This is unwise, people. Discussing in open forum about mounting bomb racks and paintball guns and lasers on RV's? As harmless as some of these might be in reality, are you trying to give the feds more excuses to classify GA as a threat???
Please DO NOT ever fire any projectile or laser from a GA aircraft.
Isn't there enough scrutiny by the FAA, TSA and other governmental agencies without giving them another reason to to impose more restrictions and regulations on GA? For the life of me I cannot believe this irresponsible thread has not been deleted.
It is ridiculous when you have to self sensor a thread when there is no intent to do harm. That tells me we have gone too far.
It is ridiculous when you have to self sensor a thread when there is no intent to do harm. That tells me we have gone too far.
Keep talking about bombs, aircraft with guns, etc. guys. Maybe big brother will realize there is too much talk to sensor it all.
...Have your "harmless fun" as you call it while it is still possible because continued talk of attaching weapons to airplanes, no matter how harmless it may seem, will not help the already tarnished image of small "homebuilt" airplanes. Such talk can only serve to aid the TSA, Secret Service and other Agencies (Big Brother) in their endeavor to relegate small private GA aircraft to museums. Right now, they are still trying to permanently ground Warbirds. So maybe we can replace Warbirds and move up to the top spot on their list...