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How about a delrin loader shell???

#21 dagoober

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Posted 27 October 2008 - 07:59 PM

whats the pulse made of? i have dropped mine on cement from 5 feet and there was hardly a scratch on it.

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Posted 12 November 2008 - 11:56 PM

How about PVC?
Or plexiglass, like nalgene water bottles are made of. They can take one hell of a beating

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Posted 13 November 2008 - 07:10 AM

dagoober, on Oct 27 2008, 04:59 PM, said:

whats the pulse made of? i have dropped mine on cement from 5 feet and there was hardly a scratch on it.

Sorry to burst your bubble but my pulse totally freaking sucked. Probably one of the worst hoppers I have ever used. I had a smoke one with a black board (supposedly the better one...) Within weeks the plastic started to micro fracture because it seemed too brittle. It got to the point where I was afraid to even take it apart. I have seen about 10-15 with one of the tabs broken off on the side where you press in to release the motor assembly. It was a good concept but poorly implemented. Pretty disappointing for me..... I have 2 rf transmitters for the pulse if anyone is interested.

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Posted 13 November 2008 - 07:11 AM

oerllikon, on Nov 12 2008, 08:56 PM, said:

How about PVC?
Or plexiglass, like nalgene water bottles are made of. They can take one hell of a beating

Yeah true that! What a good idea! Anyone know if anything has gone into this material??

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Posted 18 November 2008 - 05:38 PM

Nicholai, on Nov 13 2008, 07:11 AM, said:

Yeah true that! What a good idea! Anyone know if anything has gone into this material??

Yeah, im not sure. Im sure the companies that make the loaders want them to break to some degree, so you can buy another one. I could be wrong, maybe this is just overlooked

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Posted 19 November 2008 - 04:10 AM

The classic clear gray nalgenes that were pretty unbreakable are made of polycarbonate. I don't know exactly which PC but you can't go wrong with Lexan or Macrolon. PC is usually pretty flexible when it's thin, but the cylinder shape really stiffens it up, so it could work as a hopper. To get it stiff enough I'm guessing it would have to be at least .1" thick so it would be on the heavier side.
You can get it hot and vacu-form it into shape, and it's really machinable too. Unfortunately a sheet of the raw Lexan/Macrolon is around $50

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Posted 19 November 2008 - 04:12 AM

Nice! I would be willing to sacrifice some weight for reliability. It seems like empire is going with a more flexible material on the prophecy instead of the regular rigid material, what do people think of this?

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Posted 19 November 2008 - 03:33 PM

oerllikon, on Nov 12 2008, 08:56 PM, said:

How about PVC?
Or plexiglass, like nalgene water bottles are made of. They can take one hell of a beating

PVC gets very brittle after being exposed to sunlight and other elements, i would see plexiglass or lexan being a good material.
In my opinion flexible is better than rigid as far as paintball goes. The reason many shells break is because they cannot absorb shock, hopefully if the shells are flexible they will be better at that.
haha if you are going for strength, kevlar reinforced fiberglass will never let you down

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Posted 19 November 2008 - 05:22 PM

carbon fiber would be easy to make all you need is a model to work off of

also kevlar degrade if unprotected from uv

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Posted 19 November 2008 - 05:24 PM

I heard of someone trying to make a carbon fiber hopper and it kept cracking and wouldn't withstand paintball hits. Seems a bit odd considering how strong carbon fiber barrels are, but maybe it's hard to make it that shape.... Anyone have any experience with it?